Cambridge press reports on public opinion and actions before the invasion of Iraq in 2003

Minister is greeted by protesters

Cambridge Evening News, 6 March 2003 [web version]

Adam Ingram, Minister of State for the Armed Forces, faced a hostile reception inside and outside party headquarters in Norfolk Street.

Full article: http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/search/dispstory.asp?id=529307 (this link no longer works in 2017)

Hundreds skip lessons for anti-war demo

Cambridge Evening News, 5 March 2003 [web version]

About 400 pupils from Hills Road and Long Road Sixth Form Colleges in Cambridge marched into the city centre to protest against a possible war with Iraq.

This article was at http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/search/dispstory.asp?id=527421

Campaigners hand in petition for peace

East Anglian Daily Times, Saturday 8 February 2003

PEACE campaigners opposed to the UK going to war in Iraq have presented a petition of more than 1,200 signatures to Ipswich MP Chris Mole.

Full article ipswich_EADaily_8Feb2003.html

NATO Chief warns on Saddam war

Varsity, 7 February 2003, page 2

NATO's Euroean Commander-in- Chief has defended a possible war in Iraq but warned that if it occurs the West may be dragged into a drawn out and damaging conflict.

Full article: nato_warning_varsity_7feb2003.html

Lock-On War Protest at RAF Lakenheath

Varsity, 7 February 2003, page 2

Anti war protesters were in action again last week and experienced mixed success in their action at RAF Lakenheath. The party of

Full article: lakenheath_varsity_7feb2003.html

NO 82% are against Iraq war

Cambridge Evening News, 7 February 2003, page 1

MORE than 1,000 readers took part in the News poll to find out how the region feels about war with Iraq.

Full article: 82pc_against_war_cen_7feb2003.html

IT'S A NO TO WAR

Cambridge Evening News, 6 February 2003, page 1

* MPs say their constiuents are not yet convinced Britain should invade Iraq

See also: no_to_war_cen_6feb2003.html (image 44K)

Region's MPs say constituents overwhelmingly against conflict

Little belief in need for war

Stephen Bevan Cambridge Evening News, 6 February 2003, page 3

THE people of Mid-Anglia are not ready for a war in Iraq, according to the region's MPs.

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Hundreds march against war

Cambridge Weekly News, 5 February 2003

HUNDREDS of protesters gathered In Cambridge city centre on Saturday to march against the impending war on Iraq.

Full article rally_weeklynews_5feb2003.html

Peace protesters arrested after air base demo

Cambridge Evening News, 4 February 2003, page 2

SIX peace protesters, four of them from Cambridge, were arrested during a demonstration outside the Lakenheath USAF base yesterday.

Full article

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Hundreds protest over Iraq war plan

Lizzie Murphy, Cambridge Evening News, 3 February 2003, page 3

HUNDREDS of protesters gathered in Cambridge city centre on Saturday to march against the impending war on Iraq.

Full article: march_cen_3feb2003.html

Letters Extra Special on Iraq
War would be disastrous

Cambridge Evening News, 3 February 2003, page 16

This is a representative sample of letters we have received on a possible war with Iraq. So far, not one correspondent has been in favour of war.

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Petition highlights anti-war message

Cambridge Evening News, 25 January 2003, page 13

A WOMAN has set about giving a voice to growing anger over a possible war in Iraq by starting a petition which she hopes will go to every village in the region.

Full article

(This article was also published on the following link, which no longer works in 2017 http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/search/dispstory.asp?id=l5077 )

Seventy arrests at anti-war blockade

Tom Ebbutt at Northwood Varsity, 24 January 2003

Cambridge students were among the 70 protestors arrested on Sunday at a peaceful protest outside Britain's Military Headquarters. They were members of the four hundred anti-war protestors who rallied outside RAF Northwood,

Full article: northwood_varsity_24jan2003.html

Cambridge Student to be human shield in Iraq

Tom Ebbutt, Varsity, 24 January 2003

Tomorrow morning Shane Mulligan will set out on a journey to Iraq. When he arrives there in just under two weeks time he will go to a place that he sees as being worth protecting - maybe a power station, a water works or a hospital - and stay there.

Full article: mulligan_varsity_24jan2003.html

Candlelight in the shadow of war

Lisen Skarborg and Jonathan Roos The Cambridge Student, 23 January 2003, page 2

As people around the world joined in peaceful protest against the possibly imminent war on Iraq, over 100 Cambridge locals and students converged on Petty Cury on Saturday night.

Full article: vigil_tcs_23jan2003.html

Student Heading to Iraq

Dan Rowlands The Cambridge Student, 23 January 2003, page 2

A Cambridge student is heading to Iraq this week to act as a "human shield", in the face of the increasing threat of military strikes on the troubled Gulf state. Shane Mulligan,

Full article: mulligan_tcs_23jan2003.html

Iraq war would be a mistake, says city MP

Cambridge Evening News, 5 September 2002

CAMBRIDGE MP Anne Campbell has warned Prime Minister Tony Blair that war against Iraq would be a "mistake".

As the likelihood of military action against Saddam Hussein increased dramatically, she said worried constituents were contacting her on a daily basis.

The full article used to be at http://www.cambridge-news.co.uk/search/dispstory.asp?id=197793