[Congressional Bills 107th Congress]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office]
[H. Con. Res. 286 Introduced in House (IH)]







107th CONGRESS
  1st Session
H. CON. RES. 286

Expressing support for the President in using all means at his disposal 
 to encourage the establishment of a democratically elected government 
                                in Iraq.


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                    IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                           December 11, 2001

   Mr. Issa submitted the following concurrent resolution; which was 
          referred to the Committee on International Relations

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                         CONCURRENT RESOLUTION


 
Expressing support for the President in using all means at his disposal 
 to encourage the establishment of a democratically elected government 
                                in Iraq.

Whereas Iraq is a state sponsor of terrorism and has actively pursued terror 
        campaigns against the United States;
Whereas the Government of Iraq, under Saddam Hussein, has admitted that it 
        intends to continue to develop weapons of mass destruction;
Whereas the regime of Saddam Hussein has consistently refused to comply with 
        United Nations Special Commission weapons inspection program, and has 
        expelled all United States weapons inspectors from Iraq;
Whereas Iraq indiscriminately attacked Israeli civilians in residential 
        neighborhoods during the Persian Gulf War in 1991;
Whereas the regime of Saddam Hussein plotted to assassinate former President 
        George Bush during his visit to Kuwait in 1993;
Whereas the regime of Saddam Hussein has not provided information regarding over 
        600 missing Kuwaiti civilians who were detained during the Persian Gulf 
        War in 1991;
Whereas the regime of Saddam Hussein has refused to return goods stolen out of 
        Kuwait during the Persian Gulf War in 1991;
Whereas Saddam Hussein has consistently brutalized his own people by pursuing a 
        policy of mass murder against groups that he perceives are a political 
        threat;
Whereas Saddam Hussein has pursued a policy of ethnic cleansing against the 
        Kurdish people, killing 5,000 Kurdish civilians with a chemical attack 
        on March 16, 1988, and an estimated 50,000 to 182,000 in the forced 
        relocation of Kurdish civilians in 1988;
Whereas the Iraqi military continues to fire on United States patrol planes 
        north of the 36th parallel and south of the 32nd parallel in Iraq; and
Whereas the Iraq Liberation Act of 1998 (22 U.S.C. 2151 note) declares that it 
        should be the policy of the United States to support efforts to remove 
        the regime of Saddam Hussein from power in Iraq and to promote the 
        emergence of a democratic government to replace that regime: Now, 
        therefore, be it
    Resolved by the House of Representatives (the Senate concurring), 
That the Congress supports the President in using all means at his 
disposal to encourage the establishment of a democratically elected 
government in Iraq.
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