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Campaign For Nuclear Disarmament: STOP THE WAR NOWPosted by Jerry on March 20, 2003 at 20:34:13: Campaign for Nuclear Disarmament, U.K.: STOP THE WAR ON IRAQ NOW. - Stop the War on Iraq The US-UK led war on Iraq has started. George Bush and Tony Blair are leading their nations to a war on Iraq without the backing of the UN. The start of this unjustified war has drawn a barrage of criticism from leaders around the world and brought thousands of demonstrators onto the streets. The historic march on 15 February shows the British public's opposition to the war, and CND is actively campaigning against British involvement in the war on Iraq. War will increase the risk of civilian casualties, the use of weapons of mass destruction and post war instability. The war must stop now. War will be a humanitarian disaster. Excluding the outbreak of a civil war and nuclear attacks, medical experts has estimated an immediate civilian death toll at 3,200-80,000 and refugee death toll at 15,000-30,000. The total possible deaths on all sides during the conflict and the next three months will range from 48,000-260,000. A leaked UN report indicates that up to 500,000 will need medical treatment, 3 million will face severe malnutrition and 2 million people will be displaced internally in Iraq. War will increase the risk of using weapons of mass destruction. Defence Secretary Geoff Hoon has indicated that Britain would consider using nuclear weapons in response to an attack involving chemical or biological weapons, and would even consider using nuclear weapons to pre-empt such an attack. Although the Bush-Blair governments have stated that they will target military infrastructure and minimize civilian casualties, this will prove difficult in practice, as many military installations have been deliberately located in civilian areas. In the event of a nuclear attack on Baghdad, a death toll of up to 3 million has been estimated. Medical experts also indicated that additional estimated deaths from chemical and biological weapons alone, excluding nuclear weapons, would be between 656 and 33,600. War will result in devastating consequences and regional instability. A possible civil war, out break of famine and epidemics, millions of refugees and displaced people, environmental degradation and economic collapse are amongst the devastating consequences of a war. The US plans for the implementation of regime change could increase regional opposition and increase in support for organisations such as Al Qaida, proving counterproductive to peace and stability in the region. War is costing our government an initial figure of £3.2 billion, whilst post war reconstruction and security costs of £1-4 billion a month are estimated. Despite this, Geoff Hoon said that Britain would continue to support a war on Iraq irrespective of the cost. War is not an effective way of tackling weapons of mass destruction and is not the answer to ensuring disarmament. The concerted strengthening of international weapons treaties and implementing a rigid weapons inspections programme over a realistic timeline would have been a much more effective way of disarming Iraq and preventing the future spread of weapons of mass destruction. The war must stop now. Join Us Today http://www.cnduk.org/campains/iraq.htm CAMPAIGN FOR NUCLEAR DISARMAMENT (U.K.) http://www.cnduk.org/campains/iraq.htm
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