ISRAEL EMBASSY PROTEST CANCELLED SATURDAY 19 AUGUST 2PM (Note other Day of Action Events round the country will take place as advertised. See http://tinyurl.com/q3y4k)

The protest planned for the Israeli Embassy in London on Saturday 19 August has been cancelled. The rebuilding of Lebanon has begun. The Israeli Defence Forces are leaving the country that they barely occupied but tried to break through aerial bombardment. This was Bush and Blair�s war as much as Israel�s. They gave Israel the green light to continue the attacks on the Lebanon, which killed more than 1,000, injured many thousands more and destroyed the country�s infrastructure. This is a serious setback for the US/UK project of reordering the Middle East.

The London meeting with Lebanese journalist Omar Nachabe will take place as advertised. This will be an opportunity to listen to an eye-witness account of recent events in Lebanon and to hear speakers on the political implications.

FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 6.30 ALL-LONDON PUBLIC MEETING EYEWITNESS REPORT FROM LEBANON THE POLITICAL IMPLICATIONS OF RECENT EVENTS Speakers include: OMAR NACHABE, Senior journalist Beirut newspaper Al-Akhbar, eyewitness to Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon TONY BENN, President, Stop the War Coalition JEREMY DEAR, Gen Sec, National Union of Journalists LINDSEY GERMAN, Convenor, Stop the War Coalition Friends Meeting House, Euston Road, London WC1 (Opposite Euston Station)

OMAR NACHABE is also speaking in Manchester and Liverpool. See http://tinyurl.com/q3y4k

USEFUL RECENT ARTICLES ON LEBANON AND GAZA:

* NOAM CHOMSKY INTERVIEW: APOCALYPSE SOON http://tinyurl.com/eapsm

* ROBERT FISK: ISRAEL WASN'T HOPING FOR THIS http://tinyurl.com/rfbrj

* JONATHAN COOK: THE REAL WAR CRIMES http://tinyurl.com/zmmen

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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 2006/34 15 August 2006 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER 1) WHEN IS A CEASEFIRE NOT A CEASEFIRE? 2) LONDON PUBLIC MEETING: HANDS OFF LEBANON 3) SATURDAY 19 AUGUST: DAY OF ACTION 4) TERROR PLOT: WHAT�S REALLY GOING ON? 5) ALL ROADS LEAD TO MANCHESTER 6) MILITARY FAMILIES PEACE CAMP 7) KEEP UP THE PARLIAMENT RECALL CAMPAIGN 8) WHAT PLANET IS GEORGE BUSH ON? 9) CIVILISATION'S FACE: DEPLETED URANIUM

****************************************** 1 WHEN IS A CEASEFIRE NOT A CEASEFIRE? If the UN Resolution 1701 helps stop the killing in Lebanon and Israel, it is to be welcomed. The chances are slim because the resolution was co-written by Israel and has all the elements needed for Israel to continue its barbaric attacks, which have killed over 1100 civilians in Lebanon, one third of them children, and destroyed much of the country's infrastructure. The resolution calls on Israel to end "offensive military operations" but Israel did not name its army the Israeli Defence Force for nothing. Throughout its history it has insisted that all of its military activities have been acts of "self defence".

The resolution makes no mention of the countless war crimes Israel has committed over the past month, for example those under the Nuremberg Charter, which make Israel guilty of "crimes against peace" for "the wanton destruction of cities, towns or villages, or devastation not justified by military necessity" and guilty of "crimes against humanity" through the perpetration of acts of "murder,... and other inhumane acts committed against any civilian population, before or during the war...". FOR THE TEXT OF THE RESOLUTION AND A COMMENTARY ON ITS CONTENTS, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/mns4m

FOR NOAM CHOMSKY'S Q&A ON ISRAEL, LEBANON AND PALESTINE, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/ms9rd

****************************************** 2) LONDON PUBLIC MEETING: HANDS OFF LEBANON The consequences of Israel's war crimes for the Lebanese people will be described by OMAR NACHABE, when he speaks at the Stop the War public meeting in London on Friday 18 August (details below). Omar is a senior journalist from the Beirut newspaper Al-Akhbar and an eyewitness to Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon. Other speakers include Tony Benn and Jeremy Dear, General Secretary of the National Union of Journalists.

ALL-LONDON PUBLIC MEETING: HANDS OFF LEBANON FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 6.30PM: FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE EUSTON ROAD, LONDON WC1 (opposite Euston Station) Speakers include: OMAR NACHABE - eyewitness to Israeli attacks in southern Lebanon; TONY BENN - Stop The War President; JEREMY DEAR - Gen Sec National Union Of Journalists; LINDSEY GERMAN - Stop The War Convenor. See also: http://tinyurl.com/q3y4k ****************************************** 3) SATURDAY 19 AUGUST: DAY OF ACTION Hezbollah has said consistently that it will stop firing its rockets, if Israel stops its destruction of Lebanon and removes all its military from the country. Israel's only response has been to intensify its aggression and it now has 30,000 soldiers occupying southern Lebanon. There can be no peace in Lebanon or Israel until there is an unconditional ceasefire and the complete withdrawal of all Israel troops. This is why Stop the War has organised a PROTEST AT THE ISRAELI EMBASSY in London at 2pm on Saturday 19 August (see below), calling for Israel to get out of Lebanon and Gaza.

