11 Years to the day since the start of the war in Iraq there will be a silent protest, at the top of Shop Street, Galway on Wednesday 19th March at 12.45pm.
Members of the People Before Profit Alliance and Galway Alliance Against War will mark the 11th anniversary of the illegal Iraq War with a 45 minute silent protest. The protest will also mark 9 weeks since Margaretta D'Arcy was imprisoned for protesting at Shannon Airport.
The people of Iraq to this day continue to suffer: In 7 months of 2013 some 20,000 people lost their lives as a result of civil and sectarian divisions that were fomented because of the US-UK invasion in 2003.
An estimated 1.4 million people have lost their lives in the past 11 years in Iraq. There are 4 million refugees. Mass poverty & chronic illness plague the country. Cancers & birth deformities caused by war and the weapons of war are commonplace.
One of the principal culprits being depleted uranium weaponry transported via Shannon airport. Ireland plays a significant role (via Shannon airport and Irish airspace) in the unnecessary Iraq war. Successive Irish governments have refused to stop the US from using Shannon to transport troops, weapons to Iraq and Afghanistan and prisoners to Guantanamo Bay. Under international law, the government is ignoring its obligations to investigate the transport of illegal weapons and the illegal rendition of prisoners.
The People Before Profit Alliance demands that the government stop the US military use of Shannon and Irish airspace. We also demand the immediate release of Margaretta D'Arcy from Mountjoy Prison.
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