NO TO WAR ON IRAQ

 Anti-War Demo in Delhi on Feb. 10 

A HUGE demonstration is planned against the USA's relentless move towards a full fledged military attack on Iraq. Under the auspices of the broad based Committee Against War On Iraq, comprising various political parties, organisations and prominent individuals, the protest demonstration will be held before the American Centre, New Delhi on February 10.

The Committee Against War on Iraq, which was constituted in October 2002, had earlier organised a demonstration in New Delhi on November 14, 2002. The Committee which held a meeting on January 20, 2003, to take stock of the latest developments, has decided to step up its activities to mobilise the people and oppose the war.

The protest demonstration before the American Centre at Kasturba Gandhi Marg on February 10 will form part of the series of actions planned by the Committee in its efforts to mobilise the Indian people to oppose the war. Participants will assemble at the Mandi House at 11.30 a m and march towards the American Centre.

The Committee Against War On Iraq said: “The US President, George Bush has virtually declared war against Iraq. Bush has made it clear that if the UN Security Council does not dance to the beat of his war drum by mid-February, the US will unilaterally launch war against Iraq. Military preparations for this blatant aggression are in full swing. The US has gone to the extent of threatening use of nuclear weapons against Iraq. The world can expect the US and its pliant junior partner Britain to attack anytime after February 15.

The UN inspectors were unable to find any evidence of weapons of mass destruction in Iraq. The US assertion that the war against Iraq is part of its worldwide war on terror is a deliberate lie. Similarly the propaganda that it poses a military threat to the West is ridiculous in the extreme.

Why then is the US hell bent on invading Iraq? The real purpose is to control Iraq’s oil resources and advance US interests in the region.  Plans have already been made to replace Saddam Hussein with a lackey regime of the US. All this is part of the American designs to establish worldwide political, economic and military hegemony. Anything standing in the way of these designs is sought to be demolished by force.”