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“I agree with what the gentleman stated and the fact is that the suffering of the Iraqi people is the direct result of the callousness of their dictator. We also have the problem in Kurdistan, Iraqi Kurdistan, where the embargo that we placed against Iraq is being enforced by the United Nations against the Iraqi Kurds, the people that are being protected by us north of the 36th parallel, and I think it is a shame that we do not lift the embargo to those people in that area that have certainly suffered the most along with the Shiites in the south from the oppression of this brutal regime. Mr. Speaker, even over the last decade, he has gassed with nerve gas and mustard gas huge portions of that population. The Kurds can be self-sustaining, they certainly are not asking for independence from Iraq, but they are certainly asking for the help that we give them, that we lift the embargo to allow them to sustain themselves during this time of crisis. Mr. Speaker, I commend the gentleman for bringing this to the President's attention and hopefully in the next bipartisan meeting, the gentleman will bring up the plight of the Kurds also who need desperately our help there in Iraq.”