[antiwar-van] *SAT* "US & Canada Hands Off Iraq!" MAWO Antiwar Rally & Petition Campaign

[Kira Koshelanyk]

Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)

MONTHLY ANTIWAR RALLY AND PETITION CAMPAIGN

>> U.S. AND CANADA HANDS OFF IRAQ!
>> NO TO NEW U.S. WAR ON IRAQ!
>> U.S. AND CANADA HANDS OFF SYRIA!

SATURDAY September 20
2pm
Vancouver Art Gallery
Robson St. at Hornby St.
Downtown Vancouver, Canada

The
 U.S. government is yet again on the warpath, launching a new war on 
Iraq. Through over 11 years of fueling sectarian divisions during the 
U.S. war and occupation of Iraq, as well as the U.S. funding and arming 
of ISIS in Syria, the U.S. government has essentially created a new 
enemy and a new excuse to yet again attack Iraq. While ISIS is a serious
 threat to the Iraqi people, it is the Iraqi people who can confront 
them, not U.S. forces who with one hand are feeding ISIS and claiming to
 fight them with another.

We already know what the U.S. military 
in Iraq looks like. It looks like the bombing invasion of Baghdad, 
infamous night raids, Abu Ghraib prison and detainee torture, 
destruction of infrastructure and the deaths of well over 1.8 million 
Iraqi people. The U.S. government claims of launching airstrikes against
 Iraq to protect the Iraqi people is a hollow one, given the U.S. 
history in Iraq as well as the U.S.-sponsored origins of ISIS.

In
 addition to already launching more than 170 airstrikes in Iraq as part 
of this new war, the U.S. government is also expanding this war with 
plans for airstrikes on Syria. Yesterday the U.S. government announced 
that they will be training and arming Syrian so-called “rebels” to fight
 ISIS in Syria. This plan doesn’t mention how ISIS itself gained 
strength in Syria with over three years of U.S. funding and arming in an
 illegal attempt to overthrow the government of Syria, causing total 
chaos in Syria! The purpose of this U.S. campaign against ISIS is also 
to reinforce and ramp up the U.S. war against the government of Syria.

As
 this new war drive against Iraq is gearing up, the government of Canada
 has added their forces to the war machine. Currently Canada has already
 sent at least 69 special operations forces to Iraq. It is up to 
peace-loving people here in Canada and around the world to demand an end
 to this new war against Iraq!

Join MAWO to demand:

>> U.S. AND CANADA HANDS OFF IRAQ!
>> NO TO NEW U.S. WAR ON IRAQ!
>> U.S. AND CANADA HANDS OFF SYRIA!

END THE BLOCKADE OF GAZA!
SELF-DETERMINATION FOR PALESTINE!
U.S./EU/NATO/CANADA: HANDS OFF UKRAINE!
U.S. Hands Off Venezuela!
Lift All Sanctions Against Iran!
Free Private Manning, Soldier of Humanity!
No to U.S. Drones!
U.S. and All Imperialists Out of Afghanistan Now!
Hands Off North Africa and the Middle East!
Self-Determination for Indigenous Nations and All Oppressed Nations!
Money for Jobs, Housing, Healthcare and Education, Not for War and Occupation!
No to War and Occupation! Yes to Self-Determination!

Read MAWO’s statement on the new US war on Iraq here:
http://mawovancouver.org/articles/statements/140720-mawo-iraq-statement.html

Join the facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/714490408616977
For poster click: http://www.mawovancouver.org/materials/posters/140920-MAWO-rally.pdf

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