DECLARATION OF GREEK CONSCRIPTS AGAINST WAR
AN INITIATIVE OF DIKTIO SPARTAKOS
We are all
soldiers serving our military duty in the Greek army and we wish to join our
voices with the voices of millions of people who demonstrate every day showing
their opposition to the on going war on Iraq.
We condemn unequivocally the murderous attack of USA and their allies against Iraq. We place our selves wholeheartedly on the side of the Iraqi people.
We
also condemn the
involvement of our country in the military operations. This involvement is being
expressed by the presence of Greek battleships in the Persian Gulf and in the
Eastern Mediterranean Sea, the presence of Greek pilots in the AWACS patrolling
over northern Iraq and the use of the military base of Souda-Crete as well as
other naval and air bases by the American and British killers. We are also very
much concerned by the intention of the Greek government to send a whole brigade
to Iraq after the war in order to act as an occupying force. Even the health of
the conscripts and officers of the Greek army seems to be a dispensable item in
this war for the government. This is proven by the plans of the military
leadership to inoculate the crew of the battleship “KOYNTOYRIOTIS” (that is
patrolling in the Persian Gulf by the dangerous anthrax vaccine. On the other
hand the cost of the Greek involvement in this war as well as in the various
“peace keeping” forces around the world is about 235.000 euros per month
placing a heavy economic burden on the Greek people.
Unfortunately, the state of alert situation imposed to the army by the
government due to the ongoing war on Iraq has caused a serious deterioration of
our living conditions inside the army. The bombs dropped on Iraqi civilians
result also in the increase of our duties, the exercises with real fire and the
pressure on the soldiers.
WE
DECLARE THAT:
Ø WE WILL REFUSE TO
PARTICIPATE IN ANY WAY IN THE MILITARY OPERATIONS AGAINST IRAQ AND IN ANY KIND
OF OCCUPATIONAL FORCE AFTER THE WAR WITH OR WITHOUT THE APPROVAL OF THE UN
SECURITY COUNCIL.
Ø WE WILL REFUSE TO
PROVIDE ANY DIRECT OR INDIRECT ASSISTANCE TO THE NATO KILLERS IN OUR CAMPS.
WE
CALL THE GREEK GOVERNMENT:
ü To withdraw from the Middle
East all the Greek military forces involved in the war. To shut down all
American and NATO military bases that exist in Greece.
ü To condemn in public the
murderous attack of USA and their allies against the people of Iraq.
This
declaration is signed by conscripts from 31 units of the Greek Army.