----- Original Message ----- From: Rick Rozoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 6:16 AM Subject: [STOPNATO] Russia Blasts Allied Raids On Iraq STOP NATO: �NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM "The destruction of food supply outlets does most harm to common Iraqis who are experiencing colossal suffering from the sanctions." Russia blasts allied raids on Iraq Special report: Iraq Brian Whitaker Wednesday August 16, 2000 The Guardian Russia condemned American and British air raids on Iraq as a violation of international law yesterday, and called for them to be stopped immediately. A foreign ministry statement said: "Strikes against Iraqi territory do nothing but increase tensions in the region." Allied aircraft resumed their attacks in the southern no-fly zone last weekend after a six-week lull, killing two people and injuring more than 20, according to the Iraqis. Washington and London said they attacked air defence sites after Iraq opened fire on planes patrolling the no-fly zone. Baghdad said the raids, on Samawa, 170 miles south of the capital, hit a railway station and a warehouse storing goods imported under the UN oil-for-food programme. "The destruction of food supply outlets does most harm to common Iraqis who are experiencing colossal suffering from the sanctions," the Russian statement said. In 1990 Moscow supported the allies' intervention after Iraq invaded Kuwait, but since then it has distanced itself from US policy and has pushed for the early lifting of UN sanctions. Recently it suggested that the US and Britain would have to suspend air strikes in the no-fly zones before Iraq would open its doors to the new UN weapons inspection team, Unmovic. Russian flagged tankers have been implicated in sanctions-busting exports of Iraqi oil. __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ______________________________________________________________________ To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb
