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Afghanistan War Vote, Direct Action at Parliament - Pictures

Terence Bunch | 10.09.2010 14:31 | Energy Crisis | Globalisation | Terror War

On the day the British Parliament attempts to assemble for the first debate and vote on the continuing occupation of Afghanistan, anti-war campaigners Maria Gallastegui and Skywarrior breach security at the Parliament building and scale scaffolding successfully hanging anti-war banners, a demand to bring the troops home and a section 6 notice of the 1977 Criminal Law Act preventing violent removal.

Direct Action.
Direct Action.

Terrorism and Exorcism.
Terrorism and Exorcism.

Arriving for the Debate, impossible to miss.
Arriving for the Debate, impossible to miss.

83% and counting.
83% and counting.

25 hours and 50 minutes in total.
25 hours and 50 minutes in total.

The War and the Union.
The War and the Union.

Imprisoned by Democrats!
Imprisoned by Democrats!

The Maze of Anti-Protesting Fencing.
The Maze of Anti-Protesting Fencing.

When this becomes 100, What then?
When this becomes 100, What then?


On the day the British Parliament attempts to assemble for the first debate and vote on the continuing occupation of Afghanistan, anti-war campaigners Maria Gallastegui and Skywarrior breach security at the Parliament building and scale scaffolding successfully hanging anti-war banners, a demand to bring the troops home and a section 6 notice of the 1977 Criminal Law Act preventing violent removal.

The action takes place on the day the first commons debate and vote over the continuing occupation of Afghanistan takes place.

The debate is very poorly attended, with much of the debating chamber remaining empty for most of the day.

Elsewhere in Wiltshire, UK, the body of Lance Corporal Joseph Pool is repatriated after being killed in Afghanistan during an attack involving a rocket propelled grenade.

The vote takes place in the late afternoon and returns an overwhelming majority in favour of British military forces remaining in the war-torn country, nine years after the initial invasion and seven years after the US Government announce the military defeat of the Taliban. The vote, and the manner in which it is undertaken, is broad and convincing evidence that the US and British governments are no longer concerned with public opinion over the occupation.

The apathy takes place as the Karzai government experience difficulty with the internal banking system almost certainly triggered by Karzai opponents attempting to undermine his electioneering efforts. The attempt to sever Mr Karzai from his primary source of funding appears shortly before Afghanistan attempts to hold yet more elections in a last desperate attempt to prevent US opponents in the country from taking control.

London, UK. 09/09/2010.

The Afghan war and a tale of two images: A near-empty Commons during war debate as tears flow at repatriation ceremony (Daily Mail, 10th September 2010)
 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1310657/Near-Commons-Afghan-war-debate-repatriation-ceremony-tears-flow.html

Family mourns Scots soldier killed on duty (The Scotsman, 10th september 2010)
 http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Family-mourns-Scots-soldier-killed.6524033.jp

Depositors Panic Over Bank Crisis in Afghanistan (New York Times, 2nd September 2010)
 http://www.nytimes.com/2010/09/03/world/asia/03kabul.html

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sec6

11.09.2010 02:13

It is wrong to claim that posting the section 6 notice gives any special protection. The 'protection' exists regardless of whether such a notice is displayed, but only if certain conditions are met. Those conditions certainly did not apply in the case of this protest. Section 6 refers to occupiers who have sole possesion and control of a premises, not a couple of people sitting on scafolding attached to a building which is occupied by others.

A section 6 notice has no magic powers, no mater how large you make it.

No basis in law

well done seamus and maria

11.09.2010 08:53

"A section 6 notice has no magic powers, no mater how large you make it."

Bit like the case for war then.

Laura

Smell the coffee

19.02.2011 23:57

It may not have a basis in law. but tell me when was the last time you occupied parliament for 26 hours. In addition to that I believe that this is the second time one of the protesters occupied parliament in a matter of months. So tell everyone when was the last time you grew a pair of balls?

Enlightened