Remembering the Iraq War 18 years on
Channel: Green Left
Date: 22/03/2021

"On this very day, 20th of March 2003, the rain was falling all the day long, exactly like today, as we are gathering in this place," Abeer Hasan Al Ani, and independent Iraqi journalist and human rights activist told a small gathering of anti-war activists at Sydney Town Hall on March 20
"The Iraqi people, men, women and children felt as if the sky had been crying for them at the time," she added, "and everyone was waiting for the evening of that day, waiting for the death and destruction coming from above, heavier than the fallen rain during the day.
“ 'Shock and awe'! That was the chosen name for the military operation took place to invade Iraq and open the door to the mess in which, we Iraqis, coalition forces and their opponents are allstuck altogether even after eighteen years by now.
"The promises of freedom, democracy and prosperity the Iraqis longed for have never come true."
The gathering was organised by the Independent & Peaceful Australia Network (IPAN) and endorsed by Sydney Stop the War Coalition and the Socialist Alliance.
Video by Peter Boyle.