Wikileaks has done us all a service by releasing these secret US military files showing what really is happening in Afghanistan. It confirms much of what the anti-war movement has been saying. Tonight I will be at the meeting in Conway Hall organised by Stop the War where the brave former soldier, Joe Glenton, jailed for speaking out against the war, will speak about Afghanistan, along with Caroline Lucas, Mark Steel, Jerermy Corbyn and others. Futher info from Stop the War below.
LIVE IN LONDON? THIS IS NOW A MUST GO EVENT
RALLY: AFGHANISTAN - TIME TO GO
MONDAY 26 JULY 7PM
CONWAY HALL, 25 RED LION SQUARE,
LONDON, WC1R 4RL
SPEAKERS: Lance Corporal JOE GLENTON, just released from prison following court martial for refusing to fight in Afghanistan,
CAROLINE LUCAS MP, JEREMY CORBYN MP, MARK STEEL, comedian and columnist,LINDSEY GERMAN, Stop the War Coalition, YASMIN KHAN, War On Want.
The 90,000 US secret documents leaked today confirm everything
the anti-war movement has said for years. The biggest ever
wartime leaks show conclusively that the war in Afghanistan is
pointless and unwinnable and the warmongers have lied to us
continually. The war must end now. All foreign troops must be
withdrawn without delay.
The Guardian, giving 14 pages of coverage to the revelations,
reports, "The huge cache of secret US military files provides a
devastating portrait of the failing war in Afghanistan, revealing
how coalition forces have killed hundreds of civilians in
unreported incidents, Taliban attacks have soared and Nato
commanders fear neighbouring Pakistan and Iran are fuelling the
insurgency." SEE http://bit.ly/bVQzvA
In this context, David Cameron's timetable of at least five more
years killing is tantamount to premeditated mass murder. British
soldiers are being asked to kill and die in a war which is lost.
They must come home now.
The rally tonight (26 July) in London, AFGHANISTAN: TIME TO GO,
featuring among others, Joe Glenton, the soldier court martialled
for refusing to fight in Afghanistan, MPs Caroline Lucas and
Jeremy Corbyn, and columnist and comedian Mark Steel, could not
have been more timely. If you live in London, it has become a
must go event.
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