| 2006-02-28 | We apologise for the late notice ! U.N. OBSERVER & International Report U.K. Military Families Downing Street Protest, Wednesday 1 March 2006 A mother with two sons serving in Iraq will protest war alongside the mother of a soldier recently killed in Iraq . They will be joined by Rose Gentle and Peter Brierley. On Wednesday 1 March at 12 midday Pauline Hickey, Peter Brierley, Rose Gentle and Janet Lowrie will deliver a letter to Tony Blair at Downing Street asking for a meeting with the Prime Minister. They wish to raise their concerns about the continuing war and occupation in Iraq. They are calling for the withdrawal of the British troops. Janet Lowrie has two sons serving in Iraq with the Highlanders Ist Battalion. Pauline Hickey is the mother of Sergeant Christian Hickey of the 1st Battalion of the Coldstream Guards, who was killed in Iraq on the 18 October 2005. Peter Brierley’s son Shaun was killed at the beginning of the war. Rose Gentle’s son, Gordon Gentle, was killed in a roadside bombing in Basra in June 2004. Military Families have asked to meet Tony Blair on many occasions but he has refused to do them this courtesy. Rose said , ‘I am being contacted by more and more mothers and families saying they don’t want their sons to go back to Iraq or saying they no longer believe in this war’. The situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate and the presence of British troops is part of the problem and not the solution. Military Families Against the War http://www.mfaw.org.uk UPDATES Roger Bacon, father of Major Mathew Bacon, killed in Iraq on 11 September 2005, will also be joining the military families handing in letters to Downing Street tomorrow. (Wednesday 1 March 2006 at 12.30 PM) A mother with two sons serving in Iraq will protest against the war and occupation alongside the mother of a soldier recently killed in Iraq . They will be joined by Rose Gentle and Peter Brierley. Wednesday 1 March 2006 Downing Street 12.30 PM The unnecessary deaths of two more UK soldiers in Al Amara today emphasises the need to pull the troops out of Iraq where they are operating without any support from the local population or regional political authorities. Tomorrow Pauline Hickey (mother of Sgt Christian Hickey killed in Iraq last October), Janet Lowrie, with two sons presently serving in Iraq, will be joined by Rose Gentle, mother of Gordon Gentle and Peter Brierley, father of Shaun Brierley when they deliver letters to 10 Downing Street and demand that Tony Blair meet them. They are calling for the witdrawal of British troops from Iraq Military Families have asked to meet Tony Blair on many occasions but he has refused to do them this courtesy. Rose said , ‘I am being contacted by more and more mothers and families saying they don’t want their sons to go back to Iraq or saying they no longer believe in this war’. As today's developments in Al Amara show, the situation in Iraq continues to deteriorate and the presence of British troops is part of the problem and not the solution. Military Families Against the War http://www.mfaw.org.uk |