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US Peace Group, Cuba: End Iraq War

CUBA, January 12, 2007.- US peace activists demanded the end of war in Iraq and the shutdown of the jail located in the illegal US naval base in Guantanamo, Cuba.

Civil fighters, former prisoners and relatives marched on Thursday outside the illegal enclave located in the eastern Cuban zone.

Led by Cindy Sheehan, mother of a US soldier who was killed in Iraq, the group staged a vigil to protest that country s jail in Guantanamo and demand the end of the military occupation in Iraq.

About 400 alleged Al Qaeda terrorist members have been imprisoned in the US naval base of Guantanamo since January 11, 2002, without trial.

With placards and phrases, the anti-war activists rallied near the base, used in the so-called anti-terrorist crusade by George W. Bush s administration.

A religious service took place in a place known as "La Glorieta" where attendees demanded justice for the 400 detainees of that penal center.

Those pacifists, who traveled to Guantanamo, 910 km east of Havana, denounced warmongering and disrespect of international law (Cubaminrex-PL)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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