New Zealand Joins the War Criminals

Global Peace and Justice Auckland is appalled at the government decision to commit New Zealand troops to the occupation of Iraq.

These troops will become part of the occupying forces in Iraq and this deployment makes a mockery of Labour's previous opposition to the US/UK invasion which was both illegal and immoral.

Labour's stance up to now has at least had some moral credibility but this has evaporated in a puff of cringing subservience.

Our troops will become the target of Iraqi resistance fighters just as the German soldiers occupying France in the 1940's became the legitimate targets of the French resistance.

Unbelievably, this NZ government decision comes at a time when the US and UK government's have been exposed as lying to their people to justify the invasion of Iraq.

GPJA calls on Helen Clark to rescind this decision and instead provide more humanitarian assistance through credible non-governmental organisations.

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