ALL-LONDON PROTEST: ISRAELI EMBASSY ISRAEL OUT OF LEBANON AND GAZA SATURDAY 19 AUGUST 2PM HIGH ST KENSINGTON / KENSINGTON PALACE GARDENS W8 (Nearest Tube: High Street Kensington)

LOCAL DAY OF ACTION EVENTS We are also calling on all Stop the War groups outside London to make Saturday 19 August a day of action against Israel's continuing attacks and occupation of Lebanon. FOR DETAILS OF LOCAL EVENTS, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/q3y4k

****************************************** 4) TERROR PLOT: WHAT�S REALLY GOING ON How convenient. As the Bush/Blair wars in Iraq and Afghanistan sink ever further into mass slaughter and chaos, as the Bush and Blair supported Israeli attack on Lebanon achieves none of the warmongers aims and provokes worldwide revulsion and as Israel�s daily brutality against defenceless Palestinians in Gaza intensifies, without a hint of condemnation from Bush and Blair, along comes "another 9/11", aimed at justifying the "war on terror" and at diverting the media's attention from the disasters of the Bush/Blair foreign policy.

Former British ambassador, Craig Murray, who knows from the inside more than most about the spin machine behind the "war on terror", says, "This is more propaganda than plot. Of the over one thousand British Muslims arrested under anti-terrorist legislation, only twelve per cent are ever charged with anything. That is simply harassment of Muslims on an appalling scale. Of those charged, 80% are acquitted. Most of the very few - just over two per cent of arrests - who are convicted, are not convicted of anything to do terrorism, but of some minor offence the Police happened upon while trawling through the wreck of the lives they had shattered. Be sceptical. Be very, very sceptical." TO READ CRAIG MURRAY'S ARTICLE IN FULL, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/zuccr

Whatever the truth of the latest terrorism alert, George Bush and Tony Blair's aim in the media frenzy they have orchestrated over the last week is, in the words of writer Jonathan Cook, "less about fighting terrorism and more about silencing those who dissent from the West's endless wars against the Middle East." TO READ JONATHAN COOK'S ARTICLE IN FULL, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/htwc9

****************************************** 5) ALL ROADS LEAD TO MANCHESTER The recent events in Lebanon and Gaza highlight yet again the necessity for ending Tony Blair's slavish support for George Bush's wars. The Labour Party's annual conference in Manchester is where that message, representing the views of the majority of people in this country, can most pointedly be brought home. The TIME TO GO demonstration on Saturday 23 September, organised by Stop the War and CND is generating a huge response across the country.

Details of coaches bringing protestors from towns and cities, big and small, are now pouring into the Stop the War office. Local demonstrations and public rallies are being organised by virtually every local Stop the War group, aimed at publicising the demonstration and mobilising the widest support. Tickets for the special London to Manchester train chartered by Stop the War are selling very fast, whether its trade unions booking whole carriages or Stop the War supporters buying individual seats (book yours now if you want to be sure of a ticket). FOR COACH AND TRAIN DETAILS, GO TO http://tinyurl.com/k7jhz

Leaflets, posters, badges and T-shirts publicising the TIME TO GO demonstration are now available from the Stop the War office. If you want to help publicise the demonstration or to get involved with your local Stop the War group, contact the national office: telephone 020 7278 6694 or email office@stopwar.org.uk.

Visit the Stop the War website to get demonstration updates, details of local public events building support, coaches organised round the country, resources available for publicising TIME TO GO, etc: www.stopwar.org.uk

****************************************** 6) MILITARY FAMILIES PEACE CAMP Military Families Against the War (MFAW) will host a peace camp to coincide with September's TIME TO GO demonstration outside the Labour conference in Manchester. Already Military Families � both those who have lost loved ones in Iraq and Afghanistan and those with relatives currently on active service there -- are signing up for the peace camp from around the UK. If you would like to take part in the peace camp, contact MFAW at peacecamp@mfaw.org.uk. If you would like to donate to the appeal fund to help finance the peace camp, you can do so here: https://www.paypal.com/cgi-bin/webscr

****************************************** 6) KEEP UP THE PARLIAMENT RECALL CAMPAIGN Over 140 MPs have signed the demand for a recall of parliament for an emergency debate on the Middle East crisis. Has your MP? If not, contact him/her now. Details of how to do so are here: http://www.writetothem.com/.

