Bombing Syria: Thousands hit the streets in Europe - Rawan For Media Artistic and Production
Thousands
of people demonstrated in London and Madrid against the potential
participation of their countries in air strikes in Syria, as political
momentum grows to broaden the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL).
At
least 5,000 people gathered in central London on Saturday carrying
placards reading "Don't bomb Syria", "Drop Cameron, not bombs", and
"Don't add fuel to the fire."
"[Prime
Minister] David Cameron's incoherent proposals for action in Syria will
do nothing to weaken ISIL, but will instead inflame the civil war,
deepen the misery of the Syrian people, and increase the terrorist
risk," said the Stop the War Coalition protest movement.
Cameron
on Thursday laid out the case for British fighter jets, already bombing
ISIL targets in Iraq, to join France, the US, and others in targeting
ISIL strongholds in neighbouring Syria.
A
parliamentary vote on bombing Syria is expected as early as this week,
and many formerly reluctant politicians are thought to have changed
their minds after the Paris attacks earlier this month.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who faces a December general
election, said he would hold off on any decision on action in Syria [JJ
Guillen/EPA]
Also
on Saturday, about 5,000 people demonstrated against potential Spanish
involvement in the conflict, with protesters chanting "No to war"
outside the Reina Sofia museum in the capital Madrid.
OPINION: Blundering British foreign policy
Protesters
answered a "not in our name" petition from dozens of artists that
received about 34,000 online signatures to date, as European governments
consider joining the air war in Syria.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who faces a December general election, said he would hold off on any decision.
"Decisions
have to be well thought through, as in any aspect of life," said Rajoy,
who added Madrid was in touch with its allies pending a clear plan of
action.
Rajoy's
Popular Party is mindful of how in March 2004, under his predecessor
Jose Maria Aznar, who had backed the US intervention in Iraq a year
earlier, lost the general election which took place three days after 191
people were killed in a series of Madrid train bombings.
Thousands rally in UK against bombing Syria
Source: Al Jazeera And AFP
of people demonstrated in London and Madrid against the potential
participation of their countries in air strikes in Syria, as political
momentum grows to broaden the fight against the Islamic State of Iraq
and the Levant (ISIL).
At
least 5,000 people gathered in central London on Saturday carrying
placards reading "Don't bomb Syria", "Drop Cameron, not bombs", and
"Don't add fuel to the fire."
"[Prime
Minister] David Cameron's incoherent proposals for action in Syria will
do nothing to weaken ISIL, but will instead inflame the civil war,
deepen the misery of the Syrian people, and increase the terrorist
risk," said the Stop the War Coalition protest movement.
Cameron
on Thursday laid out the case for British fighter jets, already bombing
ISIL targets in Iraq, to join France, the US, and others in targeting
ISIL strongholds in neighbouring Syria.
A
parliamentary vote on bombing Syria is expected as early as this week,
and many formerly reluctant politicians are thought to have changed
their minds after the Paris attacks earlier this month.
Spanish Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who faces a December general
election, said he would hold off on any decision on action in Syria [JJ
Guillen/EPA]
Also
on Saturday, about 5,000 people demonstrated against potential Spanish
involvement in the conflict, with protesters chanting "No to war"
outside the Reina Sofia museum in the capital Madrid.
OPINION: Blundering British foreign policy
Protesters
answered a "not in our name" petition from dozens of artists that
received about 34,000 online signatures to date, as European governments
consider joining the air war in Syria.
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy, who faces a December general election, said he would hold off on any decision.
"Decisions
have to be well thought through, as in any aspect of life," said Rajoy,
who added Madrid was in touch with its allies pending a clear plan of
action.
Rajoy's
Popular Party is mindful of how in March 2004, under his predecessor
Jose Maria Aznar, who had backed the US intervention in Iraq a year
earlier, lost the general election which took place three days after 191
people were killed in a series of Madrid train bombings.
Thousands rally in UK against bombing Syria
Source: Al Jazeera And AFP
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