Iraq Exit Strategy And The Simele Massacre Of Assyrians

EDM number 1925 in 2007-08, proposed by Bob Spink on 01/07/2008.
Categorised under the topics of Armed forces, International politics and government, Iraq and Military operations.

That this House notes that August 2008 will mark the 75th anniversary of the Simele Massacre of Assyrians in Iraq which was orchestrated by the Iraqi government only 10 months after the end of the British mandate; further notes and sincerely regrets the terrible repression suffered by the Assyrian people and the failure by past British governments to keep promises; further notes the relative stability provided by, and the good intentions of, the Kurdish Regional Government in Iraq; and urges the British Government to ensure that the same mistakes will not be repeated as the coalition attempts to devise an exit strategy from Iraq.

This motion has been signed by a total of 2 MPs.