London, (IRNA): A British campaign group concerned about rising number of civilians killed in war has criticised visiting US President Barack Obama as being wrong in planning to increase the deployment of foreign troops in Afghanistan.
"Stop bombing Afghanistan" said that gaining commitments from European nations to send more troops to Afghanistan will be high on the US agenda at Thursday’s G20 summit in London, convened to tackle the global financial crisis.
“In France, Italy and Germany, polls show that clear majorities believe their governments should not send more forces to Afghanistan, while here in the UK 68% want all British troops withdrawn within 12 months,” said the campaign group, including politicians, leading peace activists, journalists and artists.
In a letter to the Guardian newspaper Wednesday, it pointed out that US-Nato bombing killed well over 500 civilians in Afghanistan last year, according to UK figures and that only 18 per cent back on increase in troops as opposed to 44% who say that force levels should actually be decreased.
“As Obama escalates the war, we urge European leaders to withdraw their forces,” the letter said.
It also urged sympathisers to join a ‘Die-in for Nato's Victims in Afghanistan’ at Britain's military nerve centre in Northwood, north-west London, on May 27, to mark the second anniversary of the US massacre of Afghan civilians in Haji Nabu.
The campaign group is linked with Voices in the Wilderness UK, which has been protesting against Britain and US policy towards Iraq since the imposition of economic sanctions in the mid-1990s and throughout the subsequent 2003 invasion.
Signatories of the letter include Labour MP John McDonnell, award-winning actress Susannah York, vice-president of CND, children’s author Michael Rosen and renowned documentary-maker John Pilger. Source
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Im glad it finally makes sense to stop such criminal actions.
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