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In this section we
provide some useful articles
and commentary from Irish
and International NGO's
on issues surrounding
war, conflict, and the
peace movement.
This will be added to
on an ongoing basis.
 U.S.
Use of
Clusters
in Baghdad
Condemned
(New York,
April
16, 2003)
The U.S.
Central
Command
should
respond
publicly
to evidence
that U.S.
forces
used cluster
munitions
in a populated
area of
Baghdad,
Human
Rights
Watch
urged
today.
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 Millions
of people
took to
the streets
around
the world
on February
15 to
demonstrate
their
opposition
to an
unnecessary
and inhumane
war against
Iraq.
Iain
Atack
Afri's
Chairperson
looks
at the
rise of
the peace
movement.
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Iraq:
Protect
Government
Archives
from Looting
(New York,
April
10, 2003)
U.S.
and allied
forces
should
prevent
Iraqi
government
offices
from being
ransacked
because
government
documents
will undoubtedly
be key
evidence
in future
war crimes
trials,
Human
Rights
Watch
urged
in a letter
to U.S.
Secretary
of State
Colin
L. Powell
and U.S.
Secretary
of Defense
Donald
H. Rumsfeld
today.
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U.S.
Plans
for Iraq
Tribunals
"A
Mistake"
International
Tribunal
Needed
(New York,
April
7, 2003)
Iraqis
responsible
for past
crimes
should
be prosecuted
before
an international
tribunal,
not the
U.S.-sponsored,
Iraqi-led
judicial
process
outlined
at the
Pentagon
today,
Human
Rights
Watch
said.
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Alice
in Plunderland.
A
group
of actors
and
celebrities
will
presented
"Alice
in Plunderland:
the
Mad
Hatter's
Tea
Party"
outside
the
Dáil
at 12
noon
on Easter
Monday.
The
half-hour
event
was
in protest
against
the
plunder
of war
booty
in the
form
of multi-billion
dollar
reconstruction
contracts
awarded
to companies
close
to the
Bush
administration
following
the
onslaught
of death
and
destruction
wrought
on the
Iraqi
people.
This
will
be a
tea-party
with
a difference
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