London, Jan 29, IRNA — Britain’s largest peace group network has organised a meeting in central London next week to express solidarity with the Egyptian uprising.
Stop the War Coalition (STWC) said President Hosni Mubarak has made Egypt a “US client state for decades” and “if his tyranny is overthrown the implications are momentous.”
“Egypt has been a cornerstone of the US ‘war on terror’ and America’s strategy for dominating the Middle East. Not for nothing is Egypt second only to Israel in the amount of US aid it receives, including $1.3 billion a year for the security forces alone,” STWC said.
In a statement obtained by IRNA, it said it was the “same forces who have killed dozens of protesters in the last few days and injured hundreds more.”
As well as expressing solidarity with the uprising for democracy in Egypt, the public meeting in central London on Wednesday is also discussing the implications for the anti-war movement.