Troops out of Iraq now!


Five years since the invasion

Demonstrate

Called by Stop the War Coalition, CND and BMI

Saturday 15 March, Assemble 12 noon, Trafalgar Square, London

  • 1,220,580 Iraqis killed since the invasion. Almost one in two households in Baghdad have lost a family member.
  • Over 170 UK troops and over 3,900 US troops killed.
  • Global military spending for 2007- $1.2 trillion
  • The UK spent £7.44 billion and the Ministry of Defence estimates that the cost of war and occupation in Iraq between 2002 and 2006 was £5.17 billion.
  • Baghdad – 8 hours of electricity supply a day. Only a third of the city is connected to water mains. Life expectancy in Afghanistan – 46 years.
  • No to all imperialist wars and occupations.
  • For the immediate withdrawal of the troops from Iraq and Afghanistan!
  • For an immediate and drastic cut in military spending worldwide.
  • A global campaign against nuclear, chemical and biological weapons.
  • For the right of the Iraqi and Afghan people to determine their own future.
  • For a new mass party for working people in Britain – a powerful ally for the anti-war movement.
  • For workers’ unity and socialist internationalism!