[matilda] FW: Naming the dead: Mass Civil Disobedience Against the Occupation of Iraq

[Mr Jase Malgod]

Anyone from sheff going down? 

Other news below... 

Jason 

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NAMING THE DEAD: MASS CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE AGAINST THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ
on the 2nd anniversary of the April 2004 siege of Fallujah 

Sunday 2 April 2006
12 noon, Parliament Square (opp. the House of Commons) 

On 2 April 2004 US forces sealed off the Iraqi city of Fallujah. At least 
572 civilians – including over 300 women and children – were killed in the 
subsequent siege (www.IraqBodyCount.org). 

Fighter bombers were used to attack residential areas, US snipers targeted 
ambulances and at least one US battalion had 'orders to shoot any male of 
military age on the streets after dark, armed or not' (New York Times, 14 
April 2004). 

Since then, numerous other Iraqi towns and cities have been attacked by 
US-led forces for whom “mass detentions and indiscriminate torture appear to 
be the main tools” (Financial Times, 29 June 05). Thousands fo Iraqis have 
been killed and tens of thousands forced to flee their homes. Hospitals have 
been attacked and white phosphorus used as a weapon. Unmanned Predator 
aircraft are now attacking targets in Iraq and Afghanistan "almost every 
day" (AP, 12 December 2005) 

JOIN US IN PARLIAMENT SQUARE ON 2 APRIL 2006 to read the names of 1,000 
Iraqis who have died as a result of the invasion and occupation of Iraq and 
to demand: 

 - an immediate end to the US/UK military occupation of Iraq
 - massive reparations and debt cancellation so that Iraqis can rebuild their 
country free from foreign interference
 - prosecution of those responsible for war crimes 

PLEASE NOTE: This is an “unauthorised” demonstration within 1km of 
Parliament. Under the Serious Organised Crime and Police Act (April 2005) 
participation in such an event is a criminal offence punishable by a fine of 
up to £1000. 

NONVIOLENT DIRECT ACTION WORKSHOP AND LEGAL BRIEFING, SATURDAY 1 APRIL:
Where: The Front Studio, Diorama 1, 34 Osnaburgh St, London NW1 3ND (nearest 
tube Great Portland Street)
When: 11.30am - 4.30pm (NVDA workshop), 4.30pm - 5.30pm (legal briefing)
Run by Seeds for Change (www.seedsforchange.org.uk). 

Organised by the Mass Action Group. Supported by JNV, the London Catholic 
Worker and Voices UK. 

For more info see www.voicesuk.org or tel. 0845 458 2564 


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One Thousand a month tortured in Iraq
by Paul Joseph Watson Wednesday February 22, 2006 at 10:16 AM 


Dr. John Pace drops a bombshell that translates as a whisper through obscure 
Maltese paper 

Proving that Abu Ghraib and Gitmo are the tip of the iceberg, the outgoing 
UN human rights chief dropped a bombshell when he told an obscure Maltese 
newspaper that as many as a thousand detainees a month are being tortured to 
death in Iraq. 

Dr. John Pace told the obscure Times of Malta newspaper, 

"The Baghdad morgue received 1,100 bodies in July alone, about 900 of whom 
bore evidence of torture or summary execution. That continued throughout the 
year and last December there were 780 bodies, including 400 having gunshot 
wounds or wounds as those caused by electric drills." 

Pace echoed previous estimates in stating that 80 to 90 per cent of those 
rounded up and taken to prison camps were completely innocent. As we have 
highlighted before, Iraqis are arrested for dastardly crimes such as not 
showing their papers at checkpoints, selling alcohol and shouting 
anti-coalition statements. 

Footage of US army personnel seizing a taxi cab and destroying it with an 
Abrams tank was broadcast two years ago on PBS. The crime? Stealing 
firewood. 

Regular bombing raids that indiscriminately target large groups of what 
appear to be protesters have also been circulated on the Internet. 

Pace's comments underline the fact that Abu Ghraib is just one of many 
torture camps that have been used throughout the country since the 
"liberation" of Iraq and the so-called end of Saddam Hussein's brutal regime 
of rape rooms and torture camps - and is tame in comparison to the real 
horrors taking place beneath the media radar. 

More than half of Iraqis now say life was better off under Saddam and 47% 
support insurgent attacks on US forces.
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