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National Demonstration
Called by Stop the War, CND and BMI
Sat 24 February 12 Noon
•No Trident
•Troops out of Iraq
Assemble Speaker's Corner Hyde Park
March to Trafalgar Square
Tony Blair took us to war on Iraq to find weapons of mass destruction. There were none. 655,000 Iraqis, over 3000 US soldiers and 130 British soldiers have died in that illegal war. Now Blair wants to spend up to £76 billion on new Trident nuclear weapons for a ‘defence’ policy based on indiscriminate killing of millions.
Stop the War, CND and BMI are calling a national demonstration on 24 February to say no to these insane policies of death and destruction. Join us.
Leaflet for more info & distribution:
http://www.cnduk.org/pages/24feb.pdf
Route for the day:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/_Current/documents/RouteMap24Feb07.pdf
Outside of London travel:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/_Current/24Feb07Demo.htm
PROTEST WORKS: SAY NO TO BLAIR'S WARS ON 24 FEB
Tony Blair's announcement that 1600 British troops will be withdrawn "within a few months" gives even more impetus to the national Troops Out demonstration on Saturday 24 February. He has made identical statements before, which came to nothing. And, as before, the media has predictably taken Blair's word that this is the beginning of the "Iraq endgame".
Whether we take Blair's announcement at face value or not, it is a clear admission of failure in Iraq. His justification for making the announcement now is simply nonsense. There is no improvement in the conditions in Basra to explain why troops were not brought home in 2006, or earlier. In fact, the situation in Basra is incomparably worse than it was before the invasion and it continues to deteriorate, with British troops rarely leaving their barracks and when they do facing almost certain attack, which has led this year to an increased rate of deaths and serious injuries (see http://tinyurl.com/yl2kme).
As Jonathan Steele writes, Blair's announcement of troop reductions "is driven by poll ratings not by conditions in Iraq" and the size of the reduction is strictly limited so as not to cause George Bush embarrassment. (See http://tinyurl.com/383rp6)
The timing of the announcement in itself shows that protest makes a difference and now is the time to use every opportunity to increase the pressure on Blair, especially with his typically slavish support for US threats to attack Iran and his intention to build a new generation of Trident nuclear weapons.
All the signs are we are going to have a very big protest on Saturday, with coaches coming from around 150 towns and cities across England and Wales (Scotland has its own demonstration: See http://tinyurl.com/q3y4k).
Everyone who has opposed Blair's warmongering over the past five years should aim to join us. Whether two thousand troops come home this yearor not, it is too little too late, and we must intensify our call for all troops to be withdrawn now and for Britain to break the link with George Bush's foreign policy, which has brought so much death and destruction to the Middle East and -- through the bogus "war on terror" -- de-stabilised the world generally.
NATIONAL DEMONSTRATION
Called by Stop the War, CND AND BMI
SAT 24 FEBRUARY 12 NOON
* NO TRIDENT * TROOPS OUT OF IRAQ
ASSEMBLE SPEAKER'S CORNER HYDE PARK
MARCH TO TRAFALGAR SQUARE
ROUTE: Speaker's Corner Hyde Park, Park Lane, Piccadilly Circus, Haymarket, Trafalgar Square: MAP http://tinyurl.com/32cnbl
SPEAKERS: Speakers at the rally will include Tony Benn, a number of MPs including John McDonnell MP, comedian Mark Thomas, Caroline Lucas MEP,
Bruce Kent (CND) and Lindsey German (Stop the War).
STEWARDS: We have had a tremendous response to our call for stewards to
help organise the demonstration. Because we anticipate that this will be a very big protest, we still need more stewards to ensure that we make the day as successful as possible. If you are able to help, please contact the Stop the War office on 020 7278 6694.
Umm 'Umarah
24-02-07, 11:21 PM
I did...:D just got back.......I'm shattered...it was cold.
loadsa people kept on taking pictures of me.
if anyone sees me in the papers let me know...
(*_Hamzah
25-02-07, 12:47 AM
I did...:D just got back.......I'm shattered...it was cold.
loadsa people kept on taking pictures of me.
if anyone sees me in the papers let me know...
What distinctive features do you have (actually don’t answer that!) all Niqqabi look alike anyway, forget your 5 min of fame sister :D
Umm 'Umarah
25-02-07, 09:32 AM
What distinctive features do you have (actually don’t answer that!) all Niqqabi look alike anyway, forget your 5 min of fame sister :D
distinctively enough.... I have a head,shoulders, knees and toes..and It wasnt just five minutes of fame.. bro it was longer than that...:D
and no I didn't look away...I just stood there posing.. allowing random people to take photographs of me...:rolleyes: hey....you think I'll get a feature in Cosmopolitan's next issue...
and leave me alone Shazan stop picking on me all the time...:( I'm gonna tell your mum you've been bullying me non stop.
loadsa people kept on taking pictures of me
:rolleyes: yeh, they always do that! A lot of the time, it's coz there's not many Muslims so they choose to photograph the obvious!
Umm 'Umarah
25-02-07, 09:41 AM
:rolleyes: yeh, they always do that! A lot of the time, it's coz there's not many Muslims so they choose to photograph the obvious!
sis, did you go?
sis, did you go?
