Local view for "http://purl.org/linkedpolitics/eu/plenary/2002-09-04-Speech-3-030"

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rdf:type	lpv_eu:Speech2
dcterms:Date	"2002-09-04"^^xsd:date2
dcterms:Is Part Of	lp_eu:Iraq2
dcterms:Language	"fr"^^xsd:language2
lpv:document identification number	"en.20020904.1.3-030"2
lpv:hasSubsequent	lp_eu:2002-09-04-Speech-3-0312
lpv:speaker	lp:Bruno Gollnisch2
lpv:spokenAs	substitute; AFCO (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Committee on Regional Policy, Transport and Tourism (2002-01-17--2004-07-19)3 member; Delegation for relations with Japan (2002-02-07--2004-07-19)3 member; NA (2001-10-03--2004-07-19)3 unknown; Front national (1999-07-20--2004-07-19)3
lpv:translated text	"Mr President, ladies and gentlemen, if the British and the Americans want to wage war on regimes which do not respect human rights, they certainly have their work cut out for them. If they wish to wage war on undemocratic regimes in the Middle East, they must wage war on Saudi Arabia. If they wish to wage war on regimes which do not respect the United Nations’ resolutions, they must wage war on Israel. If they wish to wage war on countries which have acquired weapons of mass destruction, they must wage war on India, Pakistan, China and North Korea, which have – of this we are certain – atomic weapons. If they wish to wage war on countries which serve as a breeding ground for terrorists, they must destroy London and Hamburg. This is the reality of the situation. I am obviously being ironic, because the reason for this military action is clearly not Saddam Hussein’s regime, which is an authoritarian regime, of course, but also a secular regime which respects the right of Christians and of women. This military action is about weapons of mass destruction. So far, we have not yet been given any evidence whatsoever that they exist in a country that is dying on its feet, where light bulbs can no longer be found, where there is no lead for schoolchildren’s pencils because these are made of graphite and where even a number of UN observers condemned the role that they were being made to play. I shall end with an anecdote: three years ago, my brother, a Catholic priest, visited Iraq. Whilst there, he was almost killed by a bomb and, in truth, he does not know if this was an American or British bomb. One might well ask which international law allows Iraq – which, it is true, was defeated and which, as a result of its defeat, agreed to visits by UN inspectors for many years – to be bombed on a daily basis and to continue to suffer from sanctions."@en1

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