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| We agree with Lindsey German's response (There is no hypocrisy in our stance on Syria, 1 November) to Jonathan Freedland's condemnation (Comment, 19 October) of Stop the War Coalition for its stance on Syria. As natives of Iraq, we never flinched from campaigning against Saddam's ruthless regime, but we were also against the US-led 13 years of sanctions and 2003 war – acts that led to the death of more than a million Iraqis. Stop the War was founded in 2001 to campaign against wars of aggression and sanctions – now imposed on the Syrian and Iranian peoples. Though opposed to Saddam's regime, Stop the War rightly focused on Britain's role in US-led war preparations. Today, it adopts a similar stance on Syria, where the US, Britain and Saudi rulers are backing armed factions and undermining the people's struggle for democracy. Further intervention could lead to a death toll similar to that in Iraq. Freedland and all of us should heed Mahatma Gandhi's lament: they do everything for us except get off our backs. Sami Ramadani Sabah Jawad London | We agree with Lindsey German's response (There is no hypocrisy in our stance on Syria, 1 November) to Jonathan Freedland's condemnation (Comment, 19 October) of Stop the War Coalition for its stance on Syria. As natives of Iraq, we never flinched from campaigning against Saddam's ruthless regime, but we were also against the US-led 13 years of sanctions and 2003 war – acts that led to the death of more than a million Iraqis. Stop the War was founded in 2001 to campaign against wars of aggression and sanctions – now imposed on the Syrian and Iranian peoples. Though opposed to Saddam's regime, Stop the War rightly focused on Britain's role in US-led war preparations. Today, it adopts a similar stance on Syria, where the US, Britain and Saudi rulers are backing armed factions and undermining the people's struggle for democracy. Further intervention could lead to a death toll similar to that in Iraq. Freedland and all of us should heed Mahatma Gandhi's lament: they do everything for us except get off our backs. Sami Ramadani Sabah Jawad London |
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