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Iraqi Democrats Demonstrate at London US Embassy

Peter Marshall | 16.05.2008 21:40 | Iraq | London | World

Iraqi Democrats Against the Occupation and the Stop the War Coalition demonstrated outside the US Embassy in London on Thursday evening, 15 May 2008, calling for an end of actions against the Iraqi people and the withdrawal of occupying US and other forces.

Embassy and Poster
Embassy and Poster

Demonstrators outside the Embassy
Demonstrators outside the Embassy

Painting as a poster
Painting as a poster

A short speech
A short speech


They handed in a letter to the Ambassador explaining that they were protesting "against your continuing occupation of Iraq which has brought unimaginable level of death and destruction to the people and country in the past five years."

In particular they condemned the operation and siege against Sadr city in Baghdad over the past weeks, in which hundreds of people have been killed and hospitals, popular markets and other vital infrastructrue has been destroyed. The action followed similar operations in Basra and that still continuing in Mosul.

The letter noted the similarities between the US actions and the Israeli repression, with the building of concrete walls to divide Baghdad into what Pentagon sources have described as "30 killing zones" and crush the resistance of the Iraqi people to the occupation.

Among the posters was a photograph of a painting by Chris from  http://www.antiwarart.co.uk

A few more pictures on My London Diary shortly, at  http://mylondondiary.co.uk/2008/05/may.htm#iraqi

Peter Marshall
- e-mail: petermarshall@cix.co.uk
- Homepage: http://mylondondiary.co.uk

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Without the allied occupation Iraq would be in a state of civil war!

16.05.2008 22:38

Without the allied occupation then Iraq would be in a state of civil war. It is only the presence of allied troops that is keeping Iraq together. America has also sent hundreds of billions of dollars to Iraq for reconstruction.

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17.05.2008 06:45

Because of the Western occupation Iraq is sliding into a civil war.

Skyver Bill

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21.05.2008 13:13

"Without the allied occupation then Iraq would be in a state of civil war. It is only the presence of allied troops that is keeping Iraq together. America has also sent hundreds of billions of dollars to Iraq for reconstruction."


It is the policies of the occupation which have pushed the country to civil war in the first place and the amount spent on reconstruction pales in significance compared to the amount spent on the initial DEstruction. It's no use just throwing some money at the problem unless it is spent properly and accountably.

The only way the occupation is helping is by providing a more enticing target for the militias. They'd rather get rid of us first so that they can get their war on undisturbed.

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