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"Mr President, please allow me to express here in this House – which I have considered my home for ten years – the horror I feel at the death and mutilation of innocent victims in Iraq. They all have names, just like you and me, and they are in no way mere statistics.
I wish to express my anguish because, although victory is being claimed, we do not yet know how this disaster is going to end; and shame, because this Parliament has not been able to reflect the views of millions of Europeans who are speaking out against this war throughout Europe. I very much regret that this Parliament has not been able to draw up a resolution which says something very simple: ‘Stop the war. Stop the killing’.
I would also like to express my horror at the fact that for some days we have seen the United States’ Government blatantly and obscenely distributing the booty in the form of profits from reconstruction. I think it is shameful that this Parliament has not even condemned this: this disgusting obscenity of the booty being distributed over the dead bodies not just of Iraqis but also of young British and American soldiers who are also losing their lives. Mr President, I had no choice but to express these feelings."@en1
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