Galway’s minute silence to mark 5th anniversary of Iraq invasion-account and you-tube

Galway Alliance Against War marked the 5^th anniversary of the Iraq war on Thursday 20^th March in the centre of the city. 50 GAAW members assembled in Shop St. Galway and formed a human chain to express their opposition to the war and the Irish state’s complicity in the conflict. A minute’s silence was held in memory of the million or more killed in the unnecessary war.

Galway Alliance Against War marked the 5^th anniversary of the Iraq war on Thursday 20^th March in the centre of the city. 50 GAAW members assembled in Shop St. Galway and formed a human chain to express their opposition to the war and the Irish state’s complicity in the conflict. A minute’s silence was held in memory of the million or more killed in the unnecessary war.

Four large placards were displayed to display GAAW s message:

1 Illegal War

1 Million Deaths

1 Million US Troops Through Shannon

1 Minute s Silence

Amongst those demonstrating were Labour TD Michael D. Higgins and Independent Councillor Catherine Connolly, Niall Farrell GAAW PRO who has recently received death threats because of his peace activity, and Treasa Ni Cheannabhan with her daughter, recently returned from Gaza.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6yVaeWYqEC8