The assault on Fallujah in November 2004 led to a flurry of anti-war actions and protests around the country. Above: a spontaneous sit down protest in Whitehall after white flowers had been laid at the Cenotaph; below: an activist spray-paints the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (photos: Indymedia/Molly Cooper).

• Because US-led forces have been one of the main causes of violent death in Iraq since the 2003 invasion (A Dossier of Civilian Casualties 2003 – 2005, IraqBodyCount.org, July 2005).
• Because US forces – and the US-trained and funded Iraqi Army – are currently pursuing a policy in which ‘mass detentions and indiscriminate torture appear to be the main tools' (Financial Times, 29 June 2005).
• Because the occupation is making a full-blown civil war in Iraq more not less likely.
• Because the occupation is acting as a major recruiting agent for al-Qaeda and related groups, endangering both Iraqis and those of us here in the UK
• Because according to the available polls many Iraqis – including parts of Iraq's population most heavily repressed under Saddam – want the immediate withdrawal of the occupying forces, and a large majority of Iraq's Arab population – both Shia and Sunni - want an end to the occupation either now or soon (Zogby International Poll, 19 – 23 January 2005).

For more info. see Voices' briefing Arguing Against the Occupation (see tear-off slip below).