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[ Presenting plain-text part of multi-format email ] I sent this to the list today but it still hasn't arrived. Here it is again. ----- Original Message ----- From: Diarmuid To: casi-discuss@lists.casi.org.uk Sent: Tuesday, September 03, 2002 6:29 AM Subject: FWD: Anarchist Federation statement Here is a statement from the AF. *****************************PRESS RELEASE******************************** NOT IN MY NAME! The Anarchist Federation in High Peak is urging people to bear in mind that Tony Blair's plans for war in Iraq will mean the deaths of thousands of innocent civilians, among them women and children. 'We take heart from the polls which show that over 70% of the British public are opposed to this country starting a war in Iraq without any mandate from the United Nations and without any provocation from the Iraqi government,' said a spokesperson for the AF. 'However, we believe that any war only serves to punish ordinary people who have no responsibility for the actions of their government. As such, they are morally injustifiable.' Remembering the Gulf War of 1991, the spokesperson reminded people that over 1.8 million Iraqi people had died as a consequence of UK and US aggression, over half a million of whom were aged under 5. 'What British people should be asking themselves is how our country, supposedly in the name of democracy and freedom, can hold a baby responsible for the crimes of the Iraqi dictator,' said the AF spokesperson. Urging people to get involved in the anti-war movement in whatever way they saw fit, the spokesperson stated that ordinary people in Britain had a humanitarian duty towards the innocent people of Iraq to fight against this war. 'Anything is better than nothing. The swell of public opinion is against Blair's crusade. The real reason for this war is the consolidation of American power over the oilfields of the Middle East. It is shameful that Bush seeks to win this domination by brutally murdering families and children, but it is even more shameful that the British government is faithfully keeping at the heel of its master. Get involved! Write letters! Go on marches! Do anything that you can in order to maintain your dignity and humanity! Let the message be clear to the government, any wholesale murder that is carried out Iraq is not being done in your name.' *****************************PRESS RELEASE ENDS******************************* _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk