Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Prime Minister – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 17 January 1991.
David Tredinnick
, Bosworth
12:00,
17 January 1991
My right hon. Friend will be aware of the assessment by General Colin Powell of the United States joint chiefs of staff that 80 per cent. of the sorties against Iraq have been effective. Is not that a remarkable achievement and a great credit to the allied forces? Does not the pinpoint bombing that we have seen on the news illustrate that there will not be the civilian casualties in Iraq which some had feared? That is important, because our quarrel is not with the people of Iraq.