Campaigners from across the country are protesting at RAF Fairford this Saturday 15 August, calling on Prime Minister Andy Burnham to end Donald Trump’s use of British bases to illegally attack Iran.
With thousands now killed in the US/Israeli illegal war on Iran, and serious risks of the war widening, the British government’s decision to allow the use of Fairford, has dragged the country even further into this devastating war.
In late July, a US B-1 bomber from RAF Fairford was reported to have attacked Iran, in further breach of the ceasefire. In response, Iran’s foreign ministry stated that Britain is an ‘accomplice’ to the US’s illegal war and that British bases like RAF Fairford are now legitimate targets.
Burnham’s government further escalated the situation by releasing a statement saying:
The UK stands ready 24/7 to defend itself… This includes through operating a layered approach to air and missile defence, provided by Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force assets equipped with a range of advanced capabilities, working closely with our NATO allies.
This escalation comes as the Trump administration has been trying to hide the true scale of hundreds of US military casualties, and as an apparent deadly mutiny takes place on the US carrier Abraham Lincoln, which has been deployed off the coast of Iran for over 260 days, a modern-era record for a US aircraft carrier.
Burnham must end US use of Fairford
New British Prime Minister Burham is under increasing pressure to act. Leaders of ten British trade unions have joined the call for him to revoke US permission to use bases like Fairford to attack Iran. They rightly argue that the illegal US-Israeli war is “deepening the cost of living crisis faced by our members and the British public.”
- Saturday, 15 August
- 1:00pn to 3:00pm
- RAF Fairford, Whelford Road, GL7 4EE
Protestors will be tying children’s clothes and back-packs to the perimeter fence of RAF Fairford, to remember the war crime of the bombing of Minab school, which killed 120 children. The perimeter fence looks out over the base’s runway – the longest in Europe – and at the US B1 bombers stationed there. Children and their parents will also be writing messages and making artworks.
CND General Secretary Sophie Bolt said:
Trump’s brutal and reckless illegal war is making the British population a target and pushing the global economy to the brink of recession. If Andy Burnham wants to keep the British public safe, he needs to stop dragging Britain deeper into this illegal war on Iran and call time on the use of British bases like Fairford.
Nuclear hypocrisy lies at the very heart of this war. The US has sabotaged every opportunity to secure a peaceful way forward over Iran’s nuclear programme. Meanwhile nuclear-armed Israel and the US breach international law, continue the genocidal war on the Palestinian people and bomb Iran’s civilian infrastructure. On Saturday, we’ll be sending a clear message to Andy Burnham: Stand up to Trump and send the US bombers home!
Featured image via the Canary
By The Canary
