Manchester Protest 30th June - Iraq for Iraqis -the handover is a fraud

Assemble 5pm Wednesday 30th June Piccadilly Gardens
Manchester City Centre
Open mike - have your say - speak out for Iraq
Bring your banners, flags and placards
organised by Greater Manchester Coalition to Stop the War and Manchester Iraq Solidarity Campaign
HANDOVER = CORPORATE TAKEOVER

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Tony Blair still wants to draw a line under the Iraq disaster and move on. Well he might - the June 10 elections were a stinging and massive public rebuke to the government on the war issue.
He is now pinning his hopes on the so-called “transfer of sovereignty” on June 30 to try and put a better gloss on the situation.
In fact, the transfer amounts to little more than devolving local government powers to a hand-picked Prime Minister with no mandate from the Iraqi people but a background as a CIA agent.
British and US troops will remain in occupation – which in turns means resistance and bloodshed will inevitably continue. The destabilisation of the Middle East will remain a danger to peace.
We must demand that the British and US troops withdraw from Iraq – it took the Spanish less than three months to do so. Britain should do the same. And a democratically-elected Iraqi government must be given full powers to run their country as they see fit.
flyer available to download from website (pdf file)
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