Socialist Resistance

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PEACE & LIBERTY Bring troops

Socialist Resistance no30  |  page 17

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Chief Executive of one of these companies Aegis Defence Services (formerly Sandline International) - Lt Col. Tim Spicer, led an operation to Sierra Leone seven years ago to re-install fallen president, breaking a UN arms embargo in the process. Not surprisingly, the

NOT IN MY NAME majority of Iraqis consider themselves to be under colonial occupation, with 82 per cent being 'strongly opposed' to the presence of coalition troops. Suicide attack rates rose to 50 per month 1n the first five months of 2005, up from 20 per month in 2003. A recent survey by an Iraqi university profiled those most likely to carry out attacks against British and American troops as being 'less than 26 years of age, more likely to want a job, more likely to have been looking for work in the last four weeks and less likely to have enough money for their basic needs.'