Irish Anti War Movement
10/09/2010 - 07:30 10/09/2010 - 13:00 9th Peaceful Blockade of the Israeli Embassy 7:30 AM, Friday the 10th of September
Please tell all your friends, and show your support for the people of Gaza. http://www.yelp.ie/map/israel-embassy-dublin
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27/08/2010 - 13:00 Can everyone please take 2 minutes to call Eason shop in O'connell Street, Dublin to object to Mass Murderer Tony Blair's book-signing. You can leave a message fao Martin Black (manager) with the person who answers, or ask to speak to the manager direct. The activists in Dublin are doing a great job outside the shop late every afternoon, with a book of condolences for the victims of Blair's lies, and a megaphone which can be heard throughout the store. The shop manager was on the shop floor yesterday, and he is the one that wants this signing to go ahead. Phone once, twice or everyday! phone no: 01 8583800 |
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http://www.thefirstpost.co.uk/67525,people,news,tony-blair-laughing-all-the-way-to-his-own-bank?DCMP=NLC-people So that’s where Tony Blair's famous 'journey' was heading. Days after he announced that he was donating the proceeds of his autobiography to charity, the Sunday Times has learned that Tony Blair has set up his own "finance boutique" for the super-rich. The Mayfair-based company, called Firerush Ventures No 3, has been authorised by the Financial Services Authority and has hired several senior financiers. The Sunday Times claims it will "effectively be a fledgling investment bank". The company was originally one of a number of firms that the former Prime Minister set up to oversee the finances of his consultancy firm, Tony Blair Associates, but can now broker deals for other clients. |
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26/08/2010 - 00:00 05/09/2010 - 18:53 The Galway Alliance Against War has written to progressive organisations throughout the country asking them to become involved in the campaign to stop the mass murderer Tony Blair coming to Ireland to kick off the world promotion of his memoir. On the 4th September Blair is to conduct a book-signing in Eason’s O’Connell St Dublin from 11am-1pm. And the previous evening he is due to appear on RTE’s Late Late Show.
GAAW intends to begin picketing the local Branch of Eason’s in Galway from this Thursday lunchtime in protest and is asking other groups around the country to hold protests outside Eason’s stores. |
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22/08/2010Britain's Defence Secretary Liam Fox has urged shops to ban a computer game where players can act as the Taliban and kill British troops. Dr Fox said he was "disgusted" that Medal of Honour allowed people to recreate attacks on Nato forces. A clip on the YouTube website shows a Taliban soldier fighting in southern Helmand province, where UK forces are based. Dr Fox said: "It's shocking that someone would think it acceptable to recreate the acts of the Taliban. At the hands of the Taliban, children have lost fathers and wives have lost husbands.
"I am disgusted and angry. It's hard to believe any citizen of our country would wish to buy such a thoroughly un-British game. I would urge retailers to show their support for our armed forces and ban this tasteless product." |
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This article concludes by noting: "Now, a further five years later, it is even clearer how right the Iraq war opponents were." Whatever has been achieved in the invasion has been done at a terrible cost in lives, writes NOEL WHELAN THE FINAL US combat brigade rolled out of Iraq this week. It does not amount to a complete American withdrawal. The remaining 50,000 US troops will continue to carry out anti-terrorist operations, the CIA will maintain an intelligence network and, in addition to the elaborate embassy/military complex in Baghdad’s Green Zone, the US state department is establishing two new consulates in Basra and in the northern Kurdish regional capital of Irbil. At the point of this partial leave-taking, Iraq is, on balance, a better place than it was when the US and its coalition partners rolled in over seven years ago. Saddam Hussein is gone. In the immediate aftermath, Iraq became a quagmire – a Middle Eastern theatre for daily terrorist attacks against US and British soldiers. Now in the wake of the Petraeus “surge”, a fragile democratic infrastructure has been erected and the basis for a modest sustainable improvement in the quality of life of most Iraqi citizens has been laid. |
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IRISH TIMES - 200810 MARK WEISS AN ISRAELI officer and three other soldiers have been arrested on suspicion of stealing laptop computers and cellular phones from Gaza-bound aid ships seized by Israel in a naval raid on May 31st. After the commando interception the Israeli navy sailed the vessels to the southern Israeli port of Ashdod, where the humanitarian aid was unloaded and the international activists, including Irish citizens, were questioned before being deported. The ships were returned by Israel earlier this month. An officer with the rank of first lieutenant, who had access to the ships at Ashdod port, is suspected of stealing between four and six laptop computers from the Turkish ship, the Mavi Marmara, and selling them to other soldiers, who were also arrested. Lawyers representing the soldiers who purchased the computers said their clients had no idea the laptops were stolen by the officer from the aid flotilla. Activists aboard the six boats in the flotilla complained shortly after their release that personal goods and equipment seized by Israel had not been returned. In June, an Italian journalist sailing on one of the vessels claimed that his credit card was used to purchase items after it was confiscated by the Israeli authorities. |
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20/08/2010 - 18:00 20/08/2010 - 19:00 IAWM BBC Studios Belfast: Demonstration/Protest against BBC/Panorama Bus Friday 20th August 2010: 6pm-7pm + travel time from Dublin Irish Anti-War Movement is looking at the possibility of arranging a bus from Dublin city to BBC in Belfast and back, to demonstrate/protest against the airing of the outrageously pro-Israeli Panorama documentary "Death in the Med". The documentary tried to justify the murder of the 9 peace activists on board the Marvi Marmara on the 31st May 2010. If you are as outraged as many of us in Irish Anti-War Movement and if we can get approximately 50 people to sign up for this protest, we can book the bus at a cost of €10 per person. Obviously we need to take travel time into account for getting up and back to the protest. Please sign up if you are interested and most importantly please share this facebook event to your profile. Or express your interest via email
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