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Richard,
Congratulations to all!
Can you tell us where the photos are located, because the photos did
not appear at all in your posting.
I'll be glad to send you a scanner from the US or money if you explain
which is preferable, money or a scanner. Do you know the cost
of a decent scanner in UK -- I can compare this with the cost here +
cost of shipping, insurence etc.
from inside the belly of the beast or if you prefer the top predator in
greed chain,
Tom
George Washington University
Washington, D.C.
richard byrne wrote:
> Hello all
>
> Here's a press release and some pix from an action on Saturday
>
> Apologies for the delay in posting it, sorry about the picture
> quality. Donations of a better scanner gratefully received!
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> Richard
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> ‘US embassy shut down by anti sanctions protesters’
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> Non Violent Direct Action backed by Bishop to oppose economic
> sanctions on Iraq
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> Saturday 25th November, 1pm, Grosvenor Square (London) :
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> A crowd of 120 people blatantly risked arrest outside the US embassy
> on Saturday, where many protestors blocked the entrance to the United
> States embassy by sitting or lying on the road to oppose the economic
> sanctions on Iraq. There were three arrests. The entrances to the
> embassy were shut down for two hours.
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> Earlier this year 300 people participated in a similar protest outside
> the Foreign Office, blocking Whitehall for 30 minutes [1]. Photographs
> will be available.
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> The Bishop of Brentwood, Thomas McMahon, has given his support for the
> action. The Bishop said "I support non-violent direct action against
> the sanctions on Iraq. This policy has devastated Iraqi society and
> cost the lives of many people - particularly the lives of children."
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> According to UNICEF economic sanctions have contributed to the death
> of 500,000 Iraqi children since 1990 [2].
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> The sit-down is part of an International Week of Action starting on
> Universal Children’s Day (20th November). Sponsors for the Week
> include Benjamin Zephaniah, George Monbiot, Yasmin Alibhai Brown,
> Harold Pinter and several MPs. Events will be taking place in
> Cambridge, Reading, Manchester, Milton Keynes, London, Italy, the
> Republic of Ireland, the United States and elsewhere.
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> The Week of Action takes place in the wake of a series of
> international flights that have begun to nibble at the edges of the
> sanctions [3].
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> NOTES
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> [1] ‘Protestors Block Road in London over Iraq Sanctions’, Agence
> France Presse, 7th August 2000
> [2] UNICEF, "Iraq surveys show ‘humanitarian emergency’", 12th August
> 1999.
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> [3] See eg. ‘Syrian Plane to Iraq defies UN ban’, Associated Press, 18
> October 2000.
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