Sept 11th Vigil for Peace and Global Justice
Colchester Peace Campaign | 08.09.2004 16:19 | Cambridge | London
Residents of the army garrison town of Colchester, Essex will be mounting a Vigil for Peace and Global Justice on Sat Sept 11th.
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End the Cycle of Violence.
End the War of Occupation.
Bring the Troops Home.
SAT SEPT 11th
1pm-2pm
COLCHESTER WAR MEMORIAL
(High St, Outside Castle Park Gates).
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The war is not over.
Last night the death toll of US service personnel killed in Iraq topped
1000. August has been the bloodiest month so far, as the violence gets
worse.
An estimated 37,000 Iraqi civilians have now been killed since the March
2003 invasion.
Britain spends £4.2 million a day on the war, while the USA
has spent over $131 BILLION on this war. http://costofwar.com.
George Bush has admitted that the 'war on terror' is unwinnable.
Yet he will continue down this tragic path. But we know that peace and security can only come through a more just and equal world - not through more violence, poverty
and global injustice.
The fighting in Iraq is now about marginalising anti-western forces to pave the way for a pro-western government. Hundreds of people are being killed every week.
We all know that no WMD could be found in Iraq.
But neither can peace and democracy be found there.
The Alawi puppet government is run by a Baathist thug.
The torture in Iraq's prisons continues. As does the shooting of demonstrators, the mass raids and arrests and the banning of independant journalism and free speech.
Before this was done by Saddam's brutal regime (although supported by Margaret Thatcher and Bush Senior). Now this is done directly by our occupation.
Get the Troops Out!
There is now a growing movement amongst British and American Service personnel who think the war is unjust, and who no longer wish to fight in it. Enough blood has been spilt for oil.
End the War of Occupation.
Bring the Troops Home.
SAT SEPT 11th
1pm-2pm
COLCHESTER WAR MEMORIAL
(High St, Outside Castle Park Gates).
--------------------------
The war is not over.
Last night the death toll of US service personnel killed in Iraq topped
1000. August has been the bloodiest month so far, as the violence gets
worse.
An estimated 37,000 Iraqi civilians have now been killed since the March
2003 invasion.
Britain spends £4.2 million a day on the war, while the USA
has spent over $131 BILLION on this war.
http://costofwar.com. George Bush has admitted that the 'war on terror' is unwinnable.
Yet he will continue down this tragic path. But we know that peace and security can only come through a more just and equal world - not through more violence, poverty
and global injustice.
The fighting in Iraq is now about marginalising anti-western forces to pave the way for a pro-western government. Hundreds of people are being killed every week.
We all know that no WMD could be found in Iraq.
But neither can peace and democracy be found there.
The Alawi puppet government is run by a Baathist thug.
The torture in Iraq's prisons continues. As does the shooting of demonstrators, the mass raids and arrests and the banning of independant journalism and free speech.
Before this was done by Saddam's brutal regime (although supported by Margaret Thatcher and Bush Senior). Now this is done directly by our occupation.
Get the Troops Out!
There is now a growing movement amongst British and American Service personnel who think the war is unjust, and who no longer wish to fight in it. Enough blood has been spilt for oil.
Colchester Peace Campaign
Homepage:
http://easf.org.uk
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12.09.2004 14:13
Opposed to Bush and Blair's war, state terrorism and imperialist occupation, instead campaigners spoke of how lasting peace and security could only come from a more just and equal world.
They placed memorials to the thousands killed in new york on sept 11th 2001, as well as the thousands more killed in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Another memorial marked the recent passing of the grim milestone of 1000 US military personnel killed mainataining the war and occupation. The shocking revelation that more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians may have been killed in this same period was also featured. Also mentioned and remembered were the victims of the Sept 11th 1973 CIA sponsored coup and Pinochet dicatorship in Chile.
This also marked three years since the birth of Colchester Peace Campaign, a group which has mobilised thousands over this period.
Amongst the next steps camapigners discused were building attendance at the forthcoming European Social Forum, raising money for childrens medical aid in Falluja, and working with military families and ex-servicemen against the war.
Barry Kade
Homepage:
http://www.colchesterpeace.org.uk
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12.09.2004 16:56
Opposed to Bush and Blair's war, state terrorism and imperialist occupation, instead campaigners spoke of how lasting peace and security could only come from a more just and equal world.
They placed memorials to the thousands killed in new york on sept 11th 2001, as well as the thousands more killed in the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan. Another memorial marked the recent passing of the grim milestone of 1000 US military personnel killed mainataining the war and occupation. The shocking revelation that more than 30,000 Iraqi civilians may have been killed in this same period was also featured. Also mentioned and remembered were the victims of the Sept 11th 1973 CIA sponsored coup and Pinochet dicatorship in Chile.
This also marked three years since the birth of Colchester Peace Campaign, a group which has mobilised thousands over this period.
Amongst the next steps camapigners discused were building attendance at the forthcoming European Social Forum, raising money for childrens medical aid in Falluja, and working with military families and ex-servicemen against the war.
Colchester Peace Campaign