Testimony to the US Tribunal on Iraq by Nobel Peace Laureate Mairead Maguire

‘I see the US Tribunal on Iraq (iraqtribunal.org) as a critical endeavor by the American people to tell the truth of what happened to the Iraqi people and clarify the US government involvement in the wars, sanctions and invasion of Iraq.
The story of what was done to the Iraqi people by the US, the UK and Western allies is shocking and deeply disturbing.
The two wars (starting with the 1990 Gulf War) and the imposition of economic sanctions that caused the slow deaths of thousands of people, were indeed crimes against humanity and war crimes. They broke all international obligations and were conducted with no respect for human life or the Iraqi people’s rights.’
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