Oral question asked in the House of Lords, by Lord Alton of Liverpool (Crossbench). It was answered on Wednesday, 26 November 2008.
Iraq: Ashraf City
- Question
- My Lords, is this not a premature decision, given the failure of the Iraqi Government at present to protect the Chaldeans, the Syriacs, the Yazidis and other minorities, whose lives are endangered on the Nineveh plains where they have been expelled from Mosul? Is it not premature to change the status of those Iranians in Ashraf City?
- Answer
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My Lords, I hope that the noble Lord will agree that there is a difference between the dispersed communities to which he refers and the limited capacity of the Iraqi Government to protect them and the situation of this group, contained within Ashraf City. The right of protection can easily and effectively be transferred to the Iraqi authorities, so long as they are committed to playing that role.
Secondary information
- Type
- Oral question
- Reference
- 705 c1439
- Session
- 2007-08
- Oral question type
- Supplementary
- Chamber / Committee
- House of Lords chamber
- Subjects
- Armed forces Deployment Iraq Protection Peacekeeping operations Iran Mujahedin-e Khalq
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