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Iraqi
Voices Meeting and Resolutions Report
By
Larry
Ross, WEA, April 11, 2005
Attendance:
Collection:
Expenses: |
About 48-50
$100.55
$60.00 cash to Dave Colyer for Photostatting and other expenses
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$19.70 cash to Larry for
food and Photostatting 50 posters
$25.00 cheque to WEA for hall and kitchen
$20.85 cash to Kiwi bank account |
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MC: Dave Colyer
Speaker Mohammed al-Jabawe.
He spoke on the history of Iraq and the various empires that have occupied
it and other areas and divided the Middle East to suit themselves into
different states. He detailed the UK attack and occupation of Iraq and
the present bombing, invasion and occupation by the US.
He was followed by 2 other Iraqi
speakers who gave details of the barbarity of the US attacks, bombings,
imprisoning, tortures, that continues without any justification.
The Iraq war was planned well before the attack on the US, September 11,
2001.
People who oppose US occupation are not the so-called "terrorists"
claimed by the US/UK/Australian coalition, but patriots like the French
resistance during the Nazi occupation, or the American resistance, who
fought the British invasion and occupation during the 1776 American War
of Independence.
Larry introduced resolutions which were seconded and passed unanimously
as follows:
PEACE ACTION NETWORK
Resolutions passed at “Iraqi Voices” meeting April 11, 2005
at WEA
People at the meeting approve the resolutions
below and authorised their general release to groups and media.
- We support UN Secretary/General Kofi Annan’s
statement that the US invasion of Iraq is illegal and without any justification.
- Therefore it was resolved that all foreign
military forces cease hostilities and withdraw from Iraq immediately.
- That the invading nations pay reparations
to the people and state of Iraq for the killing, torturing and injuring
over 100,000 people (as found by the October, 2004 Lancet study) and
for their destruction of Iraqi property.
- That the UN help rebuild and rehabilitate
Iraq with major reparation payments from the invading nations.
- That a statement incorporating these
resolutions be circulated to various governments, to the UN and to the
media.
Email contact
for Larry Ross; nuclearfreenz@lynx.co.nz
Dave Colyer; djc@union.org.za,
or Darren Kemp, spokespeople of the group; darren.kemp@paradise.net.nz
Further details on Iraq, Nuclear Threats,
and related issues available on: http://www.nuclearfree.org.nz
38 people also endorsed
the resolutions and added their addresses and emails for future notification.
Thank you
all
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