COUNCILLOR Francis Lankester is drawing on his limited amount of Middle Eastern political knowledge to reach the conclusion that Saddam must be stopped.

The Iraqi people have just staged elections. They had two choices either a) keep Saddam or b) oust him. But about 98 per cent of the population decided to keep him.

America and Britain arms the pirate state of Israel to the teeth while allowing the Muslims to die and wither.

If Mr Lankester wishes to express his thoughts and concerns to the people of Worcester about dictators and leaders, then I, and all the other Pakistanis and Kashmisris in his all saints ward would very much like him to speak about Kashmir and the human rights abuses being carried out by India.

AHMED RAZA, Worcester.