Early day motion tabled by primary sponsor Bob Spink (UK Independence Party), on Tuesday, 1 July 2008, in the House of Commons. It is signed by 2 members in total.

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IRAQ EXIT STRATEGY AND THE SIMELE MASSACRE OF ASSYRIANS

That this House notes that August 2008 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Simele Massacre of Assyrians in Iraq which was orchestrated by the Iraqi government only 10 months after the end of the British mandate; further notes and sincerely regrets the terrible repression suffered by the Assyrian people and the failure by past British governments to keep promises; further notes the relative stability provided by, and the good intentions of, the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq; and urges the British Government to ensure that the same mistakes will not be repeated as the coalition attempts to devise an exit strategy from Iraq.

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Secondary information

Type

Early day motion

Reference

1925 

Session

2007-08

Other sponsors

Roger Williams

Subjects

Armed forces Iraq Politics and government Military operations

Link

View this Early day motion on www.parliament.uk