Around a thousand people attended a demonstration in Glasgow to mark the fifth anniversary of the start of the brutal occupation of Iraq, and to call for troops to get out of Iraq, Afghanistan and freedom for Palestine. One polish anarchist was de-arrested at the demo. The march went from Blythswood square to Glasgow Green, and generally went through the more quiet areas, but at times there were large crowds of onlookers. The Polish anarchists got into some trouble with the police early on when the police ordered them to take off their ski masks. They refused, and pushing and shoving started at the front of the march. Police moved in to arrest one of the masked Polish men who was sporting a large anarchy flag. Members of the autonomous bloc ran in to support them, chanting "let him go!" which quickly spread until a large number of demonstrators were chanting with their fists raised, intimidating the police into letting the Polish man back into the crowd. The StWC stewards were initially doing the job of the police, however they sensed the mood of the crowd and moved to assist the Poles. A few minutes later one of the 'head' stewards told the de-arrested man that they wanted him to stay with them on the march until the end. One protester had a placard saying "We support the troops that shoot their officers". Some of the more interesting banners read "our resistance is as transnational as capital", "Prince Harry: Shut the fuck up!" and "Bombing for peace is like fucking for virginity". Rose Gentle from Military Families Against War attended, as did members of Solidarity, the Communist Party of Britain, SNP and Unison amongst others. Many MPs, MSPs and trade unionists gave speeches at the end of the march. The demonstration was part of a week of protests all over the world including London, Washington, Beirut, Sydney and Seoul The London demonstration occurring at the same time attracted 40,000 people according to organisers. The Glasgow demonstration was organised by the Scottish Stop the War Coalition.