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1.5 million dead ...price worth paying?
Britain Against Sanctions on Iraq
SANCTIONS AWARENESS WEEK Leeds University - Roger
Stevens Building - Lecture Theatre 22 - 6pm every
evening Tuesday 8th May Paying the Price -
Killing the Children of Iraq John Pilgers Award
winning documentary Wednesday 9th May
Apocalypse Now - Frontline Infants - UN Policy on
Iraq Felicity Arbuthnot argues that the UNs
policies are targeting the utterly vulnerable,
the under 5s and the newborn - those they are
avowed to protect. Thursday 10th May Five years
in prison for delivering medical journals to
doctors? Richard Byrne from Voices in the
Wilderness reports on his sanctions breaking
visit to Iraq, January 2001. Learn what you can
do to bring the suffering to an end. Friday 11th
May The Economic - Political Game Dr. Kamil
Mahdi explores the Political-economic aspects.
What are the real motivates behind the
sanctions?
NATIONAL CONFERENCE RALLY -TO END SANCTIONS ON
IRAQ- Saturday 12 May - 12pm - Leeds University
Conference Auditorium - Rally to the City Centre
immediately after. Speakers Felicity Arbuthnot -
Award wining journalist George Galloway
MP Grant Wakefild - Director The Fire This
Time RH Tony Benn MP (tbc) Yusuf Islam (Cat
Stevens) - Famous Singer (tbc) With pre-recorded
Contributions from Denis Halliday Hans von
Sponeck- former UN Assistant Secretary Generals
and UN Humanitarian Co-ordinators in Iraq. Both
resigned in quick succession to protest against
the sanctions. John Pilger - Interenationally
acliamed journalist and broadcater Julian
Filochowski - Director of CAFOD For more
information visit our website www.basinet.org e-m
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LEEDS UNIVERSITY UNION
says
NO
History will slaughter those responsible Denis
Halliday, former UN Assistant Secretary General
and UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator in Iraq If
people could hear and see what is being done in
their names in Iraq, they would be outraged but
they dont, so it continues John Simpson, BBC
World Affairs Editor, Sunday Telegraph, April 2000
Denis Halliday
to
economic sanctions on
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