Iraq Follow

"A vote for the Iraqi constitution doesn’t mean we’re headed for peace and prosperity. Iraq is going to be a pretty difficult security environment for a while."General John Abizaid, the head of the US Central Command on the forthcoming referendum on the Iraqi constitution

Protests are taking place in Iraq in the run up to a referendum on the new constitution, set to take place on 15 October.

A letter in last week’s Socialist Worker asked what evidence there was for the figure of over 100,000 dead in Iraq, which has frequently been quoted in this paper.

Hundreds of thousands of people protested in Washington last Saturday showing that the movement against the Iraq war is ­growing in strength across the US.

Philip Hewitt, a British soldier, was killed in Iraq ten weeks ago. His mother Susan Smith handed a letter in to Downing Street last Saturday calling on prime minister Tony Blair to bring the troops home.

"I never thought I’d miss Nixon... Iraq is Arabic for Vietnam"placards on last Saturday’s anti-war demo in Washington DC

People from across Britain joined the march for peace and liberty in central London today. The demonstration of around 100,000 was organised by the Stop the War Coalition, the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament (CND) and the Muslim Association of Britain (MAB).

Actress Julie Christie and musician Brian Eno last week handed in a letter, signed by almost 100 celebrities, academics, musicians, MPs and activists to 10 Downing Street calling for British troops to be brought home from Iraq by the end of the year.

New York police attacked a 150-strong rally addressed by Cindy Sheehan on Monday. Sheehan who lost a son in Iraq, has become a prominent figure in the US anti-war movement.

"When I led my men of the 1st Battalion of the Royal Irish Regiment into Iraq we believed we were going to do some good. It was to be a liberation. Now I believe we have to get out of Iraq. Not just the British, but the entire Western force."Colonel Tim Collins, whose speech made from a tank in Iraq was pinned to the wall of George Bush’s office

Iraqis have accused British special forces of planning a terrorist attack on Basra.

Whenever there is occupation there is resistance. All nations have experienced this. Resistance to occupation is legal, legitimate and acceptable.