Vienna: demo on the 15th anniversary of the first attack on IraqNo to war, occupation, genocide, embargos and torture17 January 2006 marks the 15th anniversary of the attack on Iraq by the West in 1991. The resulting embargo led to the worst food crisis, killing around 2 million people according to the United Nations. Despite being a small minority, we demonstrated every year. The recent and illegitimate war in Iraq and the open claim for sole dominance turned the majority against the US-manipulations. Nevertheless the Austrian government keeps siding with Washington.Torture prisons in Poland and Romania, secret air transports of prisoners over Europe - including Austria -, and the rejection to allow Haj Ali, the most prominent torture victim, entry into Austria; the list of the obvious …
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