Peace Protest at Northwood Air Base

I attended today (Thursday) a peace protest at Northwood Air Base. The peaceful demonstration marked the second anniversary of the bombing by Nato forces of a wedding party at Haji Nabu in Afghanistan. Many civilians, men women and children, were killed in this incident. Many more cases of civilian casualties have since come to light. I have received representations from constituents calling upon the Government to review its role in Afghanistan in the light of the large number of deaths amongst both civilians and British troops. I am increasingly convinced that the war in Afghanistan will prove to be a futile, tragic, disaster. I will be raising this issue in Parliament once more in the hope that an alternative and peaceful approach can at least be put on the agenda for debate.

submitted by John on 27 May 2009 at 23:39