UK Indymedia - UK Iraq Newswire Archive

Guantánamo / Abu Ghraib interrogation firms and the UK Census

25-03-2011 11:30

Campaigners decry involvement of Guantánamo and Abu Ghraib interrogation firms in UK Census

Friday, 25 March 2011

The London Guantánamo Campaign [1] is concerned about the involvement in the upcoming UK-wide Census of two private companies that were contracted to carry out coercive prisoner interrogations at the notorious US military detention facilities at Guantánamo Bay and Abu Ghraib, Iraq. [2]

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Shut Guantánamo / Free Shaker / Free Bradley Manning demo

24-03-2011 15:48

"Shut Down Guantánamo!" / Free Shaker Aamer / Free Bradley Manning demonstration

Friday 1 April, 12-1pm and 1.15-2.15pm:

12-1pm: US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London, W1A 1AE (nearest tube: Bond Street/Marble Arch)

1.15-2.15pm: Speaker's Corner, Hyde Park, W1 (nearest tube: Marble Arch)

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The wars on Iraq and Libya: Front pages from 2003 and 2011

21-03-2011 14:04

Here is a compilation of newspaper front pages announcing the launch of the war on Iraq (2003) and the war on Libya (2011).

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Vigil in Wrexham for Bradley Manning, for Japan, Iraq and Libya

21-03-2011 12:37

Ten people held a vigil in Queens Square Wrexham yesterday, Sunday 20 March, observing 20 minutes of silence before being joined by other supporters and passers by over the following hour.

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Johnson wins eviction in high court against veteran peace campaigner Brian Haw

17-03-2011 14:34

Granting an order for possession and an injunction against Haw and Tucker, Mr Justice Wyn Williams said: "As is apparent from this judgment, I have concluded that the claimant has adduced substantial evidence which justifies the conclusion that the making of orders in this case is proportionate."

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Flashback:How the forgotten city of Halabja became the launchpad for war on Iraq

16-03-2011 19:29

When the Bush administration went to war with Iraq in March 2003, the centerpiece of its justification for war was weapons of mass destruction. But its precise timing was driven, in large part, by the March 16 anniversary of the poison gas attack on the Iraqi Kurdish town of Halabja. On the fifth and twentieth anniversaries of these two tragic events, a study of the connection between them reveals a deliberate pattern of twisting and fabricating intelligence to meet policy objectives.

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The Guardian’s hatchet job on Julian Assange #WikiLeaks

10-03-2011 20:22

WikiLeaks: Inside Julian Assange’s War on Secrecy, by David Leigh and Luke Harding, published by the Guardian newspaper, is now being paraded as the “official” account of WikiLeaks and its founder Julian Assange. It is in reality a politically-motivated hatchet job aimed at discrediting Assange and facilitating his persecution by the Obama administration and its allies in the UK and Sweden.

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20th anniversary - How George Bush, Sr. sold the 1991 war on Iraq

04-03-2011 17:01

The 2nd of March 2011, marked the 20th anniversary of the 1991 Gulf War on Iraq....

"Hill & Knowlton, then the world's largest public relations firm, masterminded the Kuwaiti campaign to sell the 1991 Gulf War to the American public. By the time their lies were exposed TV newscasters were waxing ecstatic over the rockets' red glare, computerized 'smart-bombs' bursting in air, and 250,000 people were dead."

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4th March Demo in Solidarity with the Middle Eastern and North African Uprisings

03-03-2011 17:56

Demonstrate Friday 4th March
Brighton, Old Steine, 5pm

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Brighton demo this Friday in Solidarity with the Middle Eastern Revolutions

01-03-2011 16:27

The uprisings in the Middle East and North Africa are ongoing. Gaddafi has now lost control of the majority of Libya while, an uprising has begun in Oman while resistance continues in Bahrain and Yemen.

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105 Billion Monthly,3.5 billion daily,1.26 Trillion Yearly,.US War Cost

24-02-2011 18:26

The human, animal and environmental costs of the wars of the US, UK and NATO
are incalculable. The fiscal cost is below.

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Support Iraqi orphans

24-02-2011 09:46

Hussein Al-alak is a journalist, campaigner and chairman of Iraq Solidarity UK.

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Breaking News: Bloody protests rock Iraqi Kurdistan

20-02-2011 13:01

Violence has again rocked the streets of the Iraqi city of Sulaymaniyah as Kurdish demonstrators continue to demand the ouster of the Kurdistan Regional Government.

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The Traitor of Baghdad

18-02-2011 10:51

Hussein Al-alak is a journalist, campaigner and chairman of Iraq Solidarity UK.

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EDL Official Website Hacked By Anti Fascist Hackers - 09 Feb 2011

09-02-2011 06:40

After the recent hacking that took place on EDL's Zetaboards forum.
Hackers have again compromised the EDL and have taken down their actual website.

You can see the hack in action here,

http://englishdefenceleague.org

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United in our heritage

07-02-2011 11:39

Hussein Al-alak is a journalist, campaigner and chairman of Iraq Solidarity UK.

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London - 4 Days of Action announced 4 Julian Assange & Bradley Manning 4, 5, 7, 8

04-02-2011 10:55

"FREE ASSANGE! FREE MANNING! FREE SPEECH!"

Four Days of Action announced for Julian Assange and Bradley Manning 4th, 5th, 7th and 8th February.

Cyber, anti-war and human rights activists will today descend on the Australian High Commission and on Monday/Tuesday on the Woolwich magistrates court, while on Saturday there will be a public meeting in Harringay, north London.

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A worms eye view of the Middle East revolution

01-02-2011 10:39

Hussein Al-alak is a journalist, campaigner and chairman of Iraq Solidarity UK.

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Blair's Iraq Timeline Of Lies

27-01-2011 15:29

When former Prime Minister Tony Blair addressed the Chilcot Inquiry into the lessons of the Iraq war last week, he did so safe in the knowledge that the Inquiry is an establishment stitch-up, with no powers to prosecute. However, the court of public opinion has long since turned decisively against Blair, and he should face a war crimes trial for his role in Iraq, as well as other military adventures during his time in power.

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Barclays Shut All Day, After Lively Protest.

24-01-2011 22:57

Protestors clashed with police and security guards during a picket of banks in Broadmead and Cabot Circus.

About 80 people, many wearing guy fawkes masks and others dressed as clowns, joined the rolling demonstration to highlight the banks’ involvement in the arms trade.

They gathered in Castle Park before marching down Union Street and into Broadmead, at first followed by two patrolling police officers.