By Paul O'Hanlon, submitted by Anonymous on Sun, 19/03/2006 - 03:38
This is a short report of the demonstration by the Donald Dewar statue in Glasgow on Saturday 18th March. 9 photos are attached.
Report of Glasgow anti-war demonstration
Saturday March 18th 2006
Saturday March 18th saw the third anniversary of the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq. There were over 250 demonstrations around the world including protests in Iraq itself – in Basra and Baghdad. The UK demonstration was in London where a march was held from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square. The police estimate of 15,000 was widely quoted by the media including the early evening Channel 4 news and the BBC Radio 4 news. The march organisers feel this was the figure at the start of the march in Parliament Square but many more people joined afterwards giving a total of 80,000 to 100,000.
In Scotland there was a small but lively protest by the Donald Dewar (former Scottish first minister) statue in Glasgow. Several dozen people carried placards and banners reading `Make War History`, `No to Nuclear War` and `Hands off Iran`. The Bob Dylan song `Masters of War ` was played:
♫ Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks ♫
There were chants of “Troops out of Iraq, hands off Iran!� as the 2 and a half hour protest finished around 2.30pm.
The US military are engaged in a savage bombing campaign against Samarra, north of Baghdad – there was little coverage of this in the media. There was a small piece on page 6 of the `Daily Mirror` headlined `US Troops in major air attack`. The Daily Express had a paragraph at the bottom of page 25 saying `-1,500 American and Iraqi troops intensified their blitz on insurgent strongholds 60 miles north of Baghdad. ` There was no mention at all of this in the Sun or Daily Record and nothing on the front pages of the Independent, Times or Guardian. There was nothing about this attack, which involved some 50 US helicopters, on the early evening Channel Four news or 7.30pm BBC1 news.
9 photos are attached.
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Report of Glasgow anti-war demonstration
Saturday March 18th 2006
Saturday March 18th saw the third anniversary of the US led invasion and occupation of Iraq. There were over 250 demonstrations around the world including protests in Iraq itself – in Basra and Baghdad. The UK demonstration was in London where a march was held from Parliament Square to Trafalgar Square. The police estimate of 15,000 was widely quoted by the media including the early evening Channel 4 news and the BBC Radio 4 news. The march organisers feel this was the figure at the start of the march in Parliament Square but many more people joined afterwards giving a total of 80,000 to 100,000.
In Scotland there was a small but lively protest by the Donald Dewar (former Scottish first minister) statue in Glasgow. Several dozen people carried placards and banners reading `Make War History`, `No to Nuclear War` and `Hands off Iran`. The Bob Dylan song `Masters of War ` was played:
♫ Come you masters of war
You that build all the guns
You that build the death planes
You that build the big bombs
You that hide behind walls
You that hide behind desks
I just want you to know
I can see through your masks ♫
There were chants of “Troops out of Iraq, hands off Iran!� as the 2 and a half hour protest finished around 2.30pm.
The US military are engaged in a savage bombing campaign against Samarra, north of Baghdad – there was little coverage of this in the media. There was a small piece on page 6 of the `Daily Mirror` headlined `US Troops in major air attack`. The Daily Express had a paragraph at the bottom of page 25 saying `-1,500 American and Iraqi troops intensified their blitz on insurgent strongholds 60 miles north of Baghdad. ` There was no mention at all of this in the Sun or Daily Record and nothing on the front pages of the Independent, Times or Guardian. There was nothing about this attack, which involved some 50 US helicopters, on the early evening Channel Four news or 7.30pm BBC1 news.
9 photos are attached.
Word count 361 words
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