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Letter sent to the Times Your leader (Revulsion and Resolve, 8 July) rightly warns that the Muslim community in Britain should not be victimised. Just as Irish people were rightly not held responsible for IRA atrocities nor should Muslim Londoners. We would add that the success of Iraqi democratisation will powerfully undermine a miniscule minority which supports a sectarian war of civilisations, here and on a daily basis in Iraq. We appeal, therefore, to the British public to assist Iraqi democrats as they struggle for a democratic, federal, united and secular Iraq. It is a common cause of humanity. Yours … Continue reading Joint letter from the iraqi Community Association and LFIQ to the Times

The Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) London office strongly condemns the terrorist attacks in London that took place yesterday (7 July, 2005) against innocent defenceless working people going about their daily routine.

Searchlight statement on the London bombs

Christopher Hitchens at Slate examines the meaning of the London attacks.

We unreservedly condemn the attacks today on ordinary Londoners and mourn the loss of life and hundreds of injuries. There is no justification whatsoever for these attacks and we hope that the perpetrators are swiftly brought to justice and that popular vigilance and security action will prevent any further attacks. We do not yet know who carried out these murderous assaults but they have all the hallmarks of terrorist actions in New York, Washington, Bali and Madrid. We hope that no one will take the law into their own hands, as some did against the Irish community when the Provisional … Continue reading LFIQ Statement on the 7/7 atrocities in London

Check out Normblog on the reasons for optimism in Southern Iraq (AJ)

On the eve of American Independence Day, Michael Ignatieff, in the Observer, examines Jeffersonian democracy, its origins, record and Iraq. Worth reading in full.

Joint Statement by leaders of the Iraqi Labor Movement and U.S. Labor Against the War, June 26, 2005 Washington DC, USA (AJ)

Tonight, President Bush will speak to the nation about the situation in Iraq. It’s about time. I hope tonight he will address his words not just to us, and certainly not to Karl Rove or Donald Rumsfeld, but to a young American soldier in Iraq right now — the soldier carrying an M-16 in a dangerous place where he or she can’t tell friend from foe, the marine out on patrol at night who doesn’t know what’s coming around the next bend. America’s brave young men and women deserve to hear the truth.

The IFTU website reports the warm welcome given by the largest UK union to visiting Iraqi trade unionists at their annual conference in Glasgow.