Our troops are part of the problem
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1528954,00.html
Heavy-handed occupation is not a solution to the Iraqi insurgency
Robin Cook
Friday July 15, 2005
The Guardian
In the single week since the London bombings there have been 11 suicide
attacks in Iraq. One car bomb this week wiped out 30 children, one as
young as six, who had gathered to plead for western chocolates from
American soldiers.
I do not draw a parallel between London and Baghdad to diminish the
pain and horror caused by the crime on our own shores, but because that
appalling experience should give us some insight into the violence that
is now a daily occurrence in Iraq. And as the occupying force we bear
responsibility for its security. There may be room for debate over
whether there is a connection between the war in Iraq and the London
bombings, but there is no escaping the hard truth that the chaos in
that country is a direct result of the decision to invade it, taken in
defiance of the intelligence warning that it would heighten the
terrorist threat.
Robin Cook
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Occupation
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