ACTION ALERT: CONDOLEEZZA RICE IN LONDON
JOIN THE PROTEST ON WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY

The Afghanistan war is at last getting mainstream coverage, as
the US led occupiers are having to admit that the attempts to
pacify the country, largely by terror bombing raids, are
failing. With defeat looming, as it always has for every
attempt in history at occupying Afghanistan, George Bush is
desperate to get other countries to deploy more forces. But
instead of responding to his pleas, the "coalition" countries
are falling out amongst themselves, with Canada now
threatening to withdraw all its troops, and others, like
Germany, saying they will not send troops to South
Afghanistan, where much of the fighting is taking place. (See
http://tinyurl.com/2q24oh)

As Bush tries to stave off disaster in Afghanistan,
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, flies to London
next week to talk to Gordon Brown -- George Bush's closest
ally -- to find a way to send more troops to Afghanistan. With
UK defence minister Des Browne saying recently that Britain
could be in Afghanistan for decades
(http://tinyurl.com/2lhmqj), Rice will try to get Gordon Brown
to commit more troops now, as a lever to get other countries
to increase their deployment.

Stop the War Coalition is calling an emergency protest on
Wednesday 6 February. We do not yet have details of Rice's
meetings with Gordon Brown but we anticipate that our protest
will be at Downing Street, the timing to be announced as soon
as her plans are known.

PLEASE WATCH OUT FOR OUR EMAIL GIVING DETAILS OF THE PROTEST
AGAINST CONDOLEEZZA RICE'S VISIT. WE WILL ALSO POST
INFORMATION AS WE GET IT ON OUR WEBSITE:
http://www.stopwar.org.uk/

Bush's only aim for both Iraq and Afghanistan has been to keep
the wars going till the end of his presidency. This aim is
unravelling in Afghanistan, which is why Condoleezza Rice will
be in London next week. But she will also be here to discuss
Iraq, with the recent bombings in Baghdad giving the lie to US
claims that the US troop "surge" is bringing stability to the
country. And Iran will also be on her agenda, with recent
statements by George Bush showing he is still itching to
launch an attack.

We must ensure that Rice is left in no doubt that the majority
of the British people have consistently opposed George Bush's
warmongering. When Rice visited the UK in 2006 it turned into
a public relations fiasco, as anti-war protestors followed her
everywhere she went (see http://tinyurl.com/2nj5fb). We aim to
do the same this time.

CONDOLEEZZA RICE NOT WANTED HERE
END THE WARS IN AFGHANISTAN & IRAQ NOW
PROTEST WEDNESDAY 6 FEBRUARY
(Details of location and time to follow shortly.)