slammed the way in which the AngloAmerican "coalition" had appeared to use "shaky" evidence, including forged documents, as a pretext for making war on Iraq. Blix said it was "conspicuous" that coalition forces had so far failed to find "anything relevant" in their search for proscribed weapons.
The day before the news broke of the investigation into the quality of the CIA intelligence (which was central to Colin Powell's justification for war in the UN bility of political and constitutional crisis. Security Council government press applause for his contribution to the rally that followed.
Other speakers included a priest who made a strong defence of the rights of asylum seekers and a representative of the Iranian Students Federation who were present in force.
A message of support was read out from Green MEP Jean Lambert, in which she said that there was information that one person who had been sent back had subsequently been killed.
Amnesty International experts who returned from a mission in Afghanistan in early May reported serious concerns about the plight of those who have been forced back as well as those who have chosen to return voluntarily.
It is clear that Afghanistan is not a
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The comedian Mark Thomas is a respected figure in the peace movement, who has initiated many campaigns against multinational corporations and the machinations of the New Labour government. In an article in New Statesman, headed "Crap Comrades' (12 May 2003), he attacks the behaviour of the Socialist Workers Party (SWP) in the anti-war movement. ANDREW BURGIN, of the Stop the War Coalition responds.
t is no surprise when the right-wing STop stre stance june 2003 15
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