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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1150, 19 April 2010
1) AFGHANISTAN WAR PLANS ARE IN CRISIS 2) PROTEST AT THE PARTY LEADERS’ TELEVISION DEBATE 3) YOU CAN MAKE A DIFFERENCE IN 1-2 MINUTES 4) PUBLIC MEETINGS AND DEBATES AROUND THE COUNTRY 5) STOP ISLAMOPHOBIA CONFERENCE 6) PROTEST AT JOE GLENTON’S APPEAL THIS WEDNESDAY 7) HAVE YOU FILM OF 15 FEBUARY 2003 DEMONSTRATION? 8) VOLUNTEERS… Continue reading
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GENERAL ELECTION 2010: Make Palestine the Issue
We’ve had a fantastic response to our lobby of parliamentary candidates, with thousands of emails sent and over 1200 candidates lobbied. With only two weeks left until election day use our campaigning tool to contact your candidates and let them know the strength of public feeling for a just resolution for Palestine. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1148 6 April 2010
The main political parties in the coming general election don’t want to mention the war in Afghanistan. They all support it, but they know it is opposed by the majority of the electorate, who want all the British troops withdrawn. Continue reading
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Obama, Britain and the age of permanent war By John Pilger
In the coming election campaign in Britain, the candidates will refer to this war only to laud ‘our boys’. The candidates are almost identical political mummies, shrouded in the Union Jack and the Stars and Stripes. As Blair demonstrated a mite too eagerly, the British elite love America because America allows them to barrack and… Continue reading
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VICTIMS OF URANIUM MUNITIONS USED BY THE US FORCES IN AFGHANISTAN: Warning – Horrific Images
These photos of newly-born infants have been taken by Dr. Mohammad Daud Miraki, a well-known Afghan researcher, anthropologist, sociologist and scholar. He visited Afghanistan to find out about the situation after the American invasion of Afghanistan. The deformed infants are the result of the uranium munitions used by American troops and bomber aircrafts all over… Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1145 15 March 2010: THE ANTI-WAR MAJORITY IGNORED BY POLITICIANS
The British Army is taking casualties at a level not seen since the 1950s, with six British soldiers killed in as many days earlier this month. The United Nations reported recently that Afghan civilian deaths doubled in 2009. Two thirds of the British public believe the war is unwinnable and all the troops should be… Continue reading
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URGENT: MEPs to discuss Goldstone Report on 10 March – please email your Members of European Parliament
The European Parliament is due to vote on its attitude to the Goldstone Report on March 10. Please URGENTLY email your MEPs – if possible by the end of today 8/3/10. Continue reading
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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 1144 04 March 2010 – WHAT GORDON BROWN COULD HAVE DONE WITH £8.5BN
Gordon Brown happily signed the cheques for the Iraq war. In 2005 he said, “I would have behaved exactly like Tony over the war.” This is why Stop the War will be protesting outside the Iraq Inquiry on Friday 5 March, when protestors will try to deliver Brown a giant cheque for £8.5 billion —… Continue reading
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Short: Goldsmith ‘misled’ cabinet over Iraq
Channel 4: Former international development secretary Clare Short accuses Lord Goldsmith, the former attorney general, of misleading the Cabinet over the legality of the Iraq war. Katie Razzall reports. Continue reading
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Clare Short says cabinet misled on Iraq war legality
Tony Blair’s cabinet was “misled” into thinking the war with Iraq was legal, ex-International Development Secretary Clare Short has told the UK’s inquiry. She said Attorney General Lord Goldsmith had been “leaned on” to change his advice before the invasion. Continue reading
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Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq illegal
Two most senior law officials state that Britain’s decision to go to war in Iraq was illegal Continue reading
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ATTEMPT TO BAN PROTEST OUTSIDE BLAIR INQUIRY
Negotiations between the police and Stop the War broke down today when it became clear that the government is trying to hide our legitimate peaceful protest from Tony Blair when he gives evidence to the Chilcot Inquiry on Friday. Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Bring the boys back home
The United Kingdom should stop fighting distant wars and meddling in global military matters. That’s the view of Kim Howells, who until last year was the minister responsible for Afghanistan. He says the recent succession of deaths there have been a turning point. They show it’s time for the UK to stop engaging at the… Continue reading
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DEFEND THE RIGHT TO PROTEST ON BLAIR INQUIRY DAY
The police are aiming to keep protesters out of sight this Friday when Tony Blair appears at the Iraq Inquiry. This contradicts a statement by Scotland Yard yesterday that they aim to “facilitate the protest as best we can”. Continue reading
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Boys from Bullingdon are bad for Britain By George Anthony
The boys from Bullingdon had a bit of a shock when they opened the Sunday papers of November 29th for the Ipso MORI survey put the Tories on 37% and Labour on 31%, with the Lib-Dems on 17%. This means-on the present parliamentary line up with a Labour bias in the distribution of voters per… Continue reading
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The problem with politics By Jim Jepps
As a class [politicians have] not helped themselves. When the previous speaker of the house resigned it was not simply because he had failed to tackle the expenses regime – he was making vigorous use of it and was taken down in the very scandal he should have prevented in possibly one of the first… Continue reading
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Iraq inquiry: Blair deal on regime change?
UK former ambassador to Washington tells Iraq inquiry he was excluded from Blair and Bush talks in 2002 Continue reading
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Iraq inquiry hears regime change claim
British Iraq inquiry hears Bush admin. discussed toppling Saddam two years before the 2003 Iraq invasion Continue reading
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Long-awaited UK Iraq war inquiry to start – 24 Nov 09
A long-awaited inquiry into Britain’s role in the Iraq war will begin in London on Tuesday Military chiefs, diplomats and government ministers are all expected to testify. Proceedings are expected to culminate with Tony Blair, the former UK prime minister, taking the stand. The inquiry’s chairman has said he is confident of producing a “full… Continue reading
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New Evidence: Jack Straw Guilty On Torture – A Smoking Gun By Craig Murray
Finally I have indisputable documentary evidence that the British government had a positive policy of using intelligence from torture in the War on Terror, and that the policy was personally directed by Jack Straw. Continue reading