****************************************** 8) WHAT PLANET IS GEORGE BUSH ON? George Bush keeps on insisting that Iraq under the US/UK occupation is progressing towards democracy and stability. Here is the reality, as shown in the ever increasing level of attacks on the occupying armies by the Iraqi resistance:

When the US appointed an Iraqi Governing Council in July 2003, attacks by the Iraqi resistance averaged 16 daily. When Saddam Hussein was captured in December 2003, the average was 19. When the US handed-over "sovereignty" in June 2004, it was 45 attacks daily. When Iraq held its elections for a transitional government in January 2005, it was 61. When Iraqis voted in December 2005 for a permanent government, it was 75. When US forces killed Abu Musab al Zarqawi in June 2006, it was up to 90.

The truth is, US and UK troops increasingly stay in their barracks, because Iraq is now one of the least safe and most insecure countries in the world, for the Iraqi people and occupying armies alike, and will remain so until the last foreign soldier is removed from Iraqi soil and the Iraqi people are free to decide for themselves how they want to govern their country and control their own resources. FOR MORE DETAILS OF REALITY IN IRAQ, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/fwbkl

****************************************** 9) CIVILISATION'S FACE: DEPLETED URANIUM One of the favourite weapons of the invading armies in Iraq is shells coated with depleted uranium. An estimated 130 tons of have been used in the Iraq war by America and Britain. A shell coated with depleted uranium pierces a tank like a hot knife through butter, exploding on impact into a charring inferno. It leaves behind a fine radioactive dust with a half-life of 4.5 billion years.

Depleted uranium can enter the human body by inhalation, the most dangerous method; by ingesting contaminated food or eating with contaminated hands; by getting dust or debris in an open wound, or by being struck by shrapnel, which often is not removed because doing so would be more dangerous than leaving it. Inhaled, it can lodge in the lungs. As with imbedded shrapnel, this is doubly dangerous � not only are the particles themselves physically destructive, they emit radiation.

Thousands of US army veterans, are suffering from crippling conditions, which they insist are due to their exposure to depleted uranium. In Iraq, doctors report significant increases in birth defects and childhood cancers. Depleted uranium also contaminates soil and water, and coats buildings with radioactive dust, which can by carried by wind and sandstorms. In 2005, the U.N. Environmental Program identified 311 polluted sites in Iraq. Cleaning them will take at least $40 million and several years, the agency said. Nothing can start until the fighting stops.

We need to remember this, every time we hear George Bush or Tony Blair say they are bringing "civilisation" to the Middle East. -- To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to stwc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net

STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 2006/33 10 August 2006 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

TO KEEP UP TO DATE WITH ANTI-WAR ACTIVITIES ROUND THE COUNTRY, VISIT THE STOP THE WAR WEBSITE: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/

IN THIS NEWSLETTER 1 ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT: NEEDED MORE THAN EVER 2 UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE NOW DEMONSTRATION 3 PUBLIC MEETING: HANDS OFF LEBANON 4 RECALL PARLIAMENT: CONTACT YOUR MP 5 LIMITED EDITION CEASEFIRE NOW T-SHIRT 6 TIME TO GO DEMONSTRATION: TAKE THE TRAIN

**************************** 1 ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT: NEEDED MORE THAN EVER The anti-war movement in Britain was never more needed and it has responded with impressive speed and determination in raising its voice over the past three weeks. Two national CEASEFIRE NOW demonstrations attracted unprecedented support for protests called at such short notice -- over 30,000 on 22 July and over 100,000 on 5 August. Dozens of local demonstrations and public meetings have been held around the country, often drawing levels of support not seen at anti-war events since 2003.

Over 1000 people a day have been contacting the Stop the War national office asking to be kept informed of our activities. Hundreds of new national members have joined Stop the War in the last two weeks. We have had an excellent response to our emergency financial appeal, which has enabled us to fund at very short notice a series of national events (we still need more, please keep donating). Many local Stop the War groups are reporting a marked increase in new supporters who want to get actively involved. A number of local groups which have been dormant have been revived. Such is the outrage people feel over the mass slaughter of civilians and devastation in the Middle East.

This re-energising of the anti-war movement has been very impressive. But we have much to do. At the time of writing, Israel in massing 40,000 troops on Lebanon's border for an invasion, which leaked reports show has been long planned. The US has been rushing armaments to Israel to enable it to perpetrate even greater levels of carnage. The Bush/Blair wars in Iraq and Afghanistan � hidden from view by the mainstream media but not forgotten by the anti-war movement � are descending ever further into horrific levels of death and chaos. Bush and Blair are escalating their threats against Syria and Iran.

This is a pivotal moment. The Bush/Blair wars have brought unimaginable suffering to so many people, brought terrorist atrocities onto the streets of Madrid, London and elsewhere and destabilised the world with potentially devastating consequences for us all. Tony Blair � "George Bush's stooge, as MP Claire Short calls him" -- is isolated as never before. The vast majority of people in the country want him to stop his slavish support for the "war on terror". Blair's own party wants him to stop. Most of his ministers want him to stop.

