UK Indymedia - UK Iraq Newswire Archive

Democracy Village after the verdict.

18-07-2010 11:44

This text is to accompany the video. The village called a people's assembly/peace rally following the loss of its appeal.

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Inquiry Confirms UK Collusion in Torture

15-07-2010 14:51

Highly classified documents have been disclosed that detail the involvement of Tony Blair's government in the torture of its own citizens. The documents not only support claims by six former Guantánamo detainees that British Intelligence were complicit in their mistreatment but also implicates the previous government in a number of illegal operations and thwarting attempts by Foreign Office officials to try the suspects in the UK.

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Decommissioner Elijah Smith finally released from prison

07-07-2010 21:25

Elijah Smith was granted bail at a hearing today and was finally released from prison at around 5.30pm after 18 months on remand.

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Jailing dv residents is one step too far

05-07-2010 06:35

the gov have taken this one step too far.
some have suggested an eco village outside the prisons concerned. wandsworth common is on the doorstep.
some have suggested blasting them with some freeman truth. none of the judges are on their oaths for victimless crimes.

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Turkish troops getting ready to offensive attack against Kurdish Guerrilla

04-07-2010 21:16

Turkey says it has sent 20,000 troops into Northern Iraq in a new offensive against the rebel Kurdistan Workers Party or PKK. According to the semi-official Anatolia news agency, military officials say it's the last big attack before the onset of winter. So far there are no reports of casualties. The Turkish army is already conducting a large operation against the PKK in the Eastern Turkish province of Tunceli. Chris Morris reports from Ankara.

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Tomorrow (Sun(y)day sees a day of celebration of nonviolent heroes, picnicing a

26-06-2010 23:11

Following today's successful nonviolent flotilla of cycles that took Alverhurst the March of the Penguins, famous penguin (who, incidentally now refuses to March to any war zone) to Marchwood Military Port today (the UK's biggest fleet).

On armed forces day (wrongly named 'forces') it was important to ensure that there was an nonviolent and unarmed presence and a subverting situation of the warring spectacle.

The Society of the Spectacle plays up war and makes heroes our of killers, and half felt soldiers who go - some not knowing why they go to war. Our arrival made the things change round - suddenly we were at first seen as a threat and then we subverted it by friendliness and we were even kind to the soldiers, police and MOD staff that turned up/talked to us. The level of fear was high - we made fun and play out of the situation not fear and fierceness. Methinks play achieves more than protest and seriousness ever can.

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EDO decommissioners trial update and verdict date demo

22-06-2010 20:34

A short update from the decommissioners trial and verdict date demo info.

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Turkish Air force attack ' killed ' Three and wounded several Kurdish citizen

20-06-2010 11:55

One week after shelling and bombing the Kurdish villages by Iran's islamic troops,

Yesterday 8 pm, Turkish air forces has bombarded the [Sidikan, Arbil province] .
Due to heavy bombarding villages one young girl killed and several others including children wounded.

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Combat Stress: PTSD & the Family

20-06-2010 09:33

A public meeting on the affects of Post Traumatic Stress Disorder and the impact it has upon the wider family unit.

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Charges dismissed on "Bonhoeffer 4" war resisters in Australia

16-06-2010 07:46

Charges Dismissed on 4 Australian Christian Peace Activists Arrested Resisting the War on Afghanistan

Wednesday, 16 June, 2010

The charges against the Bonhoeffer Peace Collective - four Christian peace activists who infiltrated the secret Australian military base on Swan Island in March and shut down the switchboard, a satellite and causing a lock down on the base, effectively disrupting the Australian war effort in Afghanistan - have been dismissed.

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Parliament Square, Friday 11th June 2010

14-06-2010 20:39

Some photos of some the various sights on the square that day.

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How Does the US' Ostensibly Public Media Violate Journalistic Ethics?

09-06-2010 13:36

NATO countries have ostensibly democratic media promoting the violence in Afghanistan. The UK and US are no exception. In the US, NPR has totally
censored the overwhelming opposition to the Obama wars.

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Mavi Marmara : On cowardice and violence

07-06-2010 21:00

Copied from counterpunch.org Well worth reading:

Reflections by a Former US Marine on the Mavi Marmara

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Brian Haw - Nine Years Harassed By Police

02-06-2010 23:41

Brian Haw started his peace protest in Parliament Square nine years ago, and today he was still there. Police marked the occasion by serving a summons on his fellow protester Barbara Tucker for using a megaphone. London, UK. 02/06/2010. Photos Copyright (C) 2010 Peter Marshall - please contact for use.

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High court Thursday 03 June - Parliament sq eviction hearing

02-06-2010 07:21

including brian haw, barbara tucker, rebecca hall and the democracy village people.

court documents attached

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Brian Haw - 9 (nine) years in London's Parliament Square!

02-06-2010 06:48

Today the peace campaign initiated in June 2001 by Brian Haw reaches nine years. Here is a selction of photos through the years of the campaign.

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Anti War Democracy Village : Serving soldiers join protest in Parliament Square

26-05-2010 03:56

Serving soldiers from the Royal Corps of Signals and the Parachute Regiment have joined the protest in Parliament Square against the war in Afghanistan. Boris Johnson has described the sight of the soldiers and supporters as "mess and squalor" and MPs have called the protest, including the soldiers, as a "national disgrace". The protest camp is against the war in Afghanistan but respects troops.

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Support the Decommissioners Public Meeting

25-05-2010 12:09

Public Meeting

Saturday 5th June

5.30-8pm, Community Base, Queen's Road, Brighton

Support the Decommissioners Public Meeting

On 17th January 2009, as Israeli bombs rained down on Gaza, six people
broke into the EDO factory in Brighton and decommissioned the
production line damaging their capability to make weapons to be used
against Gazan civilians.

At this public meeting, just two days before the start of the
decommissioners trial, where they will argue that their actions were
justified, we will discuss EDO's complicity in war crimes worldwide.

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Who is bombing in Iraq?

16-05-2010 12:06

Christopher King argues that it is likely that the American CIA – or Israel acting on its behalf – is responsible for recent atrocities in Iraq, in order to extend and consolidate the occupation, just as it is probable that the Times Square bomber was, wittingly or otherwise, acting for the CIA or Israel, to justify the US military intervention in South Asia.

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Repeating history with Iran

15-05-2010 09:27

A French court recently recognized the idiocy of one of the U.S. government’s attempts to enforce its sanctions against Iran by denying the government’s request to extradite an Iranian businessman for allegedly violating the sanctions.

Perhaps the court was familiar with how U.S. officials had used the so-called “dual use” game against the Iraqi people during the 11 years of brutal sanctions against Iraq.