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Tony Blair says in his memoirs that Iraq was the nightmare he did not see coming. The majority of people in Britain had no difficulty in seeing that the nightmare we faced was not Iraq, but Tony Blair and his war policies.
Blair's legacy will be that of a war criminal who waged an illegal war which killed hundreds of thousands and left Iraq in pieces, and who when he left office exploited his crimes to accumulate wealth soon expected to top £60 million.
We will not forget Blair's crimes or the victims, whether Iraqi civilians or British soldiers, and we will continue to campaign for his indictment for the violation of countless international laws. Which is why on Wednesday 8 September we will hold a protest outside Waterstone's bookshop in London's Piccadilly, when Blair will be doing a book-signing. Tony Blair is not like any other author promoting a new book, but a war criminal who should be behind bars awaiting trial.
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7pm House of Commons (rightside entrance), London: All welcome
The meeting takes place the day before parliament votes on Afghanistan. Speakers include CAROLINE LUCAS MP, JEREMY CORBYN MP, PAUL FLYNN MP, JOAN HUMPHRIES (MILITARY FAMILIES AGAINST THE WAR) |
A group of military families have come together to produce a letter for MPs in the run up to the parliamentary debate on Afghanistan on 9 September 2010. The families are calling for MPs to vote to bring the troops home, which is what all opinion polls show most people in Britain want. The families are asking others who have military connections to add their names to the letter. For further information, members of military families should
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If the war in Afghanistan is nothing more than a cover for finding a face-saving way to declare victory and withdraw from an unwinnable conflict, why not just do that now? |
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As Blair prepares to publish his side of the Iraq story, let none forget the immense suffering of the Iraqi people and a region still on the brink of further catastrophic conflict. |
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If there's a case for bombing Iran to stop an unproven plan to develop a nuclear weapon, shouldn't we start with the world's biggest weapons' proliferator - the United States? |
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After twelve years of sanctions and seven years of occupation, the facts of daily life in Iraq give the lie to the claim that the war has been a "success". |
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New Internationalist co-editor Hadani Ditmars describes the reality behind the "success" of the 2003 Iraq invasion, which the US says is enabling it to withdraw its combat forces. |
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The case of the Afghanistan war logs and the hounding of Julian Assange prove that there’s never been greater need to speak truth to power than today, says John Pilger |
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This gesture could be part of a plan to repair Blair's image, but some say his motivation is irrelevant because the money will be so useful. Let's test the theory, says Mark Steel. |
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"I was determined not to be blind any more. I read about the history of the conflict and began to realise I had been duped. This wasn't a war about liberation, it was about strategic influence; about economics and mineral wealth." |
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Don't be taken in by claims that the last US "combat" troops left Iraq two weeks ahead of schedule and the occupation is over, says Robert Fisk. |
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The Karzai's administration in Afghanistan is fundamentalist and it's attitude towards women is largely indistinguishable from the Taliban. |
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Barack Obama and everyone else in his spin machine should go to Iraq and look a child in the eyes and tell that child that seven years of war in Iraq has been a success. |
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The Israel boycott has seen unprecedented growth after the onslaught on Gaza and the attack on the flotilla. People of conscience round the world have crossed a threshold. |
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There were cheers and smiles in Helmand Province when David Beckham met with hundreds of soldiers, but one soldier he met isn't cheering or smiling anymore. |
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Tariq Ali says it is time for Obama to abandon all pretences used to justify a war that can only lead to more deaths but no solution. An exit strategy is now desperately needed. |
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More civilians are being killed in Afghanistan than ever before. Survivors of a Nato airstrike on 23 July 2010 describe in this video how 52 civilians were killed in their village. |
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The US government and military are making ominous threats against Wikileaks, following its release of over 76,000 Pentagon documenting countless US war crimes. |
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Lobby your MP on Afghanistan

Parliament will debate Afghanistan on Thursday 9 September. Please lobby your MP to attend the debate and to vote for all British troops to come home.
Lobby your MP here...
Wrong war, wrong time, wrong cause
Former leader of the Liberal Democrats Lord Paddy Ashdown debates the Afghanistan war with Guardian journalist Seumas Milne. See debate video...
Should we stay or should we go?
Former commander of UK forces in Afghanistan Colonel Richard Kemp and Labour MP Paul Flynn make the case for and against bringing the troops home from Afghanistan. Read the arguments...
CND Campaign

Lobby defence minister Liam Fox online: Trident nuclear weapons must be included in defence review. Details...
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