UK Indymedia - UK Iraq Newswire Archive

The Fruit of the Imperialism (high-resolution version) by Latuff

27-03-2007 06:35

Copyleft artwork by Brazilian cartoonist Latuff.

A little bit of background to the kidnappings in the Gulf

26-03-2007 01:14

On 23 March 2007, 15 Royal Navy personnel were taken at gunpoint by Iranian forces in the Gulf. Five days before, on 18 March 2007, the Sunday Times ran a story predicting that an incident like this had been threatened by Iran, and explained the reasons why.

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A new Iraq?

25-03-2007 22:21

I found this following article very interesting, it concers one of the leading anti-Saddam Hussein writers of the late 80's and the 90's.

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Belgian MPs Unanimously Confirm Uranium Weapons Ban

23-03-2007 11:02

On Thursday 22th March 117 MPs from across the political spectrum unanimously backed the Chamber Commission on National Defence's March 7th decision to outlaw uranium weapons and armour plate.

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War criminals need time, not a timetable: Community

22-03-2007 02:03

Not only has Labor left the Iraqi's in the lurch by being complicit in the illegal and degrading act of aggression killing over 655,000 people in a holocaust but now they say, after the fact, that they won't leave the Iraqi's in the lurch. So why have we been left in the lurch?

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George W. Bush's Ides of March

22-03-2007 01:06

For Iraq, March brings not alone the fourth anniversary of the illegal US led invasion, butalso the memory of the 1991 'turkey shoot' on the Basra Road and the US encouraged uprisings in the south and north - then bloodily put down - with US assistance. March marked the beginning of the forty day period of mourning for the thousands of retreating conscripts and civilian families incinerated in their vehicles, when B52's bombed the front and back of the sixty mile convoy, then relentlessly bombed the rest 'like sitting ducks', as one pilot explained.

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"Naming the Dead" ceremony in Reading, Berks.

21-03-2007 09:15

Peace activists mark 4th anniversary of Iraq war

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U.S. — A LONG WEEKEND FOR PEACE

21-03-2007 02:39

Peace demonstrations were held in over 1,000 U.S. towns and cities, as well as in hundreds of locations around the world, over the March 17-19 weekend.

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PAXMANvBLAIR

20-03-2007 20:10

An anti-war anti-trident protest song to mark the last 4 years in Iraq and a future world full of tridents

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Iraq 4 years on – vigils held in Swindon

20-03-2007 20:00

Four years on from the “shock and awe” invasion of Iraq, peace campaigners in Swindon, determined that this anniversary should not go unmarked, braved the bitter cold to hold vigils at the Cenotaph at lunch time and in the early evening.

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Army Recruitment Picketed in Liverpool

20-03-2007 19:02

Fifteen activists picketed Liverpool army recruitment on James Street yesterday, in an event organised by Liverpool Social Forum and the Merseyside Anarchist Group. We were marking four years since the invasion of Iraq began, but we were also starting a round of campaigning which we hope will break the Stop The War Coalition's stranglehold on the anti-war movement in the area.

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M19: BearingPoint noise demo

20-03-2007 17:00

Yesterday, to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a surprise noise demo was held outside the London offices of BearingPoint, the consultancy company chosen by USAID to draft Iraq's new oil law.

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The Bush -- Police States of America

20-03-2007 13:14

Indisputable fact revealing President Bush, Attorney General Alberto Gonzales and the U.S. Justice Departments subjugation of an entire state population to civil rights violations reminiscent of 1930s Germany.

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Leeds Stop the War People's Assembly 24th March

20-03-2007 13:11

Leeds Stop the War People's Assembly

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M19: CAAT-London Arms Trade Crawl

20-03-2007 12:35

Marking the fourth anniversary of the Iraq invasion the newly-formed London CAAT group went on a Central London Arms Trade Crawl yesterday.

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Demilitarize the World!

20-03-2007 01:59

War is Just a Racket: Take a Stand; Dismantle the War Machine; Demilitarize the World!

http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/774011915

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Sheffield AF Anti-Recruitment Centre - March 17th

19-03-2007 20:42

IAF DAY OF ACTION March 17th --- Sheffield AF ANTI-RECRUITMENT CENTRE

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Activists Target Labour Constituency Offices

19-03-2007 12:19

In protest at the Labour Party's responsibility fort the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and the activists target constituency offices in London.

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SDO 'Back to the Future 1944' mp3

19-03-2007 05:39

The uncanny similarity of Goebbels speaking a radio address to the desperate Germans near the end of WW2, music, poetry...30 min. stereo

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Tyneside Action Report: No More Blood for Oil, Troops Out of Iraq

18-03-2007 20:18

On Saturday 17th March supporters of the RCG (Revolutionary Communist Group), its newspaper Fight Racism! Fight Imperialism! and other assorted activists held a protest outside the Shell petrol station in Byker to mark the approaching 4th anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, and to draw attention to Britain's economic interests which lie behind the continuing occupation.