IAWM Press Releases on capture of Saddam Hussein

international | anti-war / imperialism | press release Monday December 15, 2003 14:32 by Colm Stephens - Irish Anti-War Movement infor at irishantiwar dot org PO Box 9260, Dublin 1 www.irishantiwar.org

15 December

Chair of Anti-War Movement Calls on Media to Challenge U.S. Triumphalism

The Irish Anti-War Movement today called on the media to challenge the triumphalism of Bush, Blair and Bremner after the capture of Saddam Hussein. “While nobody will shed any tears for the brutal former dictator, the idea that the capture of Saddam by U.S. forces is a step towards democracy and peace for Iraq is ludicrous”, stated Richard Boyd Barrett. “When American soldiers toppled his statue in April, we were told that this was the ‘tipping point’ and now the Iraqi people would now welcome the invaders as liberators. It was a lie then and it is a lie now”, he added.

“The spectacle of a unkempt, old man hiding in a hole in the ground gives the lie to the previous claims that he was directing the growing resistance in Iraq. It is the mass of the Iraqi people who reject the U.S./U.K. occupation and demand that the invaders leave now”, he added.

“When Bremner announced that ‘We have got him’ it was the triumphal cry by one dictator celebrating the capture of another. Bremner came to power over the dead bodies of tens of thousands of Iraqi people and deserves, like Bush, Blair and Saddam, to face trial for crimes against the Iraqi people.”

“Bertie Ahern should stop expressing false sympathy for the Iraqi people and, instead, throw the U.S. war machine out of Shannon.”, Mr. Boyd Barrett added.

For more info/confirmation contact Richard Boyd Barrett 087 632 9511 or Harry Browne 087 764 8065

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