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Noreena Hertz: "Drop Saddam's Debt"
SPEECH NOREENA HERTZ - Iraq has been just one of the many countries that have been lent money to support our geopolitical or corporate interests, no matter how brutal their rulers. Most of these countries are still paying for these monies even after they have been 'freed' from tyrannical regimes. Let us not now add Iraq to this list!
Speech delivered at a Jubilee Netherlands seminar held in Utrecht, the Netherlands on 29 March 2003.
"For this occasion, I have chosen to tell the story of debt and Iraq, or more precisely debt, Iraq and war. A timely story that encapsulates many of the themes that underlie today's conference: themes that link debt to lending to odious regimes, to matters of injustice and to the perpetuation and escalation of poverty..."
"For this occasion, I have chosen to tell the story of debt and Iraq, or more precisely debt, Iraq and war. A timely story that encapsulates many of the themes that underlie today's conference: themes that link debt to lending to odious regimes, to matters of injustice and to the perpetuation and escalation of poverty..."
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