SSP Research, Policy & Media Unit
Press Release: 12/08/04

Sheridan: Iraq troops must be brought home immediately

Scottish Socialist Party national convenor Tommy Sheridan tonight repeated the SSP’s longstanding call for Scottish troops to be brought home from Iraq immediately following the announcement that a soldier from the Black Watch has been killed in Basra.
Tommy said;
“Another young Scots life has been lost to this immoral and illegal war and occupation of Iraq.
“How many more young Scots must be blown to pieces in the name of Bush and Blair’s lies?
“All those Labour parliamentarians who lined up behind Blair in his support for the American imperialist onslaught against the people of Iraq must now step forward and admit that the price of their gutless surrender to George Bush is dead young Scots soldiers.
“In July the Gentle family and the community of Pollok had to bury their young son Gordon, now another Scots family and community are going to go through hell as they face the death of a loved one.
“The Iraq war and occupation has been an unmitigated disaster, surely Tony Blair must now realise that the troops must be brought home immediately.”
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