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German translation of Iraq: Five years after (iraq-five-years-after.htm) (March 20, 2008)

Spanish translation of Iraq: Five years after (iraq-five-years-after.htm) (March 20, 2008)

French translation of Iraq: Five years after (iraq-five-years-after.htm) (March 20, 2008)

Arabic translation of Iraq: Five years after (iraq-five-years-after.htm) (March 20, 2008)

Danish translation of Iraq: Five years after (iraq-five-years-after.htm) (March 20, 2008)

Persian translation of Iraq: Five years after (iraq-five-years-after.htm) (March 20, 2008)

When the coalition
forces marched into Baghdad
in March 2003, the imperialists were full of confidence. The things they
were going to do! Intoxicated by the power of their military machine, they
predicted a glowing future for Iraq
and the Middle East. How different things are
now!

In a major step for the U.S. labor movement, the International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU) has announced that it will shut down West Coast ports on May 1, to demand an immediate end to the war and occupation in Iraq and Afghanistan and the withdrawal of U.S. troops from the Middle East. This is the first time in decades that an American union has decided to undertake industrial action against a U.S. war.

NATO agreements make European countries into logistical hubs for the US military. Through our ports, airports and highways the US war machine is transported to Iraq. And our own military is involved in Afghanistan as well. Iraq was invaded and Iran threatened because they are supposed to have, or to be developing weapons of mass destruction. Meanwhile NATO has 350 US nuclear weapons deployed in Germany, Italy, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK and Turkey. According to international humanitarian law these weapons are as illegal here as elsewhere.