UK Indymedia - UK Anti-militarism Newswire Archive

London "terror den" faces demolition

19-04-2004 12:12

A demolition notice was fixed to the door of 3/5 Duke Street, W1 in the last 24 hours. The notice stated that the occupants RAFAEL ARMS (ISRAEL), a former "support unit" of the Israeli Occupation Forces had been deemed a threat top the security of Palestinian civilians.

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[Biddu] Israeli Soldiers Shoot Dead Another Palestinian Unarmed Protester

19-04-2004 10:55

1) Israeli soldiers shoot dead another Palestinian unarmed protester- Biddu
2) 5-year-old girl injured by Israeli tank fire - Tulkarem
3) Verdict in case against Huwaida and Shelly - Jerusalem
4) Letter from Craig and Cindy Corrie to the CEO of Caterpillar

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News From Bagdad: A New Song Called "The Anger" about Fallujah

19-04-2004 10:26

Baghdad
Saturday 17 April 2004

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Iraq - for sale - just don't go there.

19-04-2004 10:23

In the week before Iraq Procurement 2004 - where big business gets to bid for slices of the Iraqi pie, the UK state has been forced to advise UK businesses NOT to travel to Iraq.

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Any photos of CODEPINK 'funeral procession' on April 17th?

19-04-2004 07:03

Friends, does anyone have a good photo or two of CODEPINK's 'funeral procession' through Whitehall, or our laying of (broken) flowers at the Senataph?

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Anti-war march photos

19-04-2004 01:23

I have been documenting with photographs the marches and demonstrations in San Francisco since October of 2002. These are posted on my website: www.telepoetic.com, including 148 photos from the protest on March 20. The emphasis is on individuals and their signs. I hope to have an edited version of these photos published in a book. Working title: Signs of Life.

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People vs Total War Incorporated

18-04-2004 23:58

Press Release Saturday 17 April 2004

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Letter To Chief of Caterpillar Inc. From Craig & Cindy Corrie

18-04-2004 19:46

Letter to CEO of Caterpillar inc. USA from Craig and Cindy Corrie

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The Shame of Fallujah

18-04-2004 19:26

16th April 2004

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Immediate Withrawal of Spanish Troops from Iraq!

18-04-2004 17:54

In a surprise press release, the new Spanish Prime Minister Jose Luis Rodriguez Zapatero, has announced that this morning he had ordered the immediate withdrawal of Spanish troops from occupied Iraq.

This is seen as a great victory of the massive anti-war movement in the Spanish State.

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Conclusions of the fist session of the BrusselsTribunal on P.N.A.C.

18-04-2004 17:47

The BRussells Tribunal is a hearing committee composed of academics, intellectuals and artists in the tradition of the Russell Tribunal, set up in 1967 to investigate war crimes committed during the Vietnam War. The hearing was scheduled for 14-17th April 2004 at The Beursschouwburg and Les Halles in Brussels.

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Japan dragged into US quagmire (by Latuff)

18-04-2004 13:52

Copyright-free artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

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Arms subsidies cost UK jobs

18-04-2004 13:39

Britain wastes more than £200 million a year in subsidies to arms manufacturers, costing 30,000 lost jobs, says a former government adviser.

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Art of War : Iraq Coalition

18-04-2004 05:11

Iraq coalition

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Women in Black still stand strong in Edinburgh

17-04-2004 22:06

For more than 3 years, the Women In Black stand silently for one hour every Saturday on East End Princes Street Edinburgh. With their banners they express their protest against the current wars, particularly in the Middle East, Afghanistan, Iraq and Palestine.

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Edinburgh Rally against US middle east policy

17-04-2004 16:50

Some hundred people gathered today, Saturday the 17th of april, in Edinburghs parliament square following the invitation of the Edinburgh Stop the War Coalition to listen to speakers condemning the current US policy in the Middle East, and the mainstream British involvement and support for Bush's policy of massacring civilians in Falludja.
Another key point was Israels current policy of the seperation wall and the encouragement Bush and Blair expressed for Sharons discriminative policy towards the palestinians.

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War Crimes - Act NOW

17-04-2004 09:59

Senior Pentagon officials in advance of the attack state publicly: "There will not be a safe place in Baghdad. you have this simultaneous effect, rather like the nuclear weapon at Hiroshima, not in days or weeks but in minutes." The purpose is to "take the city down. By that I mean you get rid of their power, water. In two, three, four, five days, they are physically, emotionally, and psychologically exhausted."

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[Biddu] Israeli Army Use 12 Year Old Child As Human Shield after Beating

17-04-2004 09:13

1) Child Used as Human Shield after Beating
2) Palestinian prisoner solidarity _TAKE ACTION
3) 'Picking their battles'_Aviv Lavie, Haaretz
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US drop 1000kg bomb on Falludja

17-04-2004 07:56

according to dpa/ap the US dropped a 1000 kilo bomb on Falludja, claiming it would destroy the main building of the resistance.
see:

http://www.sueddeutsche.de/ausland/artikel/314/30284/
The US is also accused of dropping cluster bombs,

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/6B0698D9-3C9D-4CB8-9275-10ECD0D46565.htm and snipers killing civilians and shooting ambulances.

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Iraq whistleblower speaks

17-04-2004 00:10

This story has parallels with the case of Katharine Gun, the GCHQ whistleblower.
In both cases, the informant has risked prosecution to tell the truth. The truth
in this case is that the Danish Prime Minister lied to the Danish people to try to
force the case for war in Iraq. Sounds familiar?