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Protest to Stop Western Intervention in Syria
an article by Stop the War Coalition
Protest to Stop Western Intervention in Syria: US
Embassy Grosvenor Sq London W1A 2LQ, Saturday 15
June 2013 1pm
Photo from website of Stop the War Coalition
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The aim of the intervention so far has been to
effect regime change, illegal under international
law. The solution in Syria cannot lie in further
militarising the conflict, or in intervention by
Western powers.
It is for the people of the Middle East to decide
their own future. The Western powers have a record
and history of intervention which has been a key
source of the region's problems.
As reported by the Observer:
Less than a quarter of the public believes that
the government should arm the rebels in Syria,
according to a poll in the wake of Britain's
support for the lifting of an EU arms embargo.
Just 24% back giving weapons or military supplies
to the forces fighting President Bashar al-Assad's
army.
...public opinion would not be behind any military
intervention, no matter how hands-off. In a sign
of the public's changing attitude towards
Britain's role in the world, 78% of those polled
said that they believe the UK is too overstretched
as a result of Iraq and Afghanistan to intervene
in a new conflict. Nearly three quarters (72%)
believe that the UK can no longer afford to act as
a major military power. More than two thirds (69%)
believe that the UK should restrict the military
to protecting UK territory and providing
humanitarian aid in times of crisis.
SEE Stop the War Coalition Statement: No UK
intervention in Syria
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DISCUSSION
Question(s) related to this article:
How can we be sure to get news about peace demonstrations?,
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Latest reader comment:
Following the peace marches of October 27, 2007, there was no information in the major news media in the United States.
For more on this see the op-ed piece by Jerry Lanson in the Christian Science Monitor.
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