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  1. Wollongong International Women's Day: No War on Iraq

    BY GRANT COLEMAN WOLLONGONG — An anti-war protest on International Women's Day, March 8, ... "The women of Iraq are facing a war that will only increase the poverty and hardship they already face ... — thousands of innocent women will also be killed by bombs and starvation. Wars also bring rape, forced ...

  2. Women take to the streets for peace

    BY KIM BULLIMORE SYDNEY — “Women and children will the ones who will suffer the most if the war on ... Lemon, Win Childs is organising the February 21 Women for Peace rally. “A war will have a catastrophic ... oppose Bush and Howard's push for war. The Women for Peace rally will begin at 12.30pm in Hyde Park ...

  3. Iraqi refugee opposes war

    US drive to war against Iraq. The keynote speaker was Iraqi refugee Surma Hamid. Speaking on behalf ... of the Committee for the Defence of Iraqi Women, Hamid explained why there should be no war against ... from this war". A Maribyrnong Anti-War Group was formed out of the forum and will hold a rally on ...

  4. Rockhampton protests war

    February 15 as part of the global weekend of action against war on Iraq. It was the largest rally held in ... determination to voice their opposition to this unjust war. Erin Cameron, organiser of the International Women ... BY TERRICA STRUDWICK ROCKHAMPTON — Around 600 central Queensland residents protested here on ...

  5. Adelaide's largest ever anti-war demo

    people there of all ages. Older participants who were active in the campaign against the US war on ... BY EMMA MURPHY ADELAIDE — The massive turn-out here for the February 16 anti-war march astounded ... everybody. The organisers of the rally, the NO WAR coalition, estimate that 100,000 people took part. Even ...

  6. Half a million rally against war in Sydney

    history, up to 500,000 rallied on February 16 against war in Iraq. Many protesters did not march, but ... war on Iraq. From 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly, February 19, 2003. Visit the 91×ÔÅÄÂÛ̳ Weekly home page. ... by. A range of local anti-war groups organised feeder marches to Hyde Park. The trains from ...

  7. WORLD: Largest coordinated anti-war protest in history

    BY NORM DIXON People throughout the world have thronged to anti-war demonstrations on February ... place in countries whose governments have defied the overwhelming public opposition to war. On February ... Iraq — despite polls showing that 70% oppose even a UN-endorsed war on Iraq in these countries. At ...

  8. Almost 1 million Australians march against war

    BY ARUN PRADHAN MELBOURNE — Kicking off a weekend of massive international protest against war on ... Iraq, nearly one in 50 Australians attended an anti-war protests on February 14-16. The weekend began ... of Melbourne on February 14. The sea of people brought the CBD to a standstill and sent a clear ...

  9. Tasmanian rallies draw huge crowds

    and proud” on International Women’s Day, March 8. Her call for “no war on Iraq”, even if war was ... travel the 500-metre route. Protesters, from age two to 92, had written anti-war and peace statements on ... described the violence and poverty that women suffer in war. She urged everyone to protest against war “loud ...

  10. Protesters take over the streets of Lismore

    strike against the war and the International Women's Day rally on March 8. This student strike has ... Spinks Park to say no to any war on Iraq. Lisa Yeates, well-known local singer and political activist of ... impact of the use of depleted uranium weapons in the last Gulf war and Australia's involvement in ...

  11. Lesley McCulloch freed

    research on the Indonesian military's war on the Acehnese people. The military arrested the women ... BY PIP HINMAN Lesley McCulloch was freed from prison in Aceh on February 9. McCulloch, along with ... outpouring of support across the globe and placed Jakarta's brutal war in Aceh under the spotlight. ...

  12. IRAQ: Washington invents al Qaeda 'link' with Hussein

    resistance to a war on Iraq by "proving" that Saddam Hussein's and bin Laden may join forces. ... on February 5 added a new twist to Washington's propaganda offensive against Iraq. While he ... weapons, and an active nuclear weapons program, Powell also dwelt at length on the "links" ...