IRNA - A Member of Pakistani Parliament Omar Ayub said that the United Nations should lead massive reconstruction task in the war-devastated Iraq. Talking to "IRNA" on Saturday, the Member of National Assembly (Lower House of the Parliament), said instead of the US or any other country, UN has the mandate to head Iraq's rebuilding.
| "After all, they did all the work of throwing Sammy out, and they've got such a good record with rebuilding other countries..." |
He noted that the allied forces must quit, and UN and other aid agencies should take the task of rebuilding and humanitarian assistance. "The armed forces can't deliver on this front, as their primary job is military warfare," he substantiated his viewpoint. He expressed deep concern over slow relief work, saying thousands of Iraqi people, particularly women and children were in desperate need of relief aid that was not forthcoming as yet.
| "I mean, it's soon gonna be a month! A whole month! Why, Pakistan would have had the place running like a top by now if we'd conquered it. Not that we've ever conquered anybody. Or won a war..." |
The lawmaker cautioned the so-called super power America will lose credibility as a civilized nation if it let the Iraqis die of hunger and disease and hampered flow of humanitarian aid.
| Ummm... Yasss... I lie awake at nights worrying about our credibility as a civilized nation with Pakistan. |
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