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Peace campaigners converge on Belfast war summit
2003-04-07
Comes as a surprise, doesn't it? Oh. It doesn't...
Thousands of screaming children peace campaigners descended on Belfast Monday to protest the two-day war summit being held between British Prime Minister Tony Blair and US President George W. Bush. The Irish Anti-War Movement said it expected 5,000 beauzeaux of its members to attend the demonstration at Hillsborough Castle, on the outskirts of Belfast, along with thousands of others traveling from England and Scotland in their never-ending quest to get laid by hippies. Bush and Blair were holding their third war summit in the Irish capital in three weeks.

Opposition politicians, union leaders and other anti-war groups have accused both leaders of hypocrisy over their plans to hold peace talks on Northern Ireland, while plotting their military strategy in Iraq. The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, one of the organizers of the protest, said that Blair and Bush "knew no shame in holding a war summit in a city racked by conflict and struggling for peace."
Perhaps Northern Ireland will be lucky and we'll invade it...

Sinn Fein President Gerry Adams, who was due to meet the US president with other local political leaders, described the war summit as insensitive, but refused to boycott the visit. Mainstream SDLP leader Mark Durkan also publicly opposed the war in Iraq and expressed his unhappiness over the government offices at Hillsborough Castle being used for the further prosecution of military action.
Posted by:Fred Pruitt

#7  Alaska Paul -- or better yet, one of those palaces in downtown Baghdad?
Posted by: Former Russian Major   2003-04-07 23:24:07  

#6  If it was not so dangerous, would it not be cool to have the summit at Baghdad Int'l Airport?
Posted by: Alaska Paul   2003-04-07 14:00:28  

#5  The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, one of the organizers of the protest, said that Blair and Bush "knew no shame in holding a war summit in a city racked by conflict and struggling for peace."

Strike!!! Three day weekend. To the pubs, boyos!
Posted by: tu3031   2003-04-07 12:55:36  

#4  I've always felt they should plan for summits in two locations. One public and one private. If a bunch of protestors go to the public one they shift and go on with the summit at the private location. Claim there was some confusion on the intinerary.

Let the protestors protest and rage with nobody there. Let them pay for their own transportation and housing expenses for nothing. After a few times the number of protestors will drop significantly.
Posted by: Yank   2003-04-07 12:38:47  

#3  How's the decommissioning going,Gerry?
Posted by: El Id   2003-04-07 12:04:09  

#2  The Irish Congress of Trade Unions, one of the organizers of the protest, said that Blair and Bush "knew no shame in holding a war summit in a city racked by conflict and struggling for peace."

Strike!!! Three day weekend. To the pubs, boyos!
Posted by: tu3031   4/7/2003 12:55:36 PM  

#1  I've always felt they should plan for summits in two locations. One public and one private. If a bunch of protestors go to the public one they shift and go on with the summit at the private location. Claim there was some confusion on the intinerary.

Let the protestors protest and rage with nobody there. Let them pay for their own transportation and housing expenses for nothing. After a few times the number of protestors will drop significantly.
Posted by: Yank   4/7/2003 12:38:47 PM  

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