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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>UK Protesters Rally Against Cameron's Syria Bombing Campaign<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Protesters are gathering across London to demonstrate against an escalation of UK military intervention in the Middle East.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Cambria Math","serif"'></span></b><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Protests began in London on Saturday as hundreds of demonstrators are protesting against government plans to launch a bombing campaign in Syria. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Leading up to Saturday’s rally, a total of 6,000 people had registered to participate in the event organized by the Stop the War Coalition, while local estimates were higher <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'> 8000 expected outside Westminster today #dontbombsyria #london pic.twitter.com/iUthAwlW4F <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>— Robbie Hurley (@RobbieJHurley) November 28, 2015 <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>The U.K. Parliament is expected to vote on the issue next week after Prime Minister David Cameron pushed members of parliament to back the move in the wake of this month's Paris attacks. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Cameron has urged parliamentarians to vote in favor of British military intervention in Syria. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"My argument is, yes, there is military action that is being taken over the skies of Syria,” the Prime Minister said Saturday. “That can help. And Britain should be part of that action because of the extra resources and abilities that we can bring. Also we shouldn't be outsourcing the protection of our own people to our allies. We should be part of it. But you ask what follows? What needs to happen so badly in Syria is for there to be a transition to a government that can represent all of the country," he added. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"The proposed vote in parliament on bombing Syria by British forces is likely to take place within the next week," Stop The War Coalition said in a statement. "Yet, this bombing will not stop terror attacks." <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Britain is already involved in airstrikes against the Islamic State in Iraq but has not so far taken part in bombings of the group's positions in Syria. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Under the United Kingdom’s Operation 'Shader' program, which is the codename for the British participation in the ongoing military campaign against ISIS, the UK government has deployed 500 military personnel to train Iraqi government and Kurdish forces. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>RELATED: UK – Corbyn’s Anti-Airstrike Stance Prompts Threats of Resignation from Party <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Since the Paris attacks, the British air force has launched at least 17 strikes in Iraq. RAF Reaper drones have carried out more than 200 strikes over Iraq as part of Operation Shader since November 2014. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Leftist leader Jeremy Corbyn, who was overwhelmingly voted by party members to lead Britain’s Labour Party in September, is being attacked by some Labour parliamentarians for his stance against proposed airstrikes in Syria, going as far as threatening to resign. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>"There will be resignations among senior members of the shadow cabinet over this," an unnamed senior shadow cabinet member told the BBC.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>Corbyn sent a letter to all Labour parliamentarians hours after Prime Minister David Cameron proposed a plan for increased military action against Syria in Parliament Thursday, saying he was not convinced by the prime minister’s case for airstrikes.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>“I do not believe the prime minister’s current proposal for airstrikes in Syria will protect our security and therefore cannot support it,” Corbyn wrote. <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:16.0pt;font-family:"Courier New"'>This content was originally published by teleSUR <o:p></o:p></span></b></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div></body></html>