Woolwich attack: add your name to the statement

Yesterday Stop the War and the Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, supported by Cage Prisoners, released a statement on the Woolwich attack. You can now add your name.

The attack in Woolwich on 22 May was horrific. There can be no justification for a murderous attack on an individual soldier in the streets of London. It must have been awful too for the local people who witnessed it.

The Woolwich attack, carried out by two men now shot and wounded and under arrest in hospital, appears to represent a phenomenon that was pointed out nearly a decade ago by the security services in Britain: that the wars in Afghanistan and Iraq would lead to a growing threat of terrorism in Britain. Many of us have long predicted that these sorts of attacks would happen because of the war on terror.

Read the full statement here and click to add your name.