 Protests rise against U.S. attack on Fallujah The indiscriminate U.S. military attacks on Fallujah has caused protests in many places by many groups. In front of the U.S. Embassy in Tokyo, 30 protesters from the Central Action Committee against the Japan-U.S. Security Treaty put up banners calling on President Bush to stop the attack at once. Nishikawa Ikuya, the committee's secretary general, handed in to an embassy staff member a letter urging President Bush to immediately stop the killing of Fallujah residents. In Sapporo City in Hokkaido, 38 people carried out a protest action in a park at the call of trade unions. They called on Prime Minister Koizumi not to support the attack. The Japan Scientists' Association on November 10 published a statement calling for an immediate halt to the attack by the U.S. forces and an immediate withdrawal of the Self-Defense Forces from Iraq. In the statement, JSA Secretary General Katahira Kiyohiko demanded that the prime minister retract his support for the U.S. attack on Fallujah. As part of its monthly action, the Japan Council against A and H Bombs (Gensuikyo) carried out a publicity action in front of Shibuya station, calling on people to write in messages demanding a halt to the U.S. attack. In an emergency protest action on the evening of November 10, 350 people from citizens' organizations called out at the U.S. Embassy, "No more war and killing!" (end) |