Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Alan Simpson (Labour), on Thursday, 27 March 2003, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 26 members in total.

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TARGETING IRAQI CITIES

That this House rejects the presumption that Basra, a city of one million people, half of whom are children, can legitimately be designated a military target; believes that the destruction of Basra's water and electricity supplies has been an attack on civilians rather than troops; recognises that any use of non-lethal biochemical weapons by US forces on urban populations in Iraq would be illegal under the Chemical Weapons Convention; and urges the British Government to state its categorical opposition both to the use of such weapons and the targeting of civilian populations.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

975 

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Chemical and biological warfare Armed conflict Bombings Chemical weapons Chemical Weapons Convention Iraq Basra

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk