Day of action about unexploded bombs in Iraq
Kathryn Amos | 25.06.2003 16:11 | Anti-militarism | Social Struggles | London
Tell the UK Government: Clear up your deadly litter.
Day of action in London, Friday 11th July.
Join us in London on the 11th July to campaign (non-violently) against the use of cluster bombs by coalition forces, and to show the British Government that we expect them to clear up their deadly litter ASAP, and to agree never to use such weapons again.
Meet at 10 am in Parliament Square.
- cover Whitehall and the surrounding area with paper cluster bombs,
- balloon ‘cluster bomb’ release at midday outside the Houses of Parliament,
- followed by a demonstration outside Parliament.
Day of action in London, Friday 11th July.
Join us in London on the 11th July to campaign (non-violently) against the use of cluster bombs by coalition forces, and to show the British Government that we expect them to clear up their deadly litter ASAP, and to agree never to use such weapons again.
Meet at 10 am in Parliament Square.
- cover Whitehall and the surrounding area with paper cluster bombs,
- balloon ‘cluster bomb’ release at midday outside the Houses of Parliament,
- followed by a demonstration outside Parliament.
There are more than ten thousand unexploded cluster bomblets in Iraq. One cluster bomb drops around 200 bomblets over a wide area, many of which (at least 5 %) do not explode on impact. These litter streets and towns in Iraq, and detonate easily often when children scavenge for the valuable metal encasing the bomb. They were used in the 1991 Gulf War, Kosovo, and Afghanistan. These weapons are indiscriminate, and cause horrific civilian casualties. Millions of people are at risk.
Please come along and join us in London on the 11th July!
Our aim is to cover the Whitehall area with paper 'bombs', and have a balloon 'bomb' release outside the Houses of Parliament at midday, to raise awareness of the UK/US use of cluster munitions in Iraq.
For more information, contact Kathryn Amos:
k.j.amos@uea.ac.uk.
If you’re planning to take part, we’d love to hear from you to get an idea of numbers. Please let us know!
Please spread the word…..
Further reading:
The cluster bombs that litter Iraq: www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,968182,00.html
www.clearup.org
Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org
Please come along and join us in London on the 11th July!
Our aim is to cover the Whitehall area with paper 'bombs', and have a balloon 'bomb' release outside the Houses of Parliament at midday, to raise awareness of the UK/US use of cluster munitions in Iraq.
For more information, contact Kathryn Amos:
k.j.amos@uea.ac.uk. If you’re planning to take part, we’d love to hear from you to get an idea of numbers. Please let us know!
Please spread the word…..
Further reading:
The cluster bombs that litter Iraq: www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,968182,00.html
www.clearup.org
Human Rights Watch: www.hrw.org
Kathryn Amos
e-mail:
k.j.amos@uea.ac.uk