Please visit the Stop the War website regularly for information of both local and national anti-war events in the coming weeks, among which is an important Stop the War public meeting on Friday 18 August, at which there will be eyewitness accounts of Israel's barbarism in Lebanon and speakers will include Tony Benn (see below). Details are also given below of the TIME TO GO demonstration in Manchester on 23 September, the eve of the Labour Party national conference, which is attracting enormous support from people across the country.

MANY THANKS FROM STOP THE WAR Stop the War wishes to thank everyone who has helped us build our anti-war campaign over the past weeks: the hundreds who volunteered to help the national office plan and organise the demonstrations; the hundreds more who responded to our urgent financial appeal; the thousands who have helped spread the anti-war message up and down the country; and not least the tens of thousands who joined our national and local protests and meetings. Tony Blair would like us to fade out of view. The magnificent response of the anti-war movement at such short notice, shows yet again that while he keeps advocating mass murder, we will keep campaigning to stop him. FOR PICTURES, VIDEO AND REPORTS OF THE AUGUST 5 CEASEFIRE NOW DEMONSTRATION, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/p3huz

**************************** 2 UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE NOW DEMONSTRATION LONDON: FRIDAY 11 AUGUST 5-7PM DOWNING STREET End Israel's attacks on Lebanon and Palestine. Please bring flowers to commemorate the dead, and call on Tony Blair to end Britain's complicity with Israel's barbaric and illegal actions. Organised by Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Stop the War Coalition, CND and the British Muslim Initiative.

**************************** 3 PUBLIC MEETING: HANDS OFF LEBANON With an eyewitness report from southern Lebanon FRIDAY 18 AUGUST 6.30PM FRIENDS MEETING HOUSE, EUSTON ROAD, LONDON WC1 Speakers include: OMAR NACHABE (senior journalist Beirut newspaper Al-Akhtar), TONY BENN (President Stop the War), JEREMY DEAR (Gen Sec NUJ), LINDSEY GERMAN (Stop the War) --------------------------- USEFUL ARTICLE: Lebanon War: Questions and Answers: http://tinyurl.com/jux48

**************************** 4 RECALL PARLIAMENT: CONTACT YOUR MP Over 140 MPs have signed the demand for a recall of parliament for an emergency debate on the Middle East crisis . Has your MP? If not, contact him/her now. Details of how to do so are here: http://www.writetothem.com/.

Does your MP support an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon? Find out here: http://tinyurl.com/qquqh. If he/she does not, go here to see what you can do: http://tinyurl.com/s2ldt

************************* 5 LIMITED EDITION CEASEFIRE NOW T-SHIRT We have a few of the limited edition UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE NOW T-shirts, designed by fashion designer Katherine Hamnett especially for the August 5 demonstration, available to buy online here: http://tinyurl.com/klhq9. First come first served.

************************* 6 TIME TO GO DEMONSTRATION: TAKE THE TRAIN Tickets are now available for the special London train to take protestors to the national TIME TO GO demonstration in Manchester on 23 September. Seats are very limited and are available on a strictly first come first served basis. They are already being taken up very quickly. The cost is �35 return. To place your order, telephone 020 7278 6694. FOR FULL DETAILS OF THE TIME TO GO DEMONSTRATION, COACHES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY ETC, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/k7jhz -- To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to stwc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net

STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 2006/32 4 August 2006 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

JOIN THE NATIONAL CEASEFIRE NOW DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK, LONDON MARCH TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE FOR RALLY (Nearest tube Marble Arch. Note some tube lines restricted this weekend) BRING CHILDREN'S SHOES TO LAY AT TONY BLAIR'S DOORSTEP TO SYMBOLISE THE DEATHS OF ALL THE CHILDEN WHO HAVE DIED AS A RESULT OF HIS WAR POLICIES.

The call to join the Stop the War CEASEFIRE NOW demonstration in London on Saturday 5 August has been spread across the the country with unnprecedented speed. From Glasgow to Portsmouth, from Cardiff to Norwich, coaches and trains will bring our outrage at Israel's barbarism onto the streets of London. Amnesty International will be there. The British Muslim Council will be there. CND will be there. The Palestine Solidarity Campaign will be there. London's Lebanese community will be there. Everyone who hears about the demonstration wants to be on it.

The World says stop. Bush and Blair back Israel's barbarism without limit. 1000 dead, half of them children. A million flee their homes. Hizbollah says it will stop if Israel ends its total destruction of Lenbanon. Israel tells Beirut civilians to flee and starts "shock and awe" bombing (see http://www.stopwar.org.uk/).

