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London, 08/12/2015. Today, Veterans For Peace held a demonstration abandoning their war medals outside the gates of Downing Street to protest against the UK bombing of Syria. From the organisers website: <<In protest at yet another attack on a middle eastern country, veterans of the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya will discard their medals at Downing Street tomorrow. One of the veterans, Daniel Lenham who served in the RAF from 2002 to 2014 said "In protest at the decision to bomb Syria, we will hand back medals given to us for participating in previous attacks on the Middle East." He continued "These invasions, occupations and attacks have caused great destruction, killed hundreds of thousands of people and have led to the destruction of societies. Bombing is never a solution it is time to stop." David Smith who served in the Royal Green Jackets said "I want to express my utter disgust at the decision to unlawfully bomb Syria, god help all those who are likely to suffer as a result of this action. I renounce all forms of state sanctioned Warfare and Violence." […]>>.<br />
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For more information please click here: https://goo.gl/m7CUNH & http://goo.gl/M2WTra & http://veteransforpeace.org.uk/
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London, 08/12/2015. Today, Veterans For Peace held a demonstration abandoning their war medals outside the gates of Downing Street to protest against the UK bombing of Syria. From the organisers website: <<In protest at yet another attack on a middle eastern country, veterans of the Gulf War, Iraq, Afghanistan and Libya will discard their medals at Downing Street tomorrow. One of the veterans, Daniel Lenham who served in the RAF from 2002 to 2014 said "In protest at the decision to...
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