Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2004-03-10-Speech-3-118"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2004-03-10"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Vote2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20040310.3.3-118"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2004-03-10-Speech-3-1192
lpv:speaker	lp:Charles Pasqua2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; CONT (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; EMPL (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation to the EU-Russia Parliamentary Cooperation Committee (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 chair; UEN (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 member; Conference of Presidents (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Rassemblement pour la France (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Hardly anyone but this House is showing such passionate interest in the conditions under which prisoners are being kept at Guantanamo, or showing such compassion for them. I do not share the predominant opinion in this House, in that not only do I not regard this as a priority issue, but also, to be blunt, the condition of these people inspires me with little sympathy for them. I would remind the enlightened elite, the virtuous defenders of fundamental rights, who, at Guantanamo, see only wretched prisoners and victims of American despotism, that we are talking here about persons suspected of belonging to the most dangerous criminal organisation ever identified, active participants, to varying degrees, in one of the most bloody crimes in history, Islamic terrorists who have declared total war on the West and its values. An exceptional situation, such as the war on international terrorism, can justify exceptional measures. The situation of those detained at Guantanamo – an issue that, it should be added, is strictly a matter for the United States – strikes me as less deserving of interest than that of the families of the victims, about whom there is less concern."@en1

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