HC Deb 28 March 1994 vol 240 c533W
Mr. Dalyell

To ask the Secretary of State for Defence what evidence is available to Her Majesty's Government of shelling of villages occupied by indigenous peoples of the marshes where the Tigris meets the Euphrates.

Mr. Hanley

Evidence drawn from aerial surveillance and other sources indicates that there has been systematic destruction of villages belonging to the indigenous people of the southern marshes of Iraq. This has not necessarily been caused by shelling.