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Steve Israel: if we wanted to understand the line that divides good versus evil, it was drawn in Fallujah yesterday. Four people were…

On the recordApril 1, 2004
if we wanted to understand the line that divides good versus evil, it was drawn in Fallujah yesterday. Four people were providing security to deliver food to the people of Fallujah, and some of the people that they were seeking to feed killed them, mutilated them, massacred them. Mr. Speaker, today's Wall Street Journal said this of the situation in Iraq: ``It is not a good sign that Iraqis feel free to mutilate the bodies of dead Americans in front of the world's TV cameras.'' Then it goes on to say, ``A year without justice has also been a year without enough deterrence, and Fallujans now have more reasons to fear the consequences of working with the Americans than the consequences of killing them.'' Today we mourn the deaths of four people who believed in a better world. In the White House, the Pentagon, and the State Department, we must redouble efforts to ensure that the perpetrators of these crimes are punished. Justice will lead to security, security will lead to stability, stability will lead to democracy, and democracy will bring again justice and liberty for all.
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Steve Israel
New York

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Addressing the violence and killings in Fallujah during a speech on the situation in Iraq.

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