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End the occupation of Iraq! Bring the Troops Home Now! All foreign troops out of Iraq!



WASHINGTON, DC
Wednesday, November 10
5 pm
White House (Lafayette Park)

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SAN FRANCISCO, CA
Tuesday, November 9
5 pm
Powell & Market



LOS ANGELES, CA
Tuesday, November 9
6 pm
Westwood Federal Building (Wilshire & Veteran)



NEW YORK CITY, NY
Tuesday, November 9
5 pm
Union Square
http://www.internationalanswer.org/

December 5, 2004
Indoor Solidarity Rally with Haiti
in New York City
initiated by the Emergency Campaign to Support
the Haitian People, the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition
and the Haiti Support Network
Click here for more information

January 20, 2005
Counter-Inaugural Demonstration
in Washington DC
initiated by the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition




On January 20, 2005, thousands will be lining the inaugural route in mass protest. There will be simultaneous protests in San Francisco, Los Angeles and other cities on January 20.

Pledge now to support the January 20 demonstration against the war. Click here to endorse and say Bring the Troops Home Now!

If you are planning to organize buses, vans or car caravans to be in Washington DC, San Francisco or Los Angeles on January 20, fill out the Transportation Form to help spread the word.




March 19/20, 2005
Global Day of Coordinated Actions
on the 2nd Anniversary
of the "Shock and Awe" Invasion of Iraq
initiated by antiwar organizations worldwide
including the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition in the United States
http://www.internationalanswer.org/


Please continue to phone your MP about the redeployment of British Troops in Iraq. Phone the switchboard and ask for the MP by name. If the number is engaged please call again. The number for the switchboard in Parliament is 0207 219 3000. You can also email and fax your MP here.
Lancet article
Stop the War Coalition sends condolences to Black Watch families

TODAY


The US has launched a ground assault on Fallujah
Don't Attack Fallujah
DEMONSTRATE
TONIGHT, 5-7pm
London: 5-7pm, outside 10 Downing Street, Whitehall, Westminster.
Aylesbury: 5pm, Market Square (by Clock Tower).
Birmingham: 5pm, Victoria Square.
Brighton 5.30pm tomorrow, Churchill Square.
Cardiff: 5.30pm- at Nye Bevan Statue, Queen Street.
Chester: 5-7pm, The Cross.
Colchester: 5-7pm, outside Colchester Town Hall.
Coventry: 6pm, Cathedral steps, Priory Street.
Crewkerne, S Somerset: 12pm, front of Victoria Hall.
Derby: 5.30-6.30pm, War Memorial, Market Place.
Edinburgh: 5pm, Parliament Square (off the Royal Mile).
Exeter: 5.30pm, Exe Bridges.
Glasgow: 5pm, George Square.
Hereford: 5pm, High Town.
Huddersfield: 4.30-6.30pm Market Cross.
Leeds: 5-6pm, Dortmond Square, Headrow, Leeds town centre.
Manchester: 5pm-, Picadilly Gardens, City Centre.
Newcastle upon Tyne: 5-6pm, Grey's Monument.
Nottingham:5pm-, Market Square, City Centre.
Portsmouth: 5pm, Unicorn Gate, Portsmouth Dockyard.
Salisbury: 5pm-, Cheesemarket Library Steps.
Southampton: 6pm, Outside the Civic Centre, opposite the Marlands.
Sheffield: 4.30pm, Outside Sheffield Town Hall.
Swansea: 5.30pm, Castle Square.
Swindon: 6pm, Cenotaph, Regent Circus.
Yeovil: 11am following Saturday, Millenium Clock Tower, High St.
York: 5pm, St. Sampson's Square.
Elsewhere: Please send us details.
Press release
Letter from Fallujah to Kofi Annan

10
nov

Emergency Protest & Rally

BRING THE TROOPS HOME NOW
Wednesday 10th November 2004, 5.30pm
In Parliament Square WC1. Nearest tube: Westminster.
At 4pm military families will hand in a wreath at Downing Street.
Protest supported by British military families against the war including families of Black Watch Regiment.
More...
A5 Leaflet

13
nov

Stop the War Coalition National Council
National meeting of Stop the War Coalition groups
Saturday 13th November 2004
Leeds (venue tba)
One delegate per affiliated group or organisation
Send details of your delegates to the office. [e-mail]

Events all around UK and internationally...
what are you doing for
Seven Days For Iraq
A week of events in solidarity with the victims of the invasion of Iraq. Starts 1 November.

2
nov

NAMING THE DEAD PEACE
Tuesday 2nd November 2004
Trafalgar Square, London, and across the UK
Speakers included: Ken Livingstone, (Nobel prize-winner) Joseph Rotblat, Stephen Hawking (in person), Katherine Gunn, Harold Pinter, Michael Mansfield QC, David Hare, Rose Gentle, Neil Pearson, Juliet Stevenson, Susie Orbach, Jeremy Corbyn MP, The Rev Mann, Maxim Gentle, David Hare, Kate Hudson, Tony Flint, Ken Loach, Asha D, Pete Doherty, Jeremy Hardy, Chris Eubank, Tony Woodley, Bill Paterson, Kika Markham and Peter Kennard.
Naming the Dead Page
Statement by 9/11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows

