07 March 2006
Senator Henry: We are approaching yet another anniversary of the invasion and occupation of Iraq by American, British and other forces. According to Amnesty International, the human rights situation is worse than it was under Saddam Hussein, with thousands of people being incarcerated in prison, tortured and murdered. The Leader has organised debates on this before and I ask her for another one in the near future.
Apparently, near Basra, about which we hear nothing, the situation is so serious with the infiltration of the police by Shi'ite militia that there is an operation called "white duck" * whereby cars drive around in the evening and citizens are murdered if they have objected in any way to anything the police are doing. I, and I am sure other Members, would be grateful if the Leader could organise a debate on this issue in the next few weeks.
* The Arabic word for "duck" is used by some Iraqis to refer to Toyota Crown motor cars.
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