We urge all our members and supporters to join us at this vital protest at the Dáil this evening. Check our website for further information.

Irish Government get off the fence,
Stand up now to Trump and Pence!

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Irish Government - close the Shannon Warport!

IRISH ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT (IAWM) PRESS RELEASE: 09 JANUARY 2020

• IRANIAN AND AMERICAN SPEAKERS TO CONDEMN TRUMP’S RECKLESS ACTIONS AT DÁIL PROTEST
• NO TO WAR WITH IRAN!
• STOP THIS SENSELESS WARMONGERING!
• US TROOPS OUT OF THE MIDDLE EAST!
• US MILITARY OUT OF SHANNON!

The Irish Anti-War Movement will hold a protest at Dáil Éireann this evening at 5.30pm to condemn the assassination of Iranian General Qaseem Suleimani, Iraqi Commander Abu Mahdi al-Muhandis and others by a US air strike at Baghdad airport on 03 January.

Iranian, American and Irish speakers will join the protest and condemn the escalation towards another war in the region.

Speakers so far include:

• Dr. Roja Fazaeli, Iranian / Irish citizen and academic
• Dr. Harry Brown, journalist, academic and US citizen
• Glenda Cimino, US citizen and member of the IAWM Steering Committee
• Richard Boyd Barrett TD and President of the IAWM

The IAWM regards this act as a blatant, provocative act of war by the US Government against Iran. To assassinate the second most important leader of a soverign country is unprecedented and while it is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat strikes in the cold war between the US and Iran this reckless act seriously increases the danger of a new war in the middle east. We have already witnessed strong calls for revenge from Iran and we have seen retaliatory missile strikes by Iran against US military bases in Iraq.

IAWM BULLETIN 05 JANUARY 2020

In this bulletin:

1. IAWM’S STATEMENT ON THE US MILITARY’S ASSASSINATION OF IRANIAN GENERAL QASEEM SULEIMANI
2. VARIOUS ARTICLES ON THE ASSASSINATION
3. DONATING TO THE IAWM

Happy New Year and Decade to all our followers. Sadly it got off to a bad start with the twin events of the reckless actions of Donald Trump in Baghdad and the apocalyptic climate changing fires raging in Australia. The struggle against war and for peace must be twinned with the struggle for climate justice. Let us continue that joint struggle in 2020.

1. IAWM’S STATEMENT ON THE US MILITARY’S ASSASSINATION OF IRANIAN GENERAL QASEEM SULEIMANI
- http://irishantiwar.org/node/2587

2. VARIOUS ARTICLES ON THE ASSASSINATION
- http://irishantiwar.org/node/2589
- http://irishantiwar.org/node/2588

3. DONATING TO THE IAWM
To set-up a standing order with the Irish-Anti War Movement please go to the following link http://www.irishantiwar.org/files/standing-order-form.doc fill in the form and post to the Irish Anti-War Movement P.O. Box 9260 Dublin 1.

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IRISH ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT (IAWM) PRESS RELEASE: 03 JANUARY 2020

• NO TO WAR WITH IRAN!
• STOP THIS SENSELESS WARMONGERING!

The Irish Anti-War Movement condemns the reckless targeted assassination of the leader of Iran’s Revolutionary Guards’ Quds force, General Qaseem Suleimani, along with six others by a US air strike at Baghdad airport last night.

This is quite simply a blatant, provocative act of war by the US Government against Iran.

This assassination is the latest in a series of tit-for-tat strikes in the cold war between the US and Iran but this reckless act seriously increases the danger of a new war in the middle east. It will do nothing except escalate tensions across the region and will likely lead to even more violence being inflicted on ordinary citizens who have suffered terribly over the last 20 years from US sanctions, invasion and occupation. It will also allow Iranian leaders free reign to suppress any internal struggles for social justice and democracy.

The omens are not good as already the US Government has instructed all its citizens to leave Iraq immediately and in recent weeks has deployed thousands more troops to the region.

Whatever about Suleimani’s role in fomenting regional violence his leading role in helping defeat ISIS makes him a national hero in Iran which is a highly militarised country with 500,000 armed troops. Iran’s leaders will not take his targeted assassination lightly.

Glenda Cimino, US citizen and a member of the IAWM Steering Committee, said:
“We can no longer afford to make enemies of other people and nations. Our collective enemy is climate deterioration, loss of habitat and species on earth. Trump’s reckless and illegal use of assassinations and cruel sanctions on the Iranian people will not lead to ‘victory’. He is really dangerous for world peace and the sooner he is removed from office, the better.”