Nah, didn't get to this time :( first one I missed in ages :( feel bad :(
Umm 'Umarah
25-02-07, 03:06 PM
Nah, didn't get to this time :( first one I missed in ages :( feel bad :(
aaw, it's a shame...it was a good turnout... quite a few Muslims turned up.. we kind of joined them... Masha'Allah they were shouting some good slogans on the loudspeaker..(made a few of the policemen turn their heads)
aaw, it's a shame...it was a good turnout... quite a few Muslims turned up.. we kind of joined them... Masha'Allah they were shouting some good slogans on the loudspeaker..(made a few of the policemen turn their heads)
Alhumdulillah! Most things I go to, hardly have any Muslim! :(
Umm 'Umarah
25-02-07, 03:11 PM
Alhumdulillah! Most things I go to, hardly have any Muslim! :(
aww, ask your friends and Muslim sisters to go along with you, It was a national demo so there were people from all over...but local events hardly attract many Muslims.
aww, ask your friends and Muslim sisters to go along with you, It was a national demo so there were people from all over...but local events hardly attract many Muslims.
I go with people but I just mean generally, there are hardly any Muslims, especially when it comes to protests for the SIAC for the brothers under control orders/facing deportation and demos/protests for the closure of Guantanamo :(
Umm 'Umarah
25-02-07, 03:23 PM
I go with people but I just mean generally, there are hardly any Muslims, especially when it comes to protests for the SIAC for the brothers under control orders/facing deportation and demos/protests for the closure of Guantanamo :(
next time you are holding a protest let me know...I'll pass the word to my northern contacts.
Masha'Allah with a lot of Non-Muslims although they are Kaffir, their hearts are in the right place..and they aren't blind followers like most are..:rolleyes:
and May Allah(SWT) give them Hidaayah...Ameen.
next time you are holding a protest let me know...I'll pass the word to my northern contacts.
Masha'Allah with a lot of Non-Muslims although they are Kaffir, their hearts are in the right place..and they aren't blind followers like most are..:rolleyes:
and May Allah(SWT) give them Hidaayah...Ameen.
Insha'allah!
Alhumdulillah, they do a lot for our brothers and sisters oppressed and facing fitnah!
Ameen to your dua!
(*_Hamzah
25-02-07, 04:20 PM
Masha'Allah with a lot of Non-Muslims although they are Kaffir, their hearts are in the right place..and they aren't blind followers like most are..:rolleyes:
and May Allah(SWT) give them Hidaayah...Ameen.
Ameen
I didn’t go to his demo as a matter of what I believe concerning stop the war but that is minor issue let me work on my own demons.
Alhamdulilah, seems like non-Muslim are the vanguards for Muslim facing oppression, may Allah give then hidaayah.
Another cab driver mention to me, how many Muslim did you see last summer in Scotland when US was transporting bombs to Israel via the UK? I’d suppose we all could do more.
Alhamdulilah, seems like non-Muslim are the vanguards for Muslim facing oppression, may Allah give then hidaayah.
Another cab driver mention to me, how many Muslim did you see last summer in Scotland when US was transporting bombs to Israel via the UK? I’d suppose we all could do more.
Ameen! and Insha'allah, we can all do more for our brothers and sisters facing fitnah! :D
(*_Hamzah
25-02-07, 05:05 PM
Picking up from what Kamilah has said these events offer Muslim a great chance of given Dawah to non-Muslim, we have already established they are passionate about live and the blessing of it :up: :up: :up:
Picking up from what Kamilah has said these events offer Muslim a great chance of given Dawah to non-Muslim, we have already established they are passionate about live and the blessing of it :up: :up: :up:
Insha'allah! :D
Stop the War has been flooded with emails saying how magnificent the TROOPS OUT / NO TRIDENT demonstration was last Saturday. Anyone who was there will know that it was one of the largest and most lively anti-war demonstrations since the Iraq invasion four years ago.
Lindsey German, national convenor of Stop the War, caught the mood of the day in her speech to the marchers: "We are fed up with a government that is addicted to wars that are spreading from Afghanistan to Iraq, Somalia to Lebanon. Now they want to attack Iran. If they do we will be on the streets in even greater numbers. We will demonstrate and take action until all these wars are at an end." (To see video of all the speeches at the Trafalgar Square rally, go to: http://tinyurl.com/3x5u2x)
As well as calling for all occupying troops to be withdrawn from Iraq and no replacement of Britain’s nuclear weapons system, the slogan Don't Attack Iran also featured prominently. (For more on Iran, see: http://tinyurl.com/284etf)
The Police & Demonstration Numbers
Stop the War has held a high level meeting with the Metropolitan Police to discuss how it was possible for a figure of 2-3000 to be given out for the TROOPS OUT / NO TRIDENT demonstration on 24 February, which clearly numbered many tens of thousands. Discussions are continuing as to how such inaccuracies can be avoided in future.
The police, who on the day never gave out a figure for the demonstration higher than 10,000 -- and then only after the absurdity of the 2-3000 figure was pointed out -- have conceded that at least 20,000 people were in Trafalgar Square to hear the end of march rally. Since this crowd was continually changing through the afternoon and many thousands were unable to get into the square, this confirms Stop the War's assessment that the demonstration was one of the largest anti-war protests that it has held.
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