UK Iraq Newswire Archive
Brown Ordered to prioritise Iraq
20-05-2007 18:09
Peace campaigners have called on Chancellor Gordon Brown to see sense and make ending the British occupation of Iraq “the first task of his premiership.”Operation Iraq Forever
20-05-2007 18:03
To feed itself the empire thus needs to increase its military, it thus needs to maintain over 750 bases worldwide. To feed its peoples’ ever-growing greed and gluttony, its ever expanding waistline, Iraq must remain within the empire’s violent and voracious claws, becoming a colony of imperialism, to be exploited and raped.Tony Bliar: "Reconcile" This!
20-05-2007 15:16
On what was his last visit to Iraq, British Prime Minister Tony Blair announced on the 19/5/2007, that he had "no regrets about removing Saddam," in a staged visit that was used to promote “reconciliation“ inside of the war torn country.John Pilger: The Imposition Of Great Power On Powerless People
19-05-2007 20:25
Attached is an audio interview with John Pilger that was conducted by Flashpoints and broadcast on 17th May 2007.
Against War. Against the Arms Trade. Two Day: Many Actions. 29-30 July 2007
19-05-2007 14:32
Blockade? Party? Destroy? March? Smash? Infiltrate? Invade? Picket? Harass? Clown? Dance? Light candles? Fight? Lock on? Vigil? Disrupt?You Decide!
In the run up to DSEi 2007, DISARM DSEi is calling for two days of autonomous actions against the arms trade.
The US war and occupation of Iraq—the murder of a society
19-05-2007 05:11
Is US behind assassinations and bombing of markets?
18-05-2007 03:41
An Iraqi who asked not to be identified had disclosed some of the US activities such as assassinations and bombings in markets that aim at sparking sectarian fighting among Iraqis so as to facilitate the partition of the country.Two imprisoned for violating Official Secrets Act
17-05-2007 19:44
The imprisonment of David Keogh and Leo O’Connor under the Official Secrets Act is a flagrant violation of democratic rights. In part aimed at intimidating opponents of the occupation of Iraq, it is bound up with efforts to conceal the contents of a discussion between George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair on actions illegal under international law.Two imprisoned for violating Official Secrets Act
17-05-2007 10:51
Punished for exposing Bush and Blair’s crimes in IraqThe imprisonment of David Keogh and Leo O’Connor under the Official Secrets Act is a flagrant violation of democratic rights. In part aimed at intimidating opponents of the occupation of Iraq, it is bound up with efforts to conceal the contents of a discussion between George W. Bush and Prime Minister Tony Blair on actions illegal under international law.
Evil Empire: Is Imperial Liquidation Possible for America?
16-05-2007 00:53
In politics, as in medicine, a cure based on a false diagnosis is almost always worthless, often worsening the condition that is supposed to be healed. The United States, today, suffers from a plethora of public ills. Most of them can be traced to the militarism and imperialism that have led to the near-collapse of our Constitutional system of checks and balances. Unfortunately, none of the remedies proposed so far by American politicians or analysts addresses the root causes of the problem.Gordon Brown in Manchester 16th May 5pm Stop the War Protest
15-05-2007 19:26
Gordon Brown! Bring the Troops Back in 100 days!"This Wednesday evening (16th May), with the kind support of The
Co-operative
Group, the Labour Party will host an exclusive opportunity for North
West Labour and Co-operative Party members to meet Rt Hon Gordon Brown
MP and discuss with him his aspirations to lead our country."
“The Color of Blood, the Color of Resistance, the Color of Iraq.”
14-05-2007 23:10
“If I ever get married again…..I don't want any of this white dress business. I shall wear red.Bright red.
The color of blood, the color of roaring, erupting volcanoes, the color of a dying sun, the color of passion, the color of Resistance...The color of Iraq”.
Layla Anwar; Arab Woman Blues, “A Bed of Roses, A Bed of Thorns”
I wonder what goes through Cheney’s mind when he visits Baghdad. Does he ever look out the window of his armor-plated limmo and see the wasteland he’s created---the burned out buildings, the pock-marked streets, the wretched orphans sorting through the garbage for something to eat? Al Arabiya news says that there may be as many as 100,000 orphans in Baghdad now. These are Cheney’s kids, aren’t they--the Vice President’s gift to the “New Middle East”? The next generation of terrorists?
What a horrible legacy. What a horrible man.
IRAQ: Collateral Genocide
14-05-2007 23:01
Two elements are necessary to commit the crime of genocide: 1) the mental element, meaning intent to destroy, in whole or in part, a national, ethnical, racial or religious group, and 2) the physical element, which includes any of the following: killing or causing serious bodily or mental harm to members of the group; deliberately inflicting conditions of life calculated to bring about the group’s physical destruction in whole or in part; imposing measures intended to prevent births; or forcibly transferring children to another group.Blair's Legacy... and the "Struggle Against Violent Extremism"
14-05-2007 14:15
Finally. Blair’s going. But why now? And what has Blair left us behind?
There are many reasons one can guess as to why, but perhaps one of the biggest – yet least talked about – is the “cash for peerages” criminal investigation, which has been getting rather close to home, too close perhaps for Blair’s comfort.
Cheney threatens Iran from US aircraft carrier in Persian Gulf
12-05-2007 10:08
Underscoring the essential objective of his Middle East tour, US Vice President Dick Cheney used the deck of the aircraft carrier USS John C. Stennis in the Persian Gulf Friday to deliver a bellicose threat against Iran.Full article | 1 addition | 1 comment
Official Secrets Act Convictions: Mr Justice Aikens is a complete wanker
12-05-2007 09:58
The judge, Mr Justice Aikens, is clearly a complete wanker. Let me say that again just in case anybody misses this opportunity to jail me. Mr Justice Aikens is a complete wanker.Presidential Candidate: Senator Reid was Right, War is Lost
10-05-2007 18:11
Reid is now opposing the Iraq War because the U.S. is losing; he initially supported the war and backed the invasion. The war is another imperial adventure by the U.S. and there is a growing divide, by those supporters of U.S. imperialism, that a continued war is weakening U.S. imperialism.Top eight reasons for U.S. led Iraq occupation
10-05-2007 13:26
It’s spring of 2007, four years deep into Iraq occupation .Here’s a mature top 8 reasons that combined to trigger this invasion/occupation of what used to be the sovereign nation of Iraq.Oxford Students Stop the War Coalition Meeting - 10th May
09-05-2007 23:02
Where Next?Thursday 10th May, 3rd Week
7.30pm
Saskatchewan Room, Exeter College
A Channel Four Farce?
09-05-2007 17:01
In what appears to be a throw back to the black-and-white minstrel shows, where playing the "natives", people would blacken their faces and dance around on stage to "entertain" their audience, it appears that the British station Channel Four may be following suite.