Jim Roche, PRO of the IAWM noted that:

IAWM BULLETIN 05 JUNE 2019

In this bulletin:
1. TRUMP VISIT – IAWM POSTER
2. TRUMP VISIT – IAWM PR
3. RECENT ANTI-WAR LETTERS TO MEDIA
4. DONATING TO THE IAWM

Please try to join us to protest the visit of Donald Trump to Ireland, whether in Shannon today or Dublin tomorrow or elsewhere. IAWM will have ten giant posters of the World’s No. 1 warmonger on tomorrow’s (Thursday, 06 June) protest at the Garden of Remembrance, Parnell Sq., Dublin.

1. TRUMP VISIT – IAWM POSTER
http://irishantiwar.org/node/2576

2. TRUMP VISIT – IAWM PRESS RELEASE
http://irishantiwar.org/node/2575

3. RECENT ANTI-WAR LETTERS TO MEDIA
• Letter re Green Party election swing and use of Shannon by US Military - http://irishantiwar.org/node/2574
• Letter re US war threats against Iran- http://irishantiwar.org/node/2577

4. DONATING TO THE IAWM
To set-up a standing order with the Irish-Anti War Movement please go to the following link http://www.irishantiwar.org/files/standing-order-form.doc fill in the form and post to the Irish Anti-War Movement P.O. Box 9260 Dublin 1.

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IAWM BULLETIN 25 MARCH 2019

In this bulletin:
• PUNISHMENT WITHOUT TRIAL - two US Veterans for Peace arrested at Shannon Warport
• IAWM STATEMENT ON CHRISTCHURCH MURDERS
• ANTI-WAR LETTERS TO MEDIA
• DONATING TO THE IAWM

1. PUNISHMENT WITHOUT TRIAL -
Press Statement
Two US Veterans For Peace refused Bail at Ennis District Court
Monday 18 March
Charged with Trespass and causing Criminal Damage at Shannon airport
2. A group of seven US Veterans for Peace took part in protest against US Military Base at Shannon airport on Sunday March 17th.
WHY? Up to one million [1,000,000] children have died due to US-led wars in the Middle East since 1991
3. An OMNI Air International plane, tail number N351AX, on contract to the US military had arrived at Shannon Airport about 8.30 a.m. from Eielson US air force base in Faribanks Alaska, most likely on its way to the Middle East with up to 300 armed US troops.
At about 10 am US Veterans For Peace Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff, entered Shannon air field for the purpose of inspecting and investigating this aircraft which they believed to be carrying up to 300 armed US troops through Shannon airport. They were carrying a large banner that said:
U.S. Veterans say
Respect Irish Neutrality
U.S. War Machine out of Shannon Airport
Veterans For Peace
The two peace activists walked across the air field with the intent of inspecting it for weapons or munitions before being apprehended by airport security and Gardai. There were detained and interviewed at Shannon Garda station until about 6pm and then their period of detention was extended for a further six hours. At about 9.30 pm they were allowed to call Ellen Davidson and they informed her that their period of detention was being extended overnight and that they were being brought Ennis Court on Monday 18 March at 10 am to face charges of trespass and criminal damage.

IAWM BULLETIN 25 MARCH 2019

In this bulletin:
• PUNISHMENT WITHOUT TRIAL - two US Veterans for Peace arrested at Shannon Warport
• IAWM STATEMENT ON CHRISTCHURCH MURDERS
• ANTI-WAR LETTERS TO MEDIA
• DONATING TO THE IAWM

1. PUNISHMENT WITHOUT TRIAL -
Press Statement
Two US Veterans For Peace refused Bail at Ennis District Court
Monday 18 March
Charged with Trespass and causing Criminal Damage at Shannon airport
2. A group of seven US Veterans for Peace took part in protest against US Military Base at Shannon airport on Sunday March 17th.
WHY? Up to one million [1,000,000] children have died due to US-led wars in the Middle East since 1991
3. An OMNI Air International plane, tail number N351AX, on contract to the US military had arrived at Shannon Airport about 8.30 a.m. from Eielson US air force base in Faribanks Alaska, most likely on its way to the Middle East with up to 300 armed US troops.
At about 10 am US Veterans For Peace Ken Mayers and Tarak Kauff, entered Shannon air field for the purpose of inspecting and investigating this aircraft which they believed to be carrying up to 300 armed US troops through Shannon airport. They were carrying a large banner that said:
U.S. Veterans say
Respect Irish Neutrality
U.S. War Machine out of Shannon Airport
Veterans For Peace
The two peace activists walked across the air field with the intent of inspecting it for weapons or munitions before being apprehended by airport security and Gardai. There were detained and interviewed at Shannon Garda station until about 6pm and then their period of detention was extended for a further six hours. At about 9.30 pm they were allowed to call Ellen Davidson and they informed her that their period of detention was being extended overnight and that they were being brought Ennis Court on Monday 18 March at 10 am to face charges of trespass and criminal damage.