For the Security Council to permit the United States to take the enforcement of Security Council resolutions into its own hands and commit acts of war against Iraq would have tragic consequences for the United Nations and the hope for peace. There is no chance that such an assault would not kill innocent civilians. It is impossible to bomb cities without killing civilians. One cruise missile struck the Al Rashid Hotel killing two hotel service employees. U.S. intelligence agencies believed Saddam Hussein was to attend an international Islamic meeting in the Al Rashid at the time.
People live there.
Their lives are threatened and some are lost every time the U.S. decides, for its own political interests, to attack. When the Security Council authorizes, or condones, such attacks, it, too, is guilty of crimes against humanity. Attacks against nuclear, biological, or chemical plants and other inherently dangerous facilities violate international law because they expose civilian populations to death and injury. The U.S. ignored the resolution. U.S. forces fired more than 900 tons of depleted uranium in missiles and shells into Iraq leaving unretrievable, deadly radioactive matter in the soil and water forever.