STOP THE WAR COALITION
NEWSLETTER No. 1031
27 January 2008
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
T: 020 7278 6694
Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
1) WHY WE'RE STILL MARCHING
2) MAKE 15 FEBRUARY IRAQ DAY
3) END THE SEIGE OF GAZA NOW
4) PLEASE DONATE TO OUR APPEAL
5) THE CAIRO CONFERENCE
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1) WHY WE'RE STILL MARCHING
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On his recent trip to the Middle East, George Bush said: "Iraq
is now a different place. Levels of violence are significantly
reduced. Hope is returning to Baghdad."
http://tinyurl.com/2j5lqa
Try telling that to residents of the southern outskirts of
Baghdad, whose homes were flattened on January 10, when US
bombers unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives in the biggest
aerial attack since March 2003, killing or injuring dozens of
civilians, many of them women, children and the elderly.
Try telling it to the thousands of Iraqis who were the victims
of US bombing raids in 2007, which quadrupled compared to
2006, rising from four attacks a week to four attacks a day.
(http://tinyurl.com/yqbonu)
It's the same story in Afghanistan, where the Washington Post
reported recently the number of air strikes doubled in 2007 to
a staggering 3,572 -- an average of close to 10 per day. In
2005, by comparison, there were around 200 air strikes.
http://tinyurl.com/yqbonu
These increasing levels of carnage come from the man who
accuses Iran and Syria of "fomenting violence" in the region
and whose main purpose in his visit to the Middle East was to
set up arms deals with a number of countries, which will get
weapons of mass violence at an estimated cost of 20 billion
dollars. (http://tinyurl.com/26gvcg)
These include Israel, visited by Bush at the very time that
its siege of Gaza was facing worldwide condemnation (see
below) for what United Nations representatives called "illegal
measures and practices against the Palestinian civilian
population". Bush's gift to Israel in the cause of promoting
peace in the region was to confirm that under a 100 million
dollar arms package, Israel would get a new consignment of the
very latest "smart" missiles, which it used to such horrific
effect in its 2006 attack on Lebanon.
We keep marching and protesting because these policies of mass
murder and devastation are opposed by the vast majority of
people in this country, the USA and worldwide.
It is why on Saturday 15 March, the Stop the War Coalition has
joined with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the
British Muslim Initiative in calling a national demonstration
in London, as part of the worldwide day of protest against
George Bush's wars on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq
invasion, when there will be demonstrations from Washington to
Beirut, from Sydney to Seoul.
WORLD AGAINST WAR DEMONSTRATION
Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND and BMI
SATURDAY 15 MARCH
ASSEMBLE TRAFALGAR SQUARE 12 NOON
MARCH TO PARLIAMENT
NEWSLETTER No. 1031
27 January 2008
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
T: 020 7278 6694
Web: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
IN THIS NEWSLETTER:
1) WHY WE'RE STILL MARCHING
2) MAKE 15 FEBRUARY IRAQ DAY
3) END THE SEIGE OF GAZA NOW
4) PLEASE DONATE TO OUR APPEAL
5) THE CAIRO CONFERENCE
*********************************
1) WHY WE'RE STILL MARCHING
*********************************
On his recent trip to the Middle East, George Bush said: "Iraq
is now a different place. Levels of violence are significantly
reduced. Hope is returning to Baghdad."
http://tinyurl.com/2j5lqa
Try telling that to residents of the southern outskirts of
Baghdad, whose homes were flattened on January 10, when US
bombers unleashed 40,000 pounds of explosives in the biggest
aerial attack since March 2003, killing or injuring dozens of
civilians, many of them women, children and the elderly.
Try telling it to the thousands of Iraqis who were the victims
of US bombing raids in 2007, which quadrupled compared to
2006, rising from four attacks a week to four attacks a day.
(http://tinyurl.com/yqbonu)
It's the same story in Afghanistan, where the Washington Post
reported recently the number of air strikes doubled in 2007 to
a staggering 3,572 -- an average of close to 10 per day. In
2005, by comparison, there were around 200 air strikes.
http://tinyurl.com/yqbonu
These increasing levels of carnage come from the man who
accuses Iran and Syria of "fomenting violence" in the region
and whose main purpose in his visit to the Middle East was to
set up arms deals with a number of countries, which will get
weapons of mass violence at an estimated cost of 20 billion
dollars. (http://tinyurl.com/26gvcg)
These include Israel, visited by Bush at the very time that
its siege of Gaza was facing worldwide condemnation (see
below) for what United Nations representatives called "illegal
measures and practices against the Palestinian civilian
population". Bush's gift to Israel in the cause of promoting
peace in the region was to confirm that under a 100 million
dollar arms package, Israel would get a new consignment of the
very latest "smart" missiles, which it used to such horrific
effect in its 2006 attack on Lebanon.
We keep marching and protesting because these policies of mass
murder and devastation are opposed by the vast majority of
people in this country, the USA and worldwide.
It is why on Saturday 15 March, the Stop the War Coalition has
joined with the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament and the
British Muslim Initiative in calling a national demonstration
in London, as part of the worldwide day of protest against
George Bush's wars on the fifth anniversary of the Iraq
invasion, when there will be demonstrations from Washington to
Beirut, from Sydney to Seoul.
WORLD AGAINST WAR DEMONSTRATION
Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND and BMI
SATURDAY 15 MARCH
ASSEMBLE TRAFALGAR SQUARE 12 NOON
MARCH TO PARLIAMENT
More details: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/
TRANSPORT: Coaches to the WORLD AGAINST WAR are being
organised around the country. For details, see:
http://tinyurl.com/2da68c
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