Demonstrate against the planned blitz on Fallujah

Submitted by AWL on 27 October, 2004 - 12:16

Emergency Demonstration Against the Looming Attacks on Iraq's Cities. Sunday 7 November. And download petition against the attacks.

Demonstration: meet 2pm, Parliament Square, Sunday 7 November.

Come and make your protest in your own way!

This demonstration has been called from an ad hoc meeting on 26 October. Also, the Stop The War Coalition has called for people to come to protest on the day the blitz starts, from 5pm to 7pm at Downing Street. Other activists will be gathering from 7pm that same day at the Edith Cavell statue near Trafalgar Square.


'In the name of recapturing Iraqi cities so that polling can take place, US forces have already started ­ and are planning to widen ­ a campaign of air strikes which will probably cause more civilian casualties than last year's invasion' (Guardian, 9 Oct).

A massive attack on Fallujah ­ where US forces massacred hundreds of Iraqis in April ­ is almost certain and will, in the words of one US official, be “very bloody and nasty” (Washington Post on-line edition, 16 Oct). British troops are being redeployed from southern Iraq to help form part of an "outer ring of steel" around the city in anticipation of an all-out assault (Independent, 22 Oct).

BLAIR WAVERED

When the US attacked Fallujah in April, more than 600 Iraqis were killed in the first week and 'the vast majority of the dead were women, children and the elderly,' according to local medical sources (Guardian, 12 Apr). Publicly Tony Blair stood lock-step with the US Government 'den[ying] … heavy-handedness by US forces' (Guardian, 20 Apr) and asserting that it was 'perfectly right and proper that [the US] take action' (BBC, 28 Apr). Privately, however, he 'appealed to Washington to halt the offensive.' Why? 'The Prime Minister had been under pressure for more than a year from an antiwar majority in his ruling Labour Party,' and civilian casualties were 'causing opposition to flare' (LA Times, 24 Oct).

WE CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE

Popular protest here in the UK could help derail the planned attacks on Fallujah and other Iraqi towns. No US assault is inevitable. If an attack does take place, protests before, during and after the assaults can limit the damage and help to deter further attacks.

Please join us on the 7th November!

Called by Stop the Attacks ­ an ad hoc collection of anti-war activists old and new.

tel. 07818 651 124. e-mail: stoptheattacks@fastmail.fm

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