An Appeal to All who Oppose War on Iraq

national | miscellaneous | news report Tuesday November 05, 2002 13:52 by John O'Neill - anti war passltd at eircom dot net 087 6804009

A few anti war activists based in Finglas are trying to start a locally based campaign against the war anyone interested?

An Appeal to All who Oppose War on Iraq

Dear Friend,

As you are no doubt aware, George Bush's plans for war in Iraq are already well advanced. Newspaper reports point out that up to 50,000 US troops are already converging on the Middle East in preparation for war.

The arguments used by the US government and its allies to justify their planned war are spurious. Former UN chief weapons inspector Scott Ritter has pointed out that Iraq's capability to develop and use weapons of mass destruction is less today than when Saddam Hussein was a favoured US ally before the Gulf War of 1991. It was during that period when Saddam Hussein's regime used chemical weapons on Iraq's Kurdish population without a whisper of criticism from the US who were then backing him to the hilt.

There is no credible evidence linking Saddam Hussein to Al Qaidi or to September 11th. Instead it is pretty plain that control of the region's oil is Bush's real motivation for this war. The Irish Anti War Movement is a broad based coalition organising
opposition to the war. It has organised several major protests over the last
period -- most recently the September 28th demonstration in Dublin. This attracted over 3,000 participants. Two weeks later it organised a protest of several hundred outside Shannon Airport to protest at its use for refuelling US warplanes.

The Irish Anti War Movement has now called a National Demonstration to the US Embassy on December 7th. It has suggested that local anti-war activists get organised in local groups to build the resistance to the coming war in whatever way they feel fit. A number of us in the Finglas area are therefore calling a meeting to set up a local anti war group based on as broad participation as possible. We are
contacting as many of those local activists from whatever political background (and none). The meeting is open to all who oppose the war.

The meeting will take place on:-
Thursday November 21st at 8.00pm
PASS Office
3A Main Street
(Above Fred's Fashions)
Finglas Village

We hope you will be able to attend. If there is anything you would like to
discuss you contact as below.

Yours in Peace

Kevin Wingfield (086-3074060)
John O'Neill (087-6804009)