Bring the troops home! Sydney, 20 March 05 pictures

John Pilger, Senator Kerry Nettle

Mamdouh Habib (centre), with his wife Maha Habib, and lawyer, Stephen Hopper.

Other Iraq war stuff from the Nick Possum Home Page ...
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Australia slides further into the Iraq quagmire:
The tragic inevitability of a forlorn hope
By Gavin Gatenby
24 February 2005
John Howard’s decision to double Australia’s ground troop commitment in Iraq was inevitable. The prime minister put off the inevitable for as long as he could, but Australia’s slavish adherence to the American Alliance left him no option but to dispatch more troops to George Bush's mad neo-colonial adventure ... the 450 extra Australian troops will not be the last. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ...

Ninety-three years of bombing the Arabs
By Gavin Gatenby
20 August 2004
In Iraq, few days pass without the US Air Force bombing civilian targets. In a high-profile atrocity in May, a bunch of trigger-happy fly-boys shot up a village wedding in western Iraq, killing 45 guests including many children, and a Baghdad singer loved by millions, but these things happen almost daily in towns like Najaf, Samarra and Fallujah, and in other places too far from public gaze to warrant media attention.
The explanation – on the increasingly rare occasions that one is given – is always that these are precision strikes against “terrorists” ... the bodies that turn up in the town morgues are largely women and children. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ...



powered by FreeFind		Sydney, 20 March 2005, International Day of Action Against the War in Iraq "Bring the troops home!" Rally and march Sydney's event started at 12 Noon in Hyde Park, heard from introductory speakers, then marched through the retail heart of the Central Business District via Park, George, King and Elizabeth streets to returned to Hyde Park for more speakers. Approximately 3000 people participated. Speakers included: • Senator Kerry Nettle (Greens) • John Pilger (journalist, author) • Stephen Hopper, lawyer for Mamdouh Habib, the Australian citizen arrested in Pakistan as part of the 'War on Terror' and 'rendered' to Egypt where he was tortured on behalf of the US and Australian governments, before being released when they could find nothing incriminating against him. Mr Habib also spoke briefly to thank all those who had campaigned for his release. These images are copyright free. If you use them please credit and link to: The Nick Possum Home Page, http://www.brushtail.com.au John Pilger, Senator Kerry Nettle Mamdouh Habib (centre), with his wife Maha Habib, and lawyer, Stephen Hopper. Other Iraq war stuff from the Nick Possum Home Page ... . Australia slides further into the Iraq quagmire: The tragic inevitability of a forlorn hope By Gavin Gatenby 24 February 2005 John Howard’s decision to double Australia’s ground troop commitment in Iraq was inevitable. The prime minister put off the inevitable for as long as he could, but Australia’s slavish adherence to the American Alliance left him no option but to dispatch more troops to George Bush's mad neo-colonial adventure ... the 450 extra Australian troops will not be the last. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ... Ninety-three years of bombing the Arabs By Gavin Gatenby 20 August 2004 In Iraq, few days pass without the US Air Force bombing civilian targets. In a high-profile atrocity in May, a bunch of trigger-happy fly-boys shot up a village wedding in western Iraq, killing 45 guests including many children, and a Baghdad singer loved by millions, but these things happen almost daily in towns like Najaf, Samarra and Fallujah, and in other places too far from public gaze to warrant media attention. The explanation – on the increasingly rare occasions that one is given – is always that these are precision strikes against “terrorists” ... the bodies that turn up in the town morgues are largely women and children. READ THE FULL ARTICLE ...