----- Original Message ----- From: Camp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, January 04, 2001 1:40 PM Subject: Lift the sanctions, stop the war against Iraq! > Lift the sanctions, stop the war against Iraq! > > Call of the Anti-imperialist Camp for an international day of action > on the 10th anniversary of the Western aggression > > ############################################# > # We call upon all to: # > # * sign this call by mailing your support # > # * organise protests in your country/city # > # * inform us about possible actions # > ############################################# > > Ten years ago, on the 17th January 1991, the vicious attack against Iraq of > the Western Holy Alliance backed by the UN started. In a few weeks more than > 100.000 Iraqis were killed. Since then the war and aggression is going on. > Day by day US and British air planes are targeting the Iraqi people while > the Western cooperate media keeps silent. The murderous economic blockade > has killed another 1.5 million people and has virtually devastated an in > fact rich country on the roots of human civilisation. As not even pencils > are allowed to be imported the decay of the education system has mortgaged > the life of a whole generation while the aggressor powers and their local > allies are enriching themselves claiming the Iraqi oil revenues as > "reparations". Not to speak of the contamination of the country by the use > of Depleted Uranium, which is not only killing the Iraqi population now but > will enfold its deadly impacts for many future generations. > > The US have inaugurated their "New World Order" with the war against Iraq, > claiming to establish a world of peace, democracy and human rights. In fact > the ongoing aggression against Iraq is revealing this mono-polar world under > US control to be nothing else than a tyranny of a small decadent elite in > the Western countries systematically denying the alleged "Western values" > peace, democracy and human right to all others. In order to continue their > neo-liberal exploitation the imperialist powers have brought genocide, war, > misery, starvation, dictatorship, devastation and cultural deprivation to > the masses of the oppressed countries which represent the vast majority of > the world population. > > The aggression on Iraq was legitimised by claiming to bring down a dangerous > dictatorial regime aggressing its neighbours. However, the fact that the US > and its NATO allies are supporting and bringing into power exactly such > regimes all around the world is revealing this claim to be a blatant lie. > The real reasons of the aggressions were: a) to kept control over the major > part of the Arab petrol, b) to defeat the only significant Arab military > power not subjecting to the imperialist control, c) blowing a deal to the > Iraqi masses which have shown to be one of the most combative > anti-imperialist and anti-capitalist ones of the region and by doing so d) > discouraging the resistance of the Arab masses in general and especially > that of the Palestinians. > > The connection of the Iraqi, Palestinian and all Arab liberation is shown by > the latest US and Israel blackmailing plan: they promise to lift the > sanction if Iraq is accepting the 5 million Palestinian refugees "ethnically > cleansed" by Zionism that should renounce their right to return by their > turn. > > The defence of Iraq and its people notwithstanding its current regime that > is paralysing the anti-imperialist struggle of the masses is not only > decisive for the Arab liberation but for all democratic and anti-imperialist > forces all around the world striving to bring down the monster of the "New > World Order" blocking not only any human progress but even endangering the > survival of civilisation. We call to support this call demonstrating all > around the world under following slogans: > > Lift the sanctions, stop the war against Iraq! > Imperialist out of the Gulf! > Down with the New World Order! > > ************************** > Anti-imperialist Camp > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > www.antiimperialista.com > _______________________________________________ Crashlist resources: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base To change your options or unsubscribe go to: http://lists.wwpublish.com/mailman/listinfo/crashlist
