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This report draws a veil of silence over the scandalous attack on Iraq by the USA and its allies, the 100 000-plus dead and the murder, oppression and torture carried out by the invading troops.
This is a report that seeks to expunge the ‘past’ (which is after all the brutal present); a report that calls for ‘more multilateral’ ‘conflict management’, by which it means the invasion; a report that equates the Iraqi people’s legitimate resistance with ‘terrorism’; a report that glosses over the torture carried out by the USA, calling it ‘violations of rights’; a report that hypocritically, calls on Iraq’s neighbours not to interfere in the country’s affairs, without a single word of condemnation of the USA’s invasion and occupation; a report that seeks to share that occupation and plunder with the USA, under the UN umbrella; a report that, in an appalling act of meddling, advocates implanting capitalism, its instruments and its policies.
In other words, for the dominant players in Parliament, any misunderstandings that may have taken place between the EU and the USA must be overcome. This is indicative of the trend for compromise, with a view to satisfying the interests of big business, and for retreat, in the face of the USA’s hegemonic intentions, whereby the UN is manipulated and reduced to a supporting role.
Hence our vote against."@en1
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