Category Archives: Middle East

Ming Campbell statement on Iraq (video)

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Webteam

Ming Campbell discusses the developing situation in Iraq, the Government’s policy failure there, and the need for the Prime Minister to face up to the stark choice that has presented itself: change the strategy in Iraq – or get out.
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Iraq: Change the strategy or else get out

Posted on October 18, 2006 by Webteam

At Prime Minster’s Questions today, Ming Campbell MP pressed Mr Blair on his strategy on Iraq.
The United Nations calculates that there are 3,000 Iraqi civilians being killed every month. In those circumstances, how can the Prime Minister maintain that …

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Iraq is sliding towards civil war

Posted on October 11, 2006 by Webteam

Responding to a new report in the Lancet suggesting that over 665,000 people have been killed in Iraq since March 2003, Liberal Democrat Leader Ming Campbell said:
It is a disgrace that we have no clear idea of the numbers of …

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The Government’s foreign policy is just plain wrong

Posted on August 20, 2006 by Webteam

Ming Campbell wrote today in the Observer as follows:
The ceasefire in Lebanon is holding, if only by a thread, which makes it all the more unacceptable that there was so much reluctance on the part of the British government to …

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Ceasefire delay costing lives

Posted on August 7, 2006 by Webteam

Commenting on the reports that an Israeli strike has killed 40 people in Southern Lebanon, Leader of the Liberal Democrats, Ming Campbell said:
This is a tragedy. While the diplomatic effort stalls, the dismantling of Lebanon continues.
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