How many more Qana massacres before the voice of sanity brings this carnage to an end? What you do on Saturday can make a difference. JOIN THE CEASEFIRE DEMONSTRATION. BRING YOUR FAMILY. BRING YOUR FRIENDS. TELL EVERYONE YOU KNOW THEY SHOULD BE THERE. TELL THEM ALL TO BRING CHILDREN'S SHOES TO LAY AT TONY BLAIR'S DOORSTEP.

Full details of the demonstration, the march route, coaches coming from around the country etc are available on the Stop the War website: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/

CAN YOU HELP STEWARD THE MARCH? Phone 020 7278 6694.

JOIN THE NATIONAL CEASEFIRE NOW DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK, LONDON MARCH TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE FOR RALLY (Nearest tube Marble Arch. Note some tube lines restricted this weekend)

Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 2006/31 3 August 2006 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 1) BRING CHILDREN'S SHOES TO THE DEMONSTRATION 2) THEY'RE COMING FROM EVERY CORNER OF BRITAIN 3) MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN SUPPORTS SATURDAY'S DEMONSTRATION 4) THE INDEPENDENT SUPPORTS THE DEMONSTRATION 5) MORE STEWARDS URGENTLY NEEDED 6) MANY THANKS FOR YOUR DONATIONS

*********************************** 1) BRING CHILDREN'S SHOES TO THE DEMONSTRATION Children are the main victims of the Bush and Blair wars. Almost half of those killed so far in Lebanon are children. They make up one third of the 3,225 injured, and about 45 per cent of the nearly one million Lebanese refugees are under the age of 18. (SEE http://tinyurl.com/r72kl)

Bring children's shoes to the national demonstration on Saturday 5 August. We will leave them at 10 Downing Street. We want a mountain of children's shoes outside Tony Blair's home to symbolise the horror at his complicity in war crimes.

And where will Tony Blair be on Saturday, when tens of thousands will march past his home calling for an immediate ceasefire, when the majority of people in Britain support that call, when many in Blair's party are calling for a recall of Parliament, when almost all of his ministers say Israel's onslaught must stop now? He'll be sunning himself on holiday in Barbados.

Please bring children's shoes on Saturday to leave on Tony Blair's doorstep. Bring them in memory of the hundreds killed in Lebanon. Bring them in memory of the hundreds killed in Palestine. Bring them in memory of the tens of thousands killed in Bush and Blair's illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan.

But bring them most of all in the knowledge that if we raise our voices loud enough and if we mobilise overwhelming support for the cause of peace, we can stop Tony Blair's serial warmongering and help prevent any more deaths of children caused by his slavish support for George Bush.

CEASEFIRE NOW DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: 12 NOON ASSEMBLE SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK (Nearest tube Marble Arch. Please note there are some tube restriction this weekend) MARCH passed the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square, Piccadilly, Trafalgar Square, Whitehall (leave children's shoes outside Downing Street) to Parliament Square for the rally. For more details go to: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/

*********************************** 2) THEY'RE COMING FROM EVERY CORNER OF BRITAIN Nearly fifty cities and towns from every corner of Britain -- from Glasgow to Exeter, from Swansea to Norwich -- are sending hundreds of coaches to London for Saturday's demonstration. (details: http://tinyurl.com/fzq2g). People in towns throughout the land have arranged to meet in groups to come by train to London.

This nationwide mobilisation is unprecendented for an emergency demonstration called at such short notice. In London itself, hundreds of volunteers have been leafletting tube stations, shopping centres, mosques, churches etc (we still need more help: Call 020 7278 6694).

The nationwide outrage at the carnage in Lebanon and Gaza will be expressed by many tens of thousands in London on Saturday. Stop the War has not experienced the level of response it is getting since February 2003, before the outbreak of the Iraq war. Over 1000 people every day are asking to be put on our mailing list to be kept informed of our activities.

There is still time to spread the details of the demonstration even wider. People who know about the demonstration will want to be on it. Tell everyone you know. Download the leaflet from our website and distribute it wherever you can. Tell everyone to bring children's shoes to leave on Tony Blair's doorstep. LEAFLET: http://tinyurl.com/enffa

*********************************** 3) MUSLIM COUNCIL OF BRITAIN SUPPORTS SATURDAY'S DEMONSTRATION The most prominent Muslim organisation in the country, the Muslim Council of Britain (MCB), which has been a frequent vistor to 10 Downing Street, has called on all Muslims to support the Stop the War demonstration on Saturday 5 August. Its call has gone to mosques and Muslim organisations throughout Britain. If you have a mosque near you, download the MCB letter from the Stop the War website (http://tinyurl.com/psdzp) and visit the mosque to encourage its members to join Saturday's demonstration, which will unite Muslims with non-Muslims in our common cause of demanding an immediate and unconditional ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza.

