Write a letter, save some lives
Posted on Oct 02 2007 | Tagged as: Iraq employees campaign
The film Se7en ends with Morgan Freeman saying: “Ernest Hemingway wrote that the world is a fine place, and worth fighting for. I agree with the second part.”
Despite my day-to-day cynicism — or perhaps because of it — so do I.
Dan Hardie has organised a meeting in Parliament for the evening of October 9th, in an effort to convince the Government to make special asylum arrangements for Iraqi civilians under threat for having worked with British forces. Among the speakers will be Mark Brockway, an ex-soldier who employed many Iraqis as translators and is in contact with many who are in fear of their lives — and knows at least one who has been murdered. The appearance that both of them made on Radio Five Live is available at the Ministry of Truth. I’m listening to it now: it’s quite grim.
I’ll be going next tuesday. Allowing the current situation to continue, with Iraqis having holes drilled in their heads and young girls dragged out of their car and murdered for the heinous crime of doing British squaddies’ laundry is fucking unacceptable.
The more MPs at the meeting the better. Invite yours please.
