Hunger Strike to protest Ireland's complicity in an immoral, illegal war

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Sunday March 23, 2003 23:41

by Caoimhe Butterly fan

087 7605762

Hunger Strike to protest Ireland's complicity in an immoral, illegal war

Hunger Strike to protest Ireland's complicity in an immoral, illegal war. http://www.endiraqsanctions.net/resources/2003/caoimhe.htm 22/3/2003 Press Release Peace Activist begins Hunger Strike to protest Ireland's complicity in an immoral, illegal war.

Caoimhe Butterly, human rights activist, today began day three of a 10-day
hunger strike to:-
1) protest at yesterday's Dail decision to allow for the continuation
of the
re-fuelling of U.S. military aircraft at Shannon and Baldonnell Airports.
2) Call upon the Irish government to be a voice of courage, sanity and
conscience in condemning the present large-scale intensification of a war,
that has been waged without respite on the Iraqi people for the past 12
years, in the form of genocidal sanctions.

Butterly, as part of the water- only fast, will be vigiling daily outside
the Dail from 10am to 5pm everyday with pictures of Iraqi women, men and
children "to bear witness to the unspoken narratives, the faces of the
victims of 12 years of a genocidal policy of continual sanctions and to
those who in the coming weeks will die,- collectively punished for their
government's stance and because they have the misfortune of inhabiting a
land which has both material ( in the form of oil reserves) and strategic
in the form of being a launching-ground for the potential colonisation of
the Middle East) importance for the U.S. and Britain and the rag-tag
'coalition of the willing'.
"Ireland must not be part of any such coalition-a coalition which cheapens
the blood of the Iraqi people, puts more emphasis on profit and
territorial
gain than on the lives of innocent civilians, and seeks then, to cloak it
all in a language, co-opted from the peace and social justice movement-
using the words 'liberation' and 'dignity' and 'human rights' to describe
acts that are their very antithesis.

"The re-fuellings of U.S. military aircraft and troop carriers at Shannon
and Baldonnell airports must stop. Irish people have expressed vehemently-
through marches, opinion polls, and political pressure that they are not
prepared to forgo Ireland's neutrality and its conscience in aiding and
abetting the coalition's acts of aggression and further violations of the
Iraqi people.
If warplanes were re-fuelled during the Vietnam war, last Gulf war and
Afghani assault, it was wrong. It is still wrong to re-fuel them today. No
material worth can be placed on human life.
The hunger strike and vigil will last until March 30th . All are welcome.
Contact Caoimhe at 087 7605762.

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10 days

by ExPat

Mon Mar 24, 2003 00:07

10 days, big deal. That is like a long purge diet.

I have being out of the country too long to know the current 'in crowd' so can anyone tell me is she related to the Butterly family who owned the Stardust? If so it would explain why she needs to so publicly prove she cares so much about every underdog in the world.

10 days ?

by Roiberad McGaineamh

What's this 10 days shite ?
Has the Celtic Tiger made ye all go soft or what ?

Why don't ye remember Terence McSwiney and Thomas Ashe and go the whole hog .....

sanity?

by Cliona Towne

Mon Mar 24, 2003 00:44

Calling on the gombeen/comprador regime of Ahern-Harney to be a voice of courage and sanity against the imperial war against Iraq is lunacy. The welare and power of the class that Ahern leads is totally bound up with the interests of Anglo-America. The economic and social policies of Ahern-Harney are to subjugate Ireland to Anglo-America. Why would anyone expect them to take a position contrary to the interests of the class they represent?

Keep the Faith Caoimhe

by Dublin Catholic Worker - Dublin Catholic Worker 'Pit-Stop Ploughshares'

Mon Mar 24, 2003 02:40

dbamoran at hotmail dot com

087 9638398

Never mind projections of moral cowardice...the above commentaries are testimony to those who only wish to wage peace in a partial manner, without any disturbance of their life's normal routine.

My prayers are with the people of Iraq, indeed all humanity's oppressed and starved, whom you Caoimhe, have become a beacon of hope: a voice in the wilderness.

Be assured of the continued love and solidarity from the many people of Ireland who still cling onto faith, hope, and charity; despite this country and the world's present quagmire of euphemism, spin, and deceit.

In peaceful loving solidarity,
Damien

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