my london diary

april 2003

april started with the country at war, invading Iraq together with the USA.

on saturday 5 i went to a march to protest against this and to call for proper reporting of the events in the media, especially the bbc.

i walked to the march past the houses of parliament and a small group of protesters in whitehall who were pointing out the number of Iraqi civilians already killed by the allied forces.

The main thrust of the demonstration now was that the civilian population of Iraq should be respected. The use of weapons such as depleted uranium shells and cluster bombs will mean the deaths continue for generations after the end of the fighting.

The march started opposite the old BBC building in Portland Place and went to Grosvenor Square, close to the US Embassy. There were perhaps five thousand marchers, and several hundred police surrounding them most of the time. As the speakers pointed out, it was difficult not to see the war as a US takeover of the country when plans were already in place for americans to run the country after the war.

The killing of Iraqis must stop, and rapid progress should be made to hand control of the country back to its people.
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I didn't get around to adding these other pictures from April 2003 until very much later, and haven't got around to giving them captions.

Laleham and Shepperton bike ride
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Troops out of Iraq
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Ride to Southall
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Ride to Colnbrook & the Colne
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Good Friday
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Staines - Thames
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Purfleet & West Thurrock
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Houses of Parliament, London

Protest in Whitehall, near Downing St

Protestor on Stop the War march     more pictures

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