*********************************** 4) THE INDEPENDENT SUPPORTS THE DEMONSTRATION The Independent newspaper is sponsoring a special, limited edition CEASFIRE NOW T-shirt, created especially for the demonstration by leading fashion designer Katherine Hamnett. Cut out the voucher from The Independent and exchange it for the T-Shirt at cost price at the demonstration. Then wear it on the demonstration so its message is displayed by hundreds of protestors. There will be a stall at Speakers Corner, the demonstration assembly point, for exchanging your voucher.

The Independent has also launched a HELP SAVE THE CHILD VICTIMS OF WAR campaign (http://tinyurl.com/r72kl), which reinforces our call for everyone to bring children's shoes to Saturday's demonstration to leave on Tony Blair's doorstep.

*********************************** 5) MORE STEWARDS URGENTLY NEEDED All the signs are that our CEASEFIRE NOW demonstration will be much bigger than would usually be expected for a demonstration called in the August holiday period and with barely a week's notice to build it. We need more stewards to help organise on the day of the demonstration. If you can help, please telephone the national Stop the War office on 020 7278 6694 or email your contact details to office@stopwar.org.uk.

*********************************** 6) MANY THANKS FOR YOUR DONATIONS We have had the most wonderful response to our emergency appeal to fund Saturday's demonstration and to continue the campaign against the Bush/Blair wars, which they are now threatening ever more loudly to extend to Syria and Iran. Stop the War Coalition would like to thank everyone who contributed and encourage anyone who hasn't to send a donation now.

We need to continue raising the level of our opposition to the Bush/Blair wars, if we are to ensure that they do not cause ever escalating slaughter of innocent civilians and the destruction of whole countries. It is the inspiring generosity of our supporters which has helped Stop the War build the biggest anti-war campaign in British history. We still have much work to do. Please donate. TO DONATE, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/qvzt5 -- To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to stwc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net

STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No. 2006/24 19 July 2006 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 1) END ISRAEL'S BARBARISM NOW 2) IS HIZBULLAH HERE? ONLY CHILDREN HERE

*************************************** 1) END ISRAEL'S BARBARISM NOW DON'T ATTACK SYRIA OR IRAN LONDON: SATURDAY 22 JULY ASSEMBLE EMBANKMENT 12 NOON Organised by Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, British Muslim Initiative, Lebanese organisations. Contact: office@stopwar.org.uk Tel 020 7278 6694 Leaflet to download and print (Check transport this weekend. There may be some restrictions on the Northern Line tube.)

OTHER EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATIONS: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, York. Details: http://tinyurl.com/naz5d

*************************************** 2) IS HIZBULLAH HERE? ONLY CHILDREN HERE Israel's war in Gaza and Lebanon is escalating into an international crisis which could soon engulf the whole region. The promise by Bush and Blair in the lead up to the Iraq war that their wars would bring freedom and democracy to the Middle East and peace to Palestine, have yet again been shown to be lies, just as the anti-war movement has consistently said they were.

Israel's barbarism in Gaza and Lebanon, in which the world's fourth most powerful military force is systematically destroying the infrastructure of two defenceless countries, killing hundreds of civilians, blockading the supply of food and medical supplies, driving thousands of people from their homes, must stop now.

The same motivation which lay behind the illegal wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, drives these latest wars. Israel, supported by its paymaster the United States, is now inflicting collective punishment on whole populations in contravention of all international law. Behind the excuse of seeking the release of three of Israel's captured soldiers lies the long-held US and Israeli aim to attack Syria and Iran, all with the aim of dominating the region which has the world's most valuable resource: oil.

As US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld said recently, the only way the US sees now to rescue themselves from the catastrophe of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan is to extend the conflict to more countries in the region.

The consequences of this barbarism are heartbreakingly conveyed by this father in Lebanon:

The bomb fell on a small water canal home to 500 Palestinian refugees. Its victims were 11 children taking an afternoon swim in the canal. The first blast left a crater nearly four metres deep, burying many of the swimmers under the orange earth. Ismael, the father of one of the children, sat on the edge of the crater, his head in his hands, weeping. "Children! Children!" he roared through his tears, "Children here! My son here!" He stood and looked down into the crater. "Is Hizbullah here? Only children here." Read more here: http://tinyurl.com/eqos9

More articles on this barbarity: * Israel turned into a monster: http://tinyurl.com/rhjt9 * Where is the rage? Where is the outrage?: http://tinyurl.com/qvjvq * The BBC's disgraceful distortions: http://tinyurl.com/ggsjm

END ISRAEL'S BARBARISM NOW DON'T ATTACK SYRIA OR IRAN LONDON: SATURDAY 22 JULY ASSEMBLE EMBANKMENT 12 NOON Organised by Stop the War Coalition, Palestine Solidarity Campaign, Muslim Association of Britain, British Muslim Initiative, Lebanese organisations. Contact: office@stopwar.org.uk Tel 020 7278 6694 Leaflet to download and print

