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Tuesday October 28, 2003 19:01

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Irish Anti-War Movement plans Blockade of Shannon Airport

As the US/UK occupation of Iraq descends further into chaos, the recently reorganised Irish Anti-War Movement has announced a blockade of Shannon Airport to take place on Saturday 6th December. The Blockade is in protest at the ongoing use of the airport by the US Military. Almost 100,000 US Troops have passed through the airport on their way to the Middle-East since the beginning of the year.

Other Developments:

A group of peace activists have called a meeting in Limerick on Saturday 1st November aimed at establishing a non-party political group focusing on the use of non-violent direct action tactics to halt the use of the Airport by the US Military.

The IAWM have also issued an invitation to Legal Professionals to attend a meeting on 8th November in Dublin with a view to establishing an expert legal committee.

The Catholic Worker Five are due to appear in court in the very near future and activists in Galway and elsewhere are preparing solidarity actions for the occasion.

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Global Indymedia Feature on Iraq
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Human Rights Watch on situation for civilians in Iraq

Mainstream News Commentary:
Robert Fisk in Counterpunch notes the high suicide rate among the troops, lack of official investigations and body counts of murdered Iraqi civilians, the sustained level of attacks and the schizophrenic perception of the situation by US officers. George Monbiot in the Guardian dismisses the three ostensible reasons for which Bliar and Co. went to war and points out the especial hypocrisy of US support for Uzbekistan's current regime. Meanwhile Bush is quoted on CNN as inadvertently linking "our progress" with civilian deaths:

"`There are terrorists in Iraq who are willing to kill anybody in order to stop our progress,' Bush said. `The more success we have on the ground, the more these killers will react -- and our job is to find them and bring them to justice.'"

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Comments (42 of 42)

#	Title	Author	Date
1	Horrible	Drbinoche	Tue Oct 28, 2003 20:32
2	UN..	David	Tue Oct 28, 2003 20:54
3	Re. BUSH on CNN	mr. bunker	Tue Oct 28, 2003 21:34
4	Westerners	Drbinoche	Tue Oct 28, 2003 22:50
5	I'm not sure..	David	Wed Oct 29, 2003 00:00
6	Update on Nov 3 Solidarity with Ploughshares 5 Vigils	Ciaron	Wed Oct 29, 2003 01:48
7	Here's what's offensive to the US Military families	redjade	Wed Oct 29, 2003 02:54
8	Iraq is not "in chaos", don't be silly.	Bunjubar	Wed Oct 29, 2003 03:23
9	Gulf War 1 and nonviolent resistance!	Ciaron	Wed Oct 29, 2003 07:58
10	Imperialism	Cabhog	Wed Oct 29, 2003 10:16
11	scorched earth policy to come?	ec	Wed Oct 29, 2003 13:54
12	More american troops killed since end of war than during	Phuq Hedd	Wed Oct 29, 2003 18:01
13	the costs of war	redjade	Wed Oct 29, 2003 20:27
14	Reality check for Cabhog	reality checker	Wed Oct 29, 2003 23:23
15	US Media & Sick Soldiers	redjade	Thu Oct 30, 2003 13:56
16	Sick Soldier Cover-Up - Photog Detained	redjade	Thu Oct 30, 2003 14:53
17	Pull out the imperialists from Iraq	jams	Thu Oct 30, 2003 16:54
18	N1 Solidarity Action Raytheon, Derry	FEIC	Fri Oct 31, 2003 17:28
19	N3 Solidarity Vigil in Seattle- Office of the Dead	William, Seattle, USA	Fri Oct 31, 2003 17:32
20	Thanks William	Deirdre	Fri Oct 31, 2003 22:51
21	Yes	Fintan Lane	Fri Oct 31, 2003 22:58
22	USA nation-building a century ago	j.p. morgan	Fri Oct 31, 2003 23:12
23	George's Mom	redjade	Sun Nov 02, 2003 03:10
24	Pentagon keeps dead out of sight	redjade	Tue Nov 04, 2003 16:37
25	Let us pray ...	the wolfman	Tue Nov 04, 2003 19:19
26	Hearts and Mines: Images from Northern Iraq	redjade	Fri Nov 07, 2003 16:36
27	Iraq is Not America's to Sell	redjade	Sat Nov 08, 2003 11:31
28	Sun Tzu & Falluja	redjade	Mon Nov 10, 2003 00:06
29	Maher Arar complete statement to media	redjade	Mon Nov 10, 2003 00:34
30	'transfer tubes'	redjade	Mon Nov 10, 2003 02:53
31	Comparison of Iraq with Vietnam is Inane	Righteous Pragmatist	Mon Nov 10, 2003 20:00
32	Righteous Absurdist	redjade	Tue Nov 11, 2003 12:46
33	Overlook morality and look at reality.	Righteous Pragmatist	Tue Nov 11, 2003 17:03
34	Families of US military dead speak out	Phuq Hedd	Tue Nov 11, 2003 18:35
35	Another "intelligence professional" speaks out	Phuq Hedd	Tue Nov 11, 2003 18:49
36	Veterans do not matter in the scheme of things.	Righteous Pragmatist.	Wed Nov 12, 2003 11:21
37	Pentagon harassment of media in Iraq	redjade	Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:43
38	Invisible Casualties of War	redjade	Fri Nov 14, 2003 10:59
39	Through the lens of a soldier.	redjade	Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:20
40	Through the lens of a soldier.	redjade	Fri Nov 14, 2003 11:20
41	US Army destroys guerrillas' homes	redjade	Wed Nov 19, 2003 14:26
42	Irony is Dead: 'illegal border crossing'	redjade	Wed Nov 19, 2003 14:36

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