Iraq enquiry - Bush, Blair & Brown have blood on their hands

Loads of press swamped them as soon as we turned up.

Here's the CNN report: http://edition.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/europe/11/24/uk.iraq.inquiry/

Daily Mail: http://www.dailymail.co.uk/debate/article-1230507/Brown-MUST-face-Iraq-war-inquiry--agreed-finance-it.html

Shoe throwing update-join in the protests.

Rumours of a letter from Muntadar to the president of Iraq, requesting his forgiveness, exemplify the Iraqi justice system under US control. Muntadar has held a telephone conversation with his lawyer, in which he mentioned no letter, and he has not been seen by his family and friends.

He met with an 'interrogating judge' without representation and was denied bail. This is justice, US style.

Protest spreads!

This week a protestor hurled his shoe at the head of the New York subway system after he threatened to increase fares. Iraqis pelted US soldiers with shoes, and American anti-war activists sent rancid footwear to Bush for Christmas.

Come today to show solidarity with shoe protestors everywhere! 1pm, US Embassy, Grosvenor Square, London.

George Bush learns that there's no shoes like good shoes

In the end all it took was a well-aimed shoe. US president George Bush faced his final humiliation when an Iraqi journalist pelted him with his size 10s during the president’s “farewell trip” to the country he destroyed.

Bush was addressing a press conference in Baghdad on the achievements of the occupation when journalist Muntadar al-Zaidi shouted, “This is a farewell kiss, you dog! This is for the widows and orphans and all those killed in Iraq.”

He took off his shoes and hurled them at the US president. Bush was visibly shaken and tried to make light of the incident while the Iraqi president made whimpering noises of apology. But the damage was done.

Muntadar, who remains in custody, is being hailed as a hero in the Arab world and beyond. And in this season of goodwill, Socialist Worker would like to pass on a special message to him: Thank you, Muntadar—you have made millions of people very happy.

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Angry Iraqi throws shoes at President Bush in Baghdad

Demonstrate the cost of war at Labour Conference in Manchester - 20 September 2008

Written by Stewart Halforthy

Monday, 30 June 2008

The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have cost the lives of more than 200 British soldiers and countless thousands of Iraqi and Afghan civilians. They have also cost billions of pounds - money which could have been spent on houses, healthcare and education in this country.

The war has seen the price of oil escalate, with a knock on effect on the price of food and other essentials. It has been estimated that this war has cost £10 billion so far, without counting the cost of looking after injured soldiers for the rest of their lives. It is time we demanded that Labour spend the money on better services for all, not wars in the Middle East.