[Congressional Record Volume 149, Number 49 (Wednesday, March 26, 2003)]
[House]
[Page H2315]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                    LIBERATION FOR IRAQ COMING SOON

  (Mrs. MILLER of Michigan asked and was given permission to address 
the House for 1 minute and to revise and extend her remarks.)
  Mrs. MILLER of Michigan. Mr. Speaker, many have questioned whether or 
not a war with Iraq is just and if the dictatorship of Saddam Hussein 
is a threat to the world. Well, certainly the events of the last few 
days have shown just how brutal and how uncaring of human life Saddam 
and his gang of thugs actually are.
  The Geneva Convention requires that prisoners of war be treated with 
dignity and protected at all times from torture and public humiliation. 
Just as Saddam has not followed the mandates imposed upon his regime by 
the cease-fire agreement of 1991 and the United Nations Security 
Council resolutions, he has now disregarded the Geneva Convention.
  The need for our intervention in Iraq is now clearer than ever. If 
Saddam would so brutally violate international protocol with regard to 
prisoners of war, just think how badly he has repressed his own people.
  This dictator, like countless others before him, will earn his fate.
  Now there are reports of a popular uprising of the Iraqi people in 
Basra against Saddam's tyrannical regime.
  I say to the people of Iraq, rise up and join our coalition fighting 
to secure your freedom. Rise up and embrace your liberation.
  Liberation Day is coming soon to the Iraqi people.

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