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Proceeding contribution from Lord Arbuthnot of Edrom (Conservative) in the House of Commons on Wednesday, 14 January 2009. It occurred during Debate on Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship.


Iraq: Future Strategic Relationship

In some of the interventions that have been made so far, it has almost been suggested that history began in 2003—yet before that time, the number of people who were being killed in Iraq was absolutely horrific. The story of 2,000 villages being wiped out in 1988 by the use of chemical weapons by Saddam Hussein is something that cannot just be ignored by this House. Admittedly, it was not the reason we went to war, but let us not pretend that history began in 2003.


Secondary information

Type
Proceeding contribution
Reference
486 c234 
Session
2008-09
Chamber / Committee
House of Commons chamber
Subjects
Armed forces Armed conflict Development aid Women Inquiries Human rights Iraq Foreign policy Foreign relations Peacekeeping operations Politics and government Press freedom Terrorism Security Religion Trade Violence Iran Reconstruction
Link
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