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Contact:
Mr. Ahmed Shames: + 44 (0) 0798 018 2974
Mrs. Sama Hadad: + 44 (0) 772 992 2124

The Iraqi Prospect Organization holds the UN inspectors morally responsible for the safety of the young Iraqi who sought asylum with the inspectors Saddam’s regime.

This morning, in Baghdad, a young Iraqi citizen tried to seek refuge with the UN inspectors. He managed to get into one of the inspectors' cars shouting, "Save me, save me," only to be handed to the Iraqi authorities.

“This incident sends the wrong message to Iraqi scientists,” explained Ahmed Shames. “Scientists are being asked to give information to UN inspectors and promised protection, yet they can’t seem to even protect one man. No doubt this man and his family will be interrogated, tortured and executed as is the practice of the regime. This is not going to fill scientists with confidence in the UN.”

Notes to Journalists

The Iraqi Prospect Organisation is an expanding network of several thousand young Iraqi men and women living in the west, working to promote liberation of Iraq and the establishment of a genuine, proportional democracy.