Activists hold rally against dispatching combat troops

Super Power,¡± citizens power of global anti-war movement, as New York Times called it, woke up again in local.
On September 27, hundreds of protesters hold the rally and hung on anti-war pickets, shouted their slogans in Daehakro, Seoul, protesting against the U.S. attacks to Iraq as well as Israel¡¯s capture on Palestine.
In the rally, however, the main voice of protest was the upcoming controversial issue, dispatch of combat troops to Iraq. Protesters were strongly opposed to sending combatants to Iraq. Most of the protesters were university students and members of citizen groups and NGOs.

It has been 3 years since Palestinians started demonstrating against Israel. The word ¡°Intipada¡± in Arabic deeply reflects their struggle to have their lands back in bloody efforts. Still, their fights against Israel are not close to the end.
There were several discussions before the rally. On September 3, with the subject of ¡°how to make an anti-war movement?¡± the meeting took placed in a Catholic Building on the 7th floor. In this discussion, over 100 people participated and liveliness atmosphere was all around.

¡°Everything has changed since the 9.11 attack. The United States announced its success through the attack of Iraq. In fact, however, the war is not over yet. Therefore, the efforts to oppose the war should continue. So, international solidarity should be organized so that we could launch global action,¡± said Hong Guen-soo, who was one of the speakers of the debate.
In addition, in our campus, anti-war discussion was placed on September 18 in the Humanities Building, room 502. It was sponsored by HUFS¡¯ Anti-war Committee and also progressed with the same object. U Seok-gyun was the lecturer who went to Iraq to support medical treatment.

He vividly stated his experience in Iraq where remained ruined cities and hurt people. He said that participating the international anti-war movement was our duty for world peace as well as our own peace.

By Seo Eun-jin / The Argus