Fwd: Fw: Cameron and Obama: war will go on for years

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From: William Gladys <william.gladys@tiscali.co.uk>
Date: Fri, Jun 24, 2011 at 4:42 PM
Subject: Fw: Cameron and Obama: war will go on for years
To: world_Politics@googlegroups.com
Cc: Al-Hilal <Al-Hilal@sky.com>


DESMOND TUTU ENDORSES THE PALESTINIAN SINGLE,SEE BOTTOM OF PAGE,ANYONE WHO OBJECTS TO THIS HUMANITARIAN ACT. PLEASE WRITE TO DESMOND TUTU -THANK YOU SO MUCH. William Gladys.

----- Original Message ----- From: "Stop the War Coalition" <office@stopwar.org.uk>
To: <stwc@lists.riseup.net>
Sent: Friday, June 24, 2011 11:37 AM
Subject: Cameron and Obama: war will go on for years

STOP THE WAR COALITION
Newsletter No.1210
24 June 2011
Email office@stopwar.org.uk
Tel: 020 7801 2768
Web: http://stopwar.org.uk
Twitter: http://twitter.com/STWuk
Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/stopthewarcoalition

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1)THE QUEEN'S CAMERON AND OBAMA: THE WAR WILL GO ON FOR YEARS

Growing public opposition to war here and in the US is starting to have an
impact on the politicians. But whatever the spin this week by Obama and
Cameron the Queen's confidante, the reality is the war in Afghanistan will continue for at least
another four years, with ever escalating loss of Afghan civilian and military
lives. Thousands are going to die in a war that has no credible purpose or
viable "exit strategy", outside of an increasingly desperate search for a way
to get out without the US and its allies having to admit defeat.

Since the father who asked three weeks ago if the death of his son in
Afghanistan was a price worth paying -- and was answered instantly by a serving
soldier with an emphatic "no" -- another six British military families will be
asking the same question. (SEE http://bit.ly/jiEjbe)

Obama's much heralded troop withdrawal of 10,000 troops this year and another
20,000 in 2012, will still leave 70,000 in place, which is almost twice the
number deployed when Obama took office, to say nothing of the estimated 100,000
US mercenaries in the country. (SEE War continues after minor troop withdrawal:
http://bit.ly/kZYrYZ )

David Cameron the Queen's confidante, has stated categorically that the 9,500 British combat troops
will leave Afghanistan by 2015, only to be contradicted by his generals saying
Britain should stay "until the conditions are right" for withdrawal.

The task of the anti-war movement is to demand that our political leaders
reflect the overwhelming majorities both in Britain and the US who oppose the
war in Afghanistan and want all troops to come home now.

This is why in October, on the tenth anniversary of the start of the war in
Afghanistan, there will be major demonstrations in Britain and America calling
for the immediate withdrawal of all foreign troops.

In the US, plans are already well advanced for an occupation on 6 October of
Freedom Plaza in Washington, with thousands now signing the pledge to be there.
(SEE http://bit.ly/lY3ZZL)

In Britain we will be holding an Anti-War Mass Assembly on 8 October, bringing
together military veterans, school students, musicians, trade unionists,
writers, academics, politicians, campaigners, and military families, in an
occupation of Trafalgar Square. (Sign up for the Facebook event here:
http://on.fb.me/kNS6K5 )


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2) PROTEST 28 JUNE: STOP BOMBING LIBYA
OLD PALACE YARD SW1
OPPOSITE VISITORS' ENTRANCE TO PARLIAMENT
Please note change of location

The horrific results of flying around a thousand bombing missions a week
against Libya has come clear over the past few days, with NATO now admitting
their airstrikes are killing civilians.

Meanwhile the government here has admitted that the cost of the war has already
passed a quarter of a billion pounds for the UK alone.

NATO's military effort, clearly and illegally designed to secure regime
change, is not going well. Its initial 90-day mandate runs out this Monday, and
they have been forced to extend the war by another three months.

Stop the War and CND have called a protest on Tuesday 28 June to coincide with
the end of their first mandate. The war against Libya is not a humanitarian
exercise but another  war to extend western control over the region.  Join
Jeremy Corbyn MP, Iraqi writer Sami Ramadani, the poet Sanasino and many more
to protest against this third western war against a Muslim country in ten
years.

PLEASE NOTE LOCATION CHANGE


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3) WHY YOU SHOULD JOIN STOP THE WAR

Stop the War is organizing an ambitious programme of protests, public rallies
and cultural events in the run up to the Mass Assembly in Trafalgar Square on
October 8 to demand an end to the wars in Afghanistan and Libya.

In order to maximize the movement's potential, we need to increase rapidly
our regular income. The October 8 mass assembly on its own will cost more than
ten thousand pounds. But we need much more than this to strengthen our online
presence, produce more printed materials and increase the staffing level in the
office. An increase in our regular income will allow us to plan ahead.

The Libya fiasco shows that the need for a high profile campaigning
organisation to oppose the addiction to war that our political leaders seem
incapable of breaking is as necessary as ever.

The best way you can help to fund our upcoming events and future work is to
make a regular monthly donation, and we urge you to contribute as much as you
can afford. By making a regular donation, you automatically become a national
member of Stop the War Coalition.

HOW TO DONATE:
* Online: http://bit.ly/k0tBVk
* By phone: 020 7801 2768
* By post: Make cheque payable to  "Stop the War Coalition". Send to:
Stop the War Coalition
231 Vauxhall Bridge Road
London SW1 1EH


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4) PUBLIC MEETING: NEW FACE OF THE AFGHANISTAN WAR

PUBLIC MEETING: PARLIAMENTARY AFGHANISTAN WITHDRAWAL GROUP
THE NEW FACE OF WAR IN AFGHANISTAN: DRONES, MERCENARIES, ASSASSINATIONS
WEDNESDAY 29 JUNE 2011 6.30PM TO 8.00PM
COMMITTEE ROOM 9, HOUSE OF COMMONS, SW1A 0AA
(St Stephens entrance, nearest tube Westminster)

The Afghanistan Withdrawal Group is made up of MPs including Caroline Lucas MP
and Jeremy Corbyn MP. It is non-partisan and includes members from most
political persuasions. The public are welcome to join this meeting.
CHAIR: Paul Flynn MP
SPEAKER: John Hilary War on Want

John Hilary is Executive Director of War on Want. He argues that private
military and security companies – many of them British – have profited
greatly from new coalition contracts, while the privatisation of key sectors of
the Afghan economy primarily benefits multinational investors rather than the
Afghan people.

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5)  DESMOND TUTU ENDORSES PALESTINE SINGLE

Bishop Desmond Tutu has made a very moving video endorsing the FREEDOM FOR
PALESTINE single by OneWorld (SEE http://bit.ly/kyZQbh). His is the latest
endorsement for the campaign to get the single into the charts on the day of
its release, 3 July, which will give a huge boost to the profile of the
Palestinian struggle for justice and human rights.

If you haven't yet pre-ordered the single, we urge you to do so now. It only
costs 79p from HMV, or you can order from iTunes. For this tiny sum you can
make a difference.

GO HERE NOW TO ORDER YOUR COPY: http://bit.ly/iq8xqX

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