Public Meeting: MPs launch withdraw from Afghanistan group

MPs from across the political spectrum have launched a new parliamentary group to campaign for British withdrawal from Afghanistan. Its co-chairs are Green Party MP Caroline Lucas and Labour MP Paul Flynn. It's first briefing, open to the general public, is in the House of Commons on Wednesday 27 October.

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What the Wikileaks files don't reveal
The Wikileaks revelations provide a further window into the destruction wrought upon Iraq by the war and occupation and show how Iraqi loss of life has been seriously understated and US and British cruelty grossly under-reported. But, says Kamil Mahdi, the documents still don't give a complete picture of the devastation that has been inflicted on Iraq and its people.
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Seven years too late The Observer owns up on Iraq
The Observer newspaper was one of Tony Blair's main media cheer-leaders in the run up to the Iraq war. Now it says the war was "a strategic failure", "a moral catastrophe."
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We don't do body counts
Former US defence secretary Donald Rumsfeld famously said in November 2003, "We don't do body counts of other people." He was lying, as Wikileaks files show.
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Drumbeat of Iraqi civilian deaths
The Wikileaks files contain a horrific dossier of cases where US troops killed innocent civilians at checkpoints, on Iraq's roads and during raids on people's homes.
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Nick Robinson loses his cool
VIDEO: The BBC's political editor, Nick Robinson, takes direct action against a placard which crried the slogan "Cut the War, Not the Poor".
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Strategic Defence Review
The government says it will "remain fully committed to succeeding in the difficult mission in Afghanistan." Why, during the worst economic crisis in over half a century, is Afghanistan so central to its priorities?
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Mike Leigh boycotts Israel
Award winning film director Mike Leigh cancels his trip to Israel: "I have absolutely no choice. I cannot come, I do not want to come, and I am not coming."
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Iraq sinking deeper into mire
"Like any sovereign, independent nation," says President Obama, "Iraq is free to chart its own course." as the country sinks into mire of repression, corruption and instability.
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Deserters and dope addicts
US soldiers expose the farcical "exit strategy" to equip, train and handover to the Afghan army and police -- with rampant drug addiction and corruption, one in five soldiers deserting and those remaining often refusing to fight.
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Pakistan in US drone crosshairs
As ever increasing US drone attacks in Pakistan kill more civilians, people are queuing up to join the ranks of the "holy warriors" fighting the invading foreign armies.
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Sending soldiers to die in vain
The politicians are just waiting for a politically acceptable moment to proclaim a phoney triumph in Afghanistan and leave the Afghans to their own devices. Oabama and Cameron are knowingly sending soldiers to die in vain.
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Obama says time to go
"My fellow Americans... The war in Afghanistan is a mess. It is time for me to bring our troops home -- right now. Not one more American needs to die." - President Obama's speech as reported by Michael Moore.
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Afghanistan: numbers say it all
Endless war, escalating death rates of Afghan civilians and Nato troops, costing $10 billion dollars every month: no wonder most people in the US, Britain and Afghanistan want the invading armies to go home.
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How Obama will lose elections
As the longest war enters its tenth year, antiwar voters need to make sure President Obama gets the message: if the wars continue, you will not get the peace vote and no peace activists will work for you in the elections.
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Obama's bogus terror alert
Losing a war that the majority of Americans think is unwinnable, Obama pulls out the old Bush and Blair standby: an unsubstantiated terror alert.
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Killing people at any cost
The US Army command in Afghanistan will say the solders who formed the "Kill Team" death squad are just five bad apples. But are they?
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The BBC and Tony Blair
The idea that the BBC is impartial or "left-wing" is absurd, says John Pilger. Look at how it supports the government's war policies and venerates the war criminal Tony Blair.
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Killing children in Afghanistan
Video: "Sorry," says Nato, each time it is forced to admit yet again that "insurgents" it has killed in one of its attacks turned out to be children, which is happening with increasing regularity.
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War resisters in Canada
The Canadian government wants to send war resisters who refused to fight in Iraq back to the USA, despite most Canadians saying they should stay. A campaign is under way to get residence status for the war resisters.
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Jewish actor visits Palestine
'It's very hard to talk about Palestine to Jewish people – they see me as a betrayer,' says actor Miriam Margolyes, recently returned from Palestine.
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FBI arrests US peace activists
Widespread surveillance and FBI arrests show US peace activists are all in danger of being spied on and added to terrorist watch lists for doing nothing more than attending a rally, signing a petition or holding a sign.
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Dear Tony Blair...
Hans von Sponeck, former UN assistant secretary on Tony Blair's "sacrifice of the UN and negotiations on the altar of a self-serving alliance with the Bush administration".
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Stop the War National Conference

Our annual national conference in London on October 30 will debate our policies, strategy and campaigns for the coming year.

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Stop the War Benefit

On Fri 10 December, Stop the War presents in London a celebration in words and music of the much missed poet and activist Adrian Mitchell.
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Countdown to National Demonstration

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Anti-War Song of the Week

Sam Stone by Johnny Cash
Written by John Prime

06 Nov: Anti-Racism Demonstration

No to Racism, Fascism & Islamophobia demonstration. November 6: London. Called by UAF and LMHR. Supported by Stop the War.

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How did your MP vote on Afghanistan?

On 9 September 2010 MPs voted for the first time on the Afghanistan war in Afghanistan. Only 310 bothered to vote, of which just 16 called for the troops to come home. Was your MP one of the 16? Did your MP vote?

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Viva Palestina aid convoy for Gaza

The Viva Palestina aid convoy aiming to break the siege of Gaza is on it's way. Updates...

CND Campaign

Lobby defence minister Liam Fox online: Trident nuclear weapons must be included in defence review. Details...