The humanitarian crisis of the Iraqi people who have suffered for almost ten years under the burden of economic sanctions is morally intolerable. Repeatedly the Iraqi people made the distinction between US and British citizens and the policies of their countries. They do not blame us for what our government is doing. But as a democracy, we know that in fact, to be silent is to allow it to be done in our names. While the delegation members were deeply moved by the appalling consequences of the sanctions and bombings, they were also touched deeply by the faith and hope of the people, Muslim and Christian alike.
Nobody can take away our hope.
Our hope is a cry and a shout that our country, which was the seed of civilization, will give birth to a very warm present and a bright future, in spite of the sanctions. In this Bagdad hospital their mothers attend them because of a shortage of nurses. Unnamed child and Mother 6. The hole in the roof of the shelter where one of the bombs struck. Children at the confluence of the Tigris and Euphrates Rivers in Southern Iraq.