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6000 demonstrators in Brusses against American agression
by AEL Sunday, Nov. 10, 2002 at 6:28 PM
Brussels- 6000 people mainly from the Arab-Moslem community, demonstrated in Brussels today against the planed war on Iraq and Palestine, and against the American-Israeli policies of aggression and oppression against our Arab Nation and the rest of the world. The Demonstration was organized by the Arab European League AEL, factions of radical left and the syndicalist movement, and the anti-globalist movement.
Brussels- 6000 people mainly from the Arab-Moslem community,
demonstrated in Brussels today against the planed war on Iraq and
Palestine, and against the American-Israeli policies of aggression
and oppression against our Arab Nation and the rest of the world. The
Demonstration was organized by the Arab European League AEL, factions
of radical left and the syndicalist movement, and the anti-globalist
movement.
Despite the rain, people came massively to support the radical
platform of 10 November that is not only condemning war, but above
all condemning its logic and reasons.
Despite provocations the demonstration was generally calm and no
serious incidents were reported.
At the end of the demonstration, AEL President Dyab Abou Jahjah
addressed the crowd. He insisted that " It is not enough to say that
we are against the war and at the same time accept the American
propaganda and say that Iraq is the problem. Iraq is not the Problem,
America is the problem"… " A war against Iraq is a war against
Palestine and against all Arabs and Moslems and freedom loving people
everywhere in the world, that's why we should resist together, Arabs
and Moslems, European leftists and anti-globalists, We have one fight
against the American Imperialism and against Zionism… giving a wrong
message is fatal, saying that we are against the war but we are for
sanctions is fatal and will justify the American war in the end, We
are against the war, and against sanctions and against inspections
and any foreign interference undermining the sovereignty of Iraq or
of any other Arab or Moslim country" he added.
Representatives of the other movements also addressed the crowd.
Zohra Othman of the Belgian Workers party insisted on the link
between the resistance of Iraq and that of Palestine. Syndicalist
leader Roberto D'Orazio emphasized the importance of the front
between radical Europeans and Arabs against the US policy and Israel.
And Han Soete from Indymedia expressed solidarity with the Iraqi
people in his stance against American arrogance and colonialism.
The Arab European League (AEL) congratulates its members and
sympathizers with the success of the demonstration, and calls upon
them to stay alert and vigilant. If the aggression globalizes, the
resistance should also globalize.