> ============================================================ > Portuguese CP, The PCP condemns the bombing raids by the USA > and Great-Britain against Iraq > ----------------------------------------------- > From: Portuguese Communist Party, 19.02.2001 > http://www.pcp.pt , mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ========================================================= > PRESS OFFICE > > The PCP condemns the bombing raids > by the USA and Great-Britain against Iraq > > The Portuguese Communist Party firmly condemns the systematic bombing > raids by the USA and Great-Britain against Iraq, in a clear violation of > an independent State's sovereignty and of International Law. It > particularly condemns the bombing raids carried out on February 16th > against the outskirts of Baghdad where numerous Iraqi citizens were > injured. They constituted a disquieting assertion of the aggressive > military course that the new U.S. Administration intends to give to the > USA's foreign policy. > > The PCP underlines the explosive situation which exists in the Middle > East, as a result of the brutal repression by Israel against the just > struggle of the Palestinian people, a repression that Ariel Sharon's > government intends to intensify and the imperialist aggression against > Iraq tends to aggravate. > > The PCP demands that the Portuguese government unequivocally condemn the > aggression against Iraq, and it appeals to the continuation of > solidarity with the Palestinian people, the Iraqi people and the other > Arab peoples which are victims of the Zionist and imperialist > aggression. > > > The Press Office of the PCP > 19.02.2001 > > > > *End* > > > > SolidNet > The purpose of the Solid Net ( Solidarity Network ) is to inform on the > activities as well as the ideological and political views of different > Communist and Workers' Parties on National and International issues. All > articles in the SolidNet are the responsibility of the authors and in no > way commit this Web Site. > mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.solidnet.org > ______________________________________________________________________ > To subscribe, write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