OTHER EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATIONS: Birmingham, Bristol, Edinburgh, Exeter, Glasgow, London, Manchester, Newcastle, Norwich, York. Details: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/July22Demos.htm

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STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No.2006/29 30 July 2006 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

IN THIS NEWSLETTER: 1) URGENT STOP THE WAR FINANCIAL APPEAL 2) MORE TIME TO BOMB: ESSENTIAL 6 MINUTE VIDEO 3) ROUTE FOR THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION 4) ISRAELS BARBARISM WITHOUT LIMIT 5) KEEP SENDING NAMES FOR THE TONY BLAIR LETTER

******************************* 1) URGENT STOP THE WAR FINANCIAL APPEAL Stop the War needs urgently to raise �10,000 to cover the cost of our emergency demonstration on Saturday 5 August (details below). It will be the fourth major event on the crisis in Lebanon and Gaza organised by Stop the War within three weeks. The August 5 demonstration is more important than ever, following the latest Israeli atrocity at Qana, in which up to 60 refugees from previous Israeli bombing, at least 21 of them children, were slaughtered when Israel destroyed the house in which they were desperately sheltering.

The Stop the War office is being inundated with messages and calls from all over the country asking for details of the demonstration and for transport arrangements.

Demonstrations cost money. The staging, the leaflets, the posters, the placards, the running of the national STW office, all of it is paid for by donations from Stop the War supporters. We don't have any rich benefactors, unlike Tony Blair, who, on the very day of the Qana massacre, is swanning around at a Rupert Murdoch gathering, probably expressing pride at standing "shoulder to shoulder" with George Bush and Israel.

People everywhere will want to join the demonstration but they have to know about it first. We desperately need the funds to make sure they do and to organise the demonstration. We must make our voices heard. To remain silent would be criminal. Please send us donations large and small. We can make a difference. Blair's own cabinet is split, the Labour Party is in turmoil, the vast majority of British people are outraged. PLEASE DONATE NOW. THERE ARE THREE WAYS TO DONATE:

* DONATE ONLINE by debit/credit card: http://www.stopwar.org.uk/new/involved/joinonline.htm * TELEPHONE the Stop the War office (office hours) and make a debit/credit card payment: 020 7278 6694 * BY CHEQUE made payable to "Stop the War Coalition". Send to Stop the War Coalition, 27 Britannia Street, London WC1X 9JP

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK, LONDON MARCH TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE

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******************************* 2) MORE TIME TO BOMB: ESSENTIAL 6 MINUTE VIDEO We defy anyone to watch this 6 minute video, entitled MORE TIME TO BOMB, and not be so enraged at the scale of Israel's atrocities in Lebanon and Gaza, that they commit themselves to persuade everyone they know to join the Emergency National Demonstration on Saturday 5 August. Circulate all your friends with the link to this video and with the details of the demonstration. MORE TIME TO BOMB (6 minute video): http://tinyurl.com/k8mm5

******************************* 3) ROUTE FOR THE NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION * UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE NOW * STOP ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON LEBANON AND GAZA * END TONY BLAIR'S SUPPORT FOR BUSH'S WARS NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK, LONDON http://www.stopwar.org.uk/

The demonstration of 5 August will assemble at Hyde Park Speakers Corner (nearest tube Marble Arch), march via the US Embassy in Grosvenor Square to Trafalgar Square, down Whitehall past Downing Steet, where we will hand in a letter demanding that Tony Blair call for an immediate ceasefire in Lebanon and Gaza, and into Parliament Square, where there will be a rally.

FOR DETAILS OF COACHES FROM AROUND THE COUNTRY, GO TO: ttp://tinyurl.com/fzq2g Everyone organising coaches should send details to the Stop the War office for publishing on our website.

TO DOWNLOAD THE DEMONSTRATION LEAFLET FOR PRINTING, GO TO: http://tinyurl.com/enffa Masses of people in every town and city will want to be on this demonstration. Make sure they know about it. Distribute the leaflet as widely as you can.

ANYONE LIVING IN THE LONDON AREA CAN COLLECT LEAFLETS FROM THE NATIONAL OFFICE: Phone 020 7278 6694 We need every tube station leafleted repeatedly, every mosque, church, community group etc visited with leaflets. Every Stop the War group in London needs to organise this now. Any individuals with time to help the leafleting team from the STW office, phone 020 7278 6694

STEWARDS URGENTLY NEEDED FOR THE DEMONSTRATION: Phone 020 7278 6694 *********************************** 4) ISRAEL'S BARBARISM WITHOUT LIMIT Israel's atrocities rise daily but they are on the brink of their most horrific onslaught yet. Over 100 nuclear "bunker busting" bombs have been rushed to Israel, via Prestwick airport in Scotland, with the intention, it must be assumed, to flatten southern Lebanon completely. These are nucleur, uranium tipped weapons. A video showing how destructive these nucleur weapons are can be viewed here: http://tinyurl.com/p43yr

