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Anti-War Vigil, Cork.

category cork | anti-war / imperialism | news report author Saturday July 22, 2006 22:16author by Hilary Quinnauthor email hilary at draiochtwebdesign dot com Report this post to the editors

Anti-War Vigil, Cork City, Saturday 22/07/06.

This vigil was organised by Cork Alliance Against War; Cork Branch of the Irish Palestine Solidarity Campaign; Socialist Youth, in response to the ongoing Israeli atrocities in Gaza and Lebanon.

Pics attached.
Demonstrators in Daunt Square, Cork.
Demonstrators in Daunt Square, Cork.

As the onslaught of bombing raids continues, the body count is rising into the hundereds in the last few days alone. With the devastastating destruction of even the most basic infrastructure, a truly dreadful humanitarian crisis is unfolding in both regions. With US and British approval, there appears to be no end in sight.

Related Link: http://www.irishantiwar.org

Senator Brendan Ryan.
Senator Brendan Ryan.

Killian, Socialist Youth.
Killian, Socialist Youth.

More demonstrators.
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Speaker from the Muslim Community, Cork.
Speaker from the Muslim Community, Cork.

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If anyone wants full res pictures, please contact me, my email address is above!

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author by € / $ = %publication date Sun Jul 23, 2006 20:12author address author phone Report this post to the editors

The UN's Jan Egeland has condemned the devastation caused by Israeli air strikes in Beirut, saying it is a violation of humanitarian law.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle_east/5207478.stm

but who's going to pay for it?

It seems to me "you break it you pay for it" applies. Israel owes Lebanon :-
* one infrastructure.
that sort of stuff used to be called reparations.

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So, does Lebanon owe Israel, too?

author by Balar of the Baleful Eyepublication date Sun Jul 23, 2006 21:05author address author phone Report this post to the editors

On Friday July 14th, George W. Bush said he'd like to keep the current Lebanese government. So, the US government supports blowing the country to bits, while believing that the Lebanese government is not responsible for Hezbollah actions.

Israel's Prime Minister has said that Lebanon is being held hostage by Hezbollah. How then, can Israel blame the Lebanese government for the 'act of war' (Wed 12th July)?

UNHCR's Louise Arbour has warned the perpetrators of civilian casualties that they will be held individually accountable for war crimes. Will they say they were just following orders?

Currently, 37 Israelis have died, 19 of them soldiers.

More than 350 Lebanese have died, at least 330 civilians.

How much is a human life worth these days?

author by $ / € = % ......iosafpublication date Sun Jul 23, 2006 21:29author address author phone Report this post to the editors

agreement which included peaceful Lebanon, and established one of the fleet of financial entities that do "r-e-c-o-n-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n" contracts. ( I put "reconstruction" in the dirty word inverted commas because you only reconstruct things on the state level if you've planned a war beforehand)., This led to the appointment of first extra European honorary consuls acting on behalf of Ireland / Eire complete with little ink stamps and stationery. ( This thought was in fariness an unpaid position held by an Irishman. (this was in Enda o'Brien's time & women didn't do consulate dinners, speak too loudly, engage in business or walk home alone. Furthermore if they didn't wear veils in a church they were protestants and you couldn't see their ankles. If you could see their ankles they were plausibly Enda o'Brien readers). Ask your granny about it.)
http://achtanna2.oireachtas.ie/print/zza22y1958.1.html
A few years later we saw our first Irish UN blue hatties in the region, sooner or later they ended up in the Lebanon (UNIFIL's mandate was established by the United Nations Security Council under resolution 435 of 19 March 1978. This resolution established UNIFIL in the light of the request of the Government of Lebanon “for the purpose of confirming the withdrawal of Israeli forces, restoring international peace and security and assisting the Government of Lebanon in ensuring the return of its effective authority in the area”).
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The Irish people were delighted.
The Irish people were very proud.
a Kathurlick nation protecting the Druze.
Though some of our flowers or manhood did get killed, they got state funerals. Years later the only gripe remaining seemed to be the suntan lotion. A lot has happened in the meantime, the late mr Lebanon Hariri took over the "r-e-c-o-n-s-t-r-u-c-t-i-o-n" thing, Ireland upped her "VIP" presence there to almost a dozen and a half, and it all has to be r-e-c-o-n-s-t-r-u-c-t-e-d again.

Are we in Ireland of the 21st century "christian" enough to return to that geopolitical failure yet again? Or have we changed as a people?

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