Links

1. Irish

abbeyshrule.tripod.com Site publicising military use of Abbeshrule airfield, Longford.
www.antiwarireland.org
Umbrella Irish antiwar group. Not affiliated to SWP.
www.harlequincafe.net/corkantiwar
Cork Anti-War campaign
www.dawc.org
Derry Anti-war Coalition - good reports of Stormount protests against Bushs visit in April 2003. Reference to "pro-war" in Belfast rally in this report .
www.donegalforum.com
Donegal Community Peace Forum **
www.iraqjustice.org
12 yrs of sanctions in Iraq, ? years of occupation.
www.irishantiwar.org
Main Irish antiwar website *****
www.indymedia.ie
- Search for "Shannon" to find Tim Hourican articles. Tim is a antiwar plane spotter and reporter in Shannon. Member of Shannon Peace camp.
E.g.
Pic of Hercules transporter in Shannon and article
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Israeli Air Force KC-135 (refuelling tanker) lands in Shannon

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www.irishneutralityparty.com
The solution to Ireland being dragged into wars it doesn't know the reasons about !... Join now !  This sites sister site.
www.ngopeacealliance.com
Irish peace group who organize anti-Bush visit Protests on Jun 25 /26 etc.
www.dodgydoda.freeserve.co.uk/2003/29jan03.htm  
Shannon Peace camp site - Evening Herald report of Mary Kelly attack of a warplane at Shannon with an axe report. *
PloughsharesIreland.org
 Catholic worker 5 - The direct action they carried out at Shannon and the follow up in the courts.*****
www.redbrick.dcu.ie/~slack/old.php
Eoin Dubsky hompage  - Wexford student who spraypainted antiwar slogans on a Hercules transporter in Shannon Airport. *****
www.refuelingpeace.org
Site against military use of Shannon Airport. *****
www.eircom.net
Irish phone operator site with a good impartial global news section. *****




www.chavezthefilm.com
www.chavezthefilm.com/html/home.htm (to skip intro movie)
Excellent site about Irish documentary "The Revolution will not be televised" previously called "Chavez - inside the Coup" about military coup against Hugo Chavez, the elected president in 2002, which the US failed to condemn and many think supported. *****
www.indymedia.ie/...
28 patriot missiles through Shannon - copy of Examiner 03/09/03 front page report. ***
www.gluaiseacht.net/
Gluaiseacht for Global Justice **








www.mama-peace.org
Midwest Alliance against Military Aggression **
www.ohargain.com
Labour councillor & anti-war group leader.
www.soldiersofdestiny.org
Anti-Fianna Fail site
www.supportpalestine.org
Ireland Palestine Solidarity campaign.
www.votedubsky.com
Election campaign site for Eoin Dubsky, peace campaigner in East constituency for MEP.   No longer works - Nov 10 '04.








2. International

www.idleworm.com
Shockwave satirical cartoons. Commentary on Bush, War, etc.from an Irishman in the US ***
www.amiserablefailure.com
US site describing Bush's achievements. ***
www.carlylegroup.com
US defence contracting group. Partly funded by Bin Ladens & employed G Bush Snr & John Major. *
www.cbc.ca/...
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation - list of pro and anti WMD statements **
english.aljazeera.net
English Al-Jazeera *
www.guerrillanews.com  / www.gnn.tv
News site with a lot or Iraq stories. Good graphics. ***
www.iacenter.org
International Action Centre - Founded by Ramsay Clarke former US AG.  *****
www.interwebnet.org
"Chasing Bush" - Anti-Bush November visit to London site **
www.mfso.org
(US) Military Families Speak Out - Stephen Cleghorn did tour of Ireland from 18-21 of March 04. See report linked to on homepage. Very touching letters from military family members about US soldier & his girlfriend who committed suicide after Gulf War 1. "President Bush is grossly misapplying our military to the point of abuse".
"Many military families live on the brink of poverty. "
"In a democracy, the government serves the people. In America, the people serve the government. " etc.
www.newsfrombabylon.com
Graphic antiwar site. Prisoner pictures, CNN Video of US soldier shooting injured Iraqi dead etc. ***
www.nonviolence.org/nukeresister/
Information about and support for imprisoned anti-nuclear and antiwar activists. **
www.robert-fisk.com
UK journalist Robert Fisks excellent site.*****
www.soaw.org  
School of the Americas Watch.  The US Army School of Americas (SOA), based in Fort Benning, Georgia, trains Latin American soldiers in combat. *
www.vanunu.com
The U.S. Campaign   
to Free Mordechai Vanunu , WMD whistleblower on Israel, out of prison after 18 years.
www.whatreallyhappened.com
Excellent site exposing lies about Iraq, etc. Up to date news section.


2. Sites linking to voteoutffpd.com

humphrys.humanists.net/...
US based "Atheism and Politics pages" of an Irishman abroad. ( pro-PD / FF )
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Questions for Mr Humphry :
1. If the US / UK etc are intent on spreading democracy peacefully why do they retain their veto on the UN SC & why did they reinstall a pro-US monarchy in Kuwait after liberating it from Iraq ?
2. If Saddam was such a threat to world peace, why did the US etc support him through the 8 year long Iraq - Iran war ?
2. Why does he bunch the war on Iraq with the war on "Islamofascists" when it already had a secular though dictatorial gov't ?
3. If the war on Iraq was so logical / scientific / laser-guided why does the US govn't not know how many Iraqis they killed ?
4.  Why does he think countries that have not used nuclear WMD ever are more of a threat than the one that has ?
5. Why is voteoutffpd.com grouped in his "Anti-America, anti-NATO"  section ?  This is an anti-FFPD site. Its pro Americans such as Michael Moore and pro the idea of NATO as a mutual defence pact, not as a tool for invading Yugoslavia and other non-NATO member states.Countries only use nuclear weapons as offensive, not defensive weapons which shows the real aim of NATO.
6. Would he support an invasion by Germany say of some other country based on the premise of WMDs and continue to support them when its obvious there were no WMD ?
7. If the invasion of Iraq was really about democracy why did't GW Bush just use that reason instead of the WMD line when trying to build a coalition ?
8. Why does he hold up Israel as a beacon of democracy in the middle East ? Palestine had 600 international observers including an exUS president at Arafat's election in '96 but some people do not accept the result Hopefully his successor will do better, but Israel, democratic or not is unlikely to cease it's land-grabbing war with a democratic Palestine and return to UN defined ( i.e. not Hamas defined)  1947 borders anytime soon.

ANSWERS to all 8 questions...
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Books

See bottom of "Timeline" page linked to on homepage.  
"The Epidemic - The Rot of American culture, Absentee and Persuasive Parenting and the Resulting Plague of Joyless, Selfish Children." by Robert Shaw. ..... Never read it but the title is amusing. Mentioned on Pg14 of Irish Times "Magazine" supplement on Sat Feb 14 04.