TO SEE A CATALOGUE OF ISRAELI ATROCITIES IN LEBANON AND GAZA, INCLUDING THE USE OF CHEMICAL WEAPONS, GO HERE: http://tinyurl.com/nqyrw

*********************************** 5) KEEP SENDING NAMES FOR THE TONY BLAIR LETTER Names for the letter demanding that Tony Blair calls for an immediate ceasefire are pouring in. Get everyone you know to sign the letter online. We will hand the letter into Downing Street on Saturday 5 August at the emergency demonstration. SIGN THE TONY BLAIR LETTER HERE: http://tinyurl.com/rgdwt -- To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to stwc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net

STOP THE WAR COALITION NEWSLETTER No.2006/30 1 August 2006 Email office@stopwar.org.uk Telephone 020 7278 6694 Web: www.stopwar.org.uk

LEBANON: WE NEED YOUR HELP URGENTLY

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK, LONDON MARCH PASS US EMBASSY AND DOWNING STREET TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE FOR RALLY

After the Qana massacre, no one can deny what we are witnessing: the systematic destruction of two countries. Everyone who is horrified at what is happening can help to bring this carnage to an end. We need the biggest possible turnout on Saturday's emergency demonstration. What you do in the next few days can make a difference. Tony Blair is under the most intense pressure on all sides to detach himself from his master George Bush's catastrophic warmongering and call for an immediate unconditional ceasefire. His party wants him to stop. His cabinet wants him to stop. The vast majority of people in the country want him to stop. Our demonstration can intensify that pressure to breaking point.

Stop the War has not experienced anything like it since the run up to the Iraq war in 2003. Over 1000 people every day are contacting the Stop the War office. They want to be on our mailing list. They want to know what they can do to build Saturday's emergency demonstration in London. They want to know where to get leaflets, where coaches are arranged to transport people to London. They want to donate to help fund the demonstration.

WE NEED YOUR HELP NOW: WHAT YOU CAN DO:

1 DONATE: We have had the most fantastic response to our emergency financial appeal, from pensioners sending us a few pounds to peers in the House of Lords. But we still need much more to help fund the demonstration and publicise it as widely as we can. Please donate whatever you can big or small. GO HERE TO DONATE: http://tinyurl.com/qvzt5

2 LEAFLET EVERYWHERE: Download the demonstration leaflet from our website and distribute it as widely as you can. Encourage everyone you know to join the demonstration and spread the word among their friends, work colleagues, neighbours etc. Leaflet mosques (we're getting a phenomenal response), churches, community centres, libraries, tube and bus stations. DOWNLOAD LEAFLET: http://www.stopwar.org.uk If you are in London, get leaflets from the Stop the War office: 020 7278 6694.

3 OUTSIDE LONDON: If you are outside of London, find out about coaches in your area on our website. Get together with friends and book a coach yourselves and get everyone you know to buy a ticket. People who know about the demonstration want to be on it and want to know how to get there. There are dozens of coaches already booked from every corner of Britain. More are being booked every day. See our website: http://tinyurl.com/fzq2g 4 IN LONDON: If you live in London and have time to help this week, contact the Stop the War office. We have much to do to ensure that the people of London know about the demonstration and to prepare for Saturday. We need help for mailouts, to make placards, to leaflet mosques, churches, community groups etc. We need help to steward the demonstration on Saturday. TELEPHONE 020 7278 6694

5 THURSDAY IS TUBE LEAFLETTING DAY. We are making Thursday 3 August tube leafletting day. We need every tube station in London leafletted in the morning and evening. Leaflets are available from the Stop the War office. Contact us now if you can help. 020 7278 6694. Email office@stopwar.org.uk

6 KEEP SIGNING THE TONY BLAIR LETTER Get everyone you know to sign the letter to Tony Blair, which we will hand in to Downing Street during the demonstration on Saturday. We are being sent thousands of signatures by post and email. Many thousands are signing online. SIGN HERE: http://tinyurl.com/rgdwt

7 HELP STEWARD THE DEMONSTRATION. We need stewards urgently to help on the day of the demonstration. If you can help, phone 020 7278 6694

NATIONAL EMERGENCY DEMONSTRATION UNCONDITIONAL CEASEFIRE NOW STOP ISRAEL'S ATTACKS ON LEBANON AND GAZA END TONY BLAIR'S SUPPORT FOR BUSH'S WARS SATURDAY 5 AUGUST: ASSEMBLE 12 NOON SPEAKERS CORNER, HYDE PARK, LONDON MARCH PASS US EMBASSY AND DOWNING STREET TO PARLIAMENT SQUARE FOR RALLY -- To unsubscribe from this list, send a blank e-mail to stwc-unsubscribe@lists.riseup.net