Peace Activist begins Hunger Strike to protest Ireland's complicity in an immoral, illegal war.

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Saturday March 22, 2003 23:09

by C Butterly

087 7605762.

22/3/2003 Press Release Peace Activist begins Hunger Strike to protest Ireland's complicity in an immoral, illegal war. End Military refuellings at Shannon Now.

22/3/2003
Press Release
Peace Activist begins Hunger Strike to protest Ireland's complicity in an immoral, illegal war.
End Military refuellings at Shannon Now.

Caoimhe Butterly, human rights activist, today began day three of a 10-day hunger strike to:-
1) protest at yesterday's Dail decision to allow for the continuation of the re-fuelling of U.S. military aircraft at Shannon and Baldonnell Airports.
2) Call upon the Irish government to be a voice of courage, sanity and conscience in condemning the present large-scale intensification of a war, that has been waged without respite on the Iraqi people for the past 12 years, in the form of genocidal sanctions.

Butterly, as part of the water- only fast, will be vigiling daily outside the Dail from 10am to 5pm everyday with pictures of Iraqi women, men and children "to bear witness to the unspoken narratives, the faces of the victims of 12 years of a genocidal policy of continual sanctions and to those who in the coming weeks will die,- collectively punished for their government's stance and because they have the misfortune of inhabiting a land which has both material ( in the form of oil reserves) and strategic ( in the form of being a launching-ground for the potential colonisation of the Middle East) importance for the U.S. and Britain and the rag-tag 'coalition of the willing'.
"Ireland must not be part of any such coalition-a coalition which cheapens the blood of the Iraqi people, puts more emphasis on profit and territorial gain than on the lives of innocent civilians, and seeks then, to cloak it all in a language, co-opted from the peace and social justice movement- using the words 'liberation' and 'dignity' and 'human rights' to describe acts that are their very antithesis.

"The re-fuellings of U.S. military aircraft and troop carriers at Shannon and Baldonnell airports must stop. Irish people have expressed vehemently- through marches, opinion polls, and political pressure that they are not prepared to forgo Ireland’s neutrality and its conscience in aiding and abetting the coalition’s acts of aggression and further violations of the Iraqi people.
If warplanes were re-fuelled during the Vietnam war, last Gulf war and Afghani assault, it was wrong. It is still wrong to re-fuel them today. No material worth can be placed on human life.
The hunger strike and vigil will last until March 30th . All are welcome. Contact Caoimhe at 087 7605762.

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Comments (7 of 7)

Sheesh

by William

Sun Mar 23, 2003 00:59

The self-absorbedness of you people knows no bounds. Bush is going to stop the war because some nut in Ireland isn't eating??

HUNGER STRIKE TO PROTEST AGAINST CRIMINAL ATTACK ON IRAQ

by Merry FitzGerald

Sun Mar 23, 2003 01:17

mfitz at skynet dot be

BRUSSELS, BELGIUM

Thank you Caoimhe Butterly!
I hope that Ireland will oppose this illegal and immoral aggression in every possible way.For history will remember who took part in this
crime against humanity.

US and UK troops should be prevented from using Irish territory, haven, airports etc. to go and kill innocent Iraqi civilians. Bush and his allies want to steal Iraqi oil and dominate the world. We must do all we can to stop them wherever we are.

i am seriously in love with Caoimhe - not for this, just in general

by hunter

Sun Mar 23, 2003 02:28

A Voice in the Wilderness

by Damien Moran - Dublin Catholic Worker 'Pit-Stop Ploughshares'

Sun Mar 23, 2003 03:21

dbamoran at hotmail dot com

087 9638398

God Bless your courage and self-discipline Caoimhe. To William; stop projecting your own cowardice and lack of will to struggle for the sanctity of human life. You have certainly embodied the Catholic Worker adage 'if they come for the innocent without stepping over your body, cursed be your religion and your life'. So as each Senator and T.D. drifts by you Caoimhe, on their way to Buswells, to dine on the sweat,blood, and tears of our forefathers, be strengthened and remain steadfast in spirit with the knowledge that 'Blessed are the Peacemakers'. I look forward to helping you in anyway possible during your witness against this ongoing genocide against humanity.
War is being waged totally. Now, my dear friends, peace must be waged totally in the spirit of non-violence.

'The choice is between non-violent co-existence and violent co-annihilation' - Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

May God hold you in the palm of his hand during your journey.

In peaceful and loving solidarity,
Damien Moran

Remembering history

by Wild Irishman

Sun Mar 23, 2003 04:02

"history will remember who took part in this
crime against humanity."

And we must not forget the role played by the modern equivalents of William Joyce, otherwise known as "Lord Haw Haw".
I wonder if the William who posted above was named after him.

10 days - thats noting

by Max

Sun Mar 23, 2003 06:15

She should go 100 days - clearly its only a token committment.......

Caoimhe Butterly, a credit to Humanity and the Name of this People

by BlackPope

Sun Mar 23, 2003 23:04

I will be joining you there tomorrow with total support and participation in this action.

Shalom, BlackPope

PS: To 'Max',

the sick cynicism which drips from your venomous mind is richly deserving of being removed on the grounds that your perversion would rejoice to see
noble people dead. However, it should be left up as a brandmark upon yourself.

Tell us to what and how far your commitment goes, hypocrite!

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