> STOP NATO: ¡NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.ORG.UK > > --------------------------- ListBot Sponsor -------------------------- > Start Your Own FREE Email List at http://www.listbot.com/links/joinlb > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Campaign to End Iraq Sanctions - Ireland > 125 Winter Garden, Pearse Street, Dubiln 2 > Phone: 6727803/087 240 4654 > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > PRESS RELEASE FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE. > > What: A protest to mark the 10th anniversary of the Gulf War > Where: At Central Bank, Dame Street, Dublin > Time: 3PM, Saturday 27th > > > In Memory of the Iraqi people who have died at the hands > of "We the people." > > The 17th January marked the tenth anniversary of the Gulf war. It was > sold to the western world as a 'clean' war, where dead men, women and > children were reduced to no more than 'collateral damage'. Over 100,000 > Iraqi people died in the 40 days that it took the UN Security Council's > armies to reduce Iraq and its people to a state of carnage. > > Depleted Uranium was used extensively for the first time. with > absolutely no regard for the impact that this radioactive, poisonous and > toxic substance would have on civilian lives, the environment or future > generations. The cornerstones of the UN, the Universal Declaration on > Human Rights, the Convention on the Rights of the Child and the Geneva > Convention were indiscriminately and wantonly violated- by the very > people who were appointed to uphold these Conventions. And still the war > goes on in the guise of the UN Security Council's imposed sanctions on > Iraq. > > The Campaign to End Iraq Sanctions is holding a protest to commemorate > the victims of the Gulf war and also to call for the immediate and > unconditional lifting of sanctions on Iraq. Since August 6th 1990, over > 1 ½ MILLION people have died - ½ million were innocent children, as a > direct result of these draconian sanctions. UNICEF estimates that > between 4,000 and 6,000 children under the age of five, are dying EVERY > MONTH, because of these sanctions. > > The Protest will start at the Central Bank, Dame Street on Saturday 27th > January at 3pm. Speakers include: > > Patricia Mc Kenna MEP Green Party, Michael D Higgins Labour Party, Niall > Andrews MEP Fine Fail, Joe Higgins Socialist Party, Michael Birmingham > Campaign to End Iraq Sanctions, Richard Boyd Barrett Socialist Workers > Party, Rory Mc Daid Equality Officer USI and speakers from the Iraqi and > Palestinian Communities. > > "Iraq's children are dying at a rate of 6,000 a month - one every eight > minutes in the name of "We the people of the United Nations", Denis > Halliday (Ireland's former UN Humanitarian Co-ordinator for Iraq, who > resigned in 1998) is right when he says that history will slaughter > those responsible". Felicity Arbuthnot, journalist and researcher for > John Pilger's documentary "Paying the Price -Killing the Children of > Iraq". > > For further information please contact Sandeep Vaidya @ 672 7803 or > Michael Birmingham @ 087 240 4654 > > > ______________________________________________________________________ > To unsubscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _______________________________________________ Crashlist website: http://website.lineone.net/~resource_base
