Socialist Resistance

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STAR WARS: Space - the next target for US invasion

Socialist Resistance no20  |  page 8-9

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political move to help get warmonger-in-chief George Bush re-elected.

Shamefully, in collusion with the Iraqi regime's own ban on reporting, the truth of this terror campaign is being systematically hidden from the public.

Instead we are being fed daily propaganda that Fallujah is a nest of terrorists, former Baathists and hostage takers such as Al Zarkawi.- if in fact this latest demonfigure of the occupiers even exists.

Popular resistance leaders, including Muqtada al Sadr have actually publicly condemned kidnappings.

The people of Iraq are engaged in a legitimate struggle to defend themselves, their families and their homes, and to be free of a particularly bloody, brutal and illegitimate occupation.

Our solidarity and support for them, especially at this time of escalated repression and attack is vital and urgent. spectrum dominance" will sound familiar to many people involved in the campaign to stop the war on Iraq. A new CND publication reveals how that strategy was first revealed in official documents relating to US weaponsiation of space.

In a well-researched and factual pamphlet Scottish CND has produced an up-todate analysis of US plans to put weapons in space, better known as Star Wars'. With a forward by Bruce Kent and a contribution from Tony Benn, the 60 page pamphlet puts the US plans into the wider context of their strategic objectives • 'Star Wars: Space - the next target for US invasion® E3 a copy or £2 each for 10 copies or more. Available from Scottish CND Tel: 0141 423 1222 or [email protected]