11
nov

TONY BENN
Talking About Peace on Armistice Day
Thursday 11th November 2004, 7.30pm
St James Church, 197 Picadilly, Central London
An evening talk followed by an open discussion
Tickets £8 or £5 concessions
Part of 7 days for Iraq - all proceeds to raise funds for the children of Iraq
Call 020 7278 6694 to reserve your seat
A4 leaflet

14
nov

Remembrance Day Event
Sunday 14th November 2004, 4pm
Shakespeare's Globe Theatre, 21 New Globe Walk, Bankside, London
For the third year in succession Shakespeare’s Globe will be hosting a special event in the theatre for Remembrance Weekend to commemorate civilian casualties in conflicts past and present, hosted by Mark Rylance, artistic director. The afternoon will include readings and music by Globe actors, musicians and staff as well as a recitation of names of civilians who have perished during conflicts. A commemorative candle will be lit for every name read out and those attending will be able to add the names of people or places that they would like to remember.
Entrance is free but everyone is encouraged to make a donation to either the Royal British Legion or the Peace Pledge Union. To cover the Globe’s expenses, mulled wine, spiced juice and cakes will be on sale.



END THE OCCUPATION OF IRAQ
NATIONAL PETITION
Enough is enough. The longer the troops stay, the greater the bloodshed.
Take this new petition around your friends and workmates. Send completed petitions to27 Britannia Street, London WC1.
Maxine Gentle's letter to Tony Blair
Statement: The Stop the War Coalition and the IFTU

out
now

All over the country - Michael Moore's film FAHRENHEIT 9/11
Now on release across the UK.
Mike Moore's website (US) Trailers: Windows Media 30K 100K 330K RealPlayer 30K 100K 330K Quick Time 30K 100K 330K
Leaflet for handing to cinema queues. Suggestions for Stop the War Groups.



Suggestion of things to do with your "Preparing for Emergencies" leaflet.

Return envelope to sender (Write to: 10 Downing Street, London SW1). Write on the envelope "The best protection against terrorism is a peaceful foreign policy".
Write to your MP, objecting to the fear-mongering, hysteria and cost of this exercise. Demand they support the call to Impeach Blair.
Write to local and national press.
Official website Spoof website ImpeachBlair.org

Calls for support and solidarity



Latest: Brian Haw's Parliament Square Protest Banned by Parliament
This is the New Democracy in Iraq (letter on 4 October)
Kofi Annan: Iraq War was Illegal TUC 2004: motion on Iraq

Letter of support to UK anti-war movement from Michael Berg
Text of report of the International Committee of the Red Cross regarding torture in Iraq (original PDF fax 1.3MB)
Letter by UK diplomats to Tony Blair - Endorse the letter by signing this petition
Statement on the killing of Hamas Leader Abdel Aziz al-Rantissi
Put Blair in the Hague (LAAW): Petition (PDF) Background Suggested letter to ICC
A year of occupation in pictures (1.4MB download)
The official cost of war and occupation has now risen to $144,190,055,743
CIVILIAN DEATHS
Latest updates:
Oct 30: 7 by car bomb at Al-Arabiya office, Mansour, Baghdad
Aug 18: seven in garbage truck, Sadr City, Baghdad
Oct 27-31: Iraqi Kurdish journalist in Baghdad
Oct 29: one by car bomb in south Mosul
Oct 29: deputy governor of Diyala Province in Baqouba
Oct 31: fifteen in rocket attack at hotel in Tikrit
Oct 27: TV anchorwoman shot dead in Baghdad
Oct 15: press photographer shot dead in Mosul
Oct 28: two in US airstrike, Julan, Fallujah
Oct 27/28: 2 police and civilian, Abu Sayda, near Baquba
Oct 28: one by car bomb in Rashid, Baghdad
Oct 27: Iraqi Foreign Ministry official in Azamiya, Baghdad
Oct 25: farmworker by roadside bomb, Shmiyat
Oct 25: one in attack on ING checkpoint, near Beiji
Oct 25: tribal chief Sayyed Saher and 2 guards , Mosul
Oct 25: five in fighting between US and insurgents, Ramadi
Oct 23: two teenagers in crossfire in Samarra
Oct 25: three in car bomb attack on Australian convoy, Baghdad
Oct 26: policeman by roadside bomb in Baqouba
Oct 23: 3 drivers with army recruits, between Baladruz & Badra
Oct 23: 16 police by suicide car bomb, Khan-al-Baghdadi
Oct 24: five in US airstrike on northern Fallujah
Oct 20: 8-10 by car bombs in Samarra
Oct 22/23: two by US airstrikes and artillery, southern Fallujah
Oct 21/22: seven by US airstrikes and artillery in Fallujah
Oct 20: family of six in US airstrikes on Wajda, Fallujah
Oct 17: 5-7 by suicide car bomb, Jadiriyah, Baghdad
Oct 16: three in US airstrikes on Falluljah
April: 232-236 excess violent deaths, Baghdad city morgue
Jul 31: two police in Haswa
Jul 31: three in house destroyed in fighting in Fallujah
Jul 28: policeman waiting for taxi in Kirkuk
Jul 28: four police by roadside bomb in Habaniya
Jul 25: two police in Mahmoudiya
Jul 23: two in minibus, Kadhimiya, Baghdad
Jul 22: two alcohol vendors in Nasiriyah




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