Sid Lacombe, a member of the Canadian Peace Alliance, told CTV Newsnet he expected demonstrations to take place across Canada, but pledged they would be peaceful.
“Well, there are demonstrations and rallies planned across the world and our country, in 36 different cities and towns to protest yet again, on the third anniversary of the illegal invasion of Iraq,” Lacombe said. “There will be different sorts of actions, demonstrations, teachings, that type of thing across the world.”
The CPA has taken part in demonstrations on the previous two anniversaries of the invasion, but the situation is more dire now than ever before, Lacombe said.
“Quite clearly, we see there is no end to the violence in Iraq,” Lacombe said. “We also see that it is in fact the occupation itself that is causing an awful lot of the problems that are there. The occupation forces and the violence that they have brought upon Iraq is a significant reason as to why the violence continues.”
Posted in 2012
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