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Dave Randall: Maxi, you’ve consistently supported the movement against the war and the occupation of Iraq. Why do you think it’s important to be involved?

"Iraqi culture is being crushed under the tracks of US tanks," says Dahr Jamail, one of the few independent journalists reporting from occupied Iraq. He is clear what is happening there.

Official: children in Abu Ghraib The US army has been forced to admit that young children are being held at Iraq’s notorious Abu Ghraib prison. Brigadier General Janis Karpinski, the former commander of the jail where US troops tortured and photographed detainees, told investigators that one boy held at Abu Ghraib appeared to be just eight years old.

Leading public health experts from around the world have condemned the US and British governments’ refusal to count Iraqi war casualties as "wholly irresponsible".

Released Guantanamo detainee Martin Mubanga has given his backing Saturday’s demonstration against the occupation of Iraq.

The kind of propaganda offensive that paved the way to war against Iraq is now being directed at Iran.

This Saturday’s march is no nostalgia trip. The war is very much still with us — over 15,000 US and British soldiers have been wounded, over 100,000 Iraqis have been killed, and the casualties are mounting daily.

"This Saturday will again see a major demonstration in London against this government’s policy of support for George Bush’s war and occupation of Iraq.

Up to 200,000 people from across Britain marched through the streets of central London this Saturday 19 March to mark two years since the invasion of Iraq.

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DEMO AGAINST THE OCCUPATION

Saturday 19 March, 12 noon,Hyde Park, London. www.stopwar.org.uk