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category national | anti-war / imperialism | feature author Sunday April 29, 2007 12:37author by DM - STOP BUSH CAMPAIGN Report this post to the editors

Pana Poll on Irish complicity in the war

It's Majority Rule, right? So, Why The Pessimism?

PANA.ie published the results of a poll they commissioned on Irish people's views on the use of Shannon Airport. The Poll was conducted nationally by Lansdowne Market Research Ltd.

The Peace & Neutrality Alliance went on to describe in a press statement''Since other polls show that it is unlikely that the current war parties of FF and the PD's will return to power without the support of either the Labour Party, the Green Party or Sinn Fein, all of which opposed the war, it seems self evident that the use of Shannon airport in the war, especially now that the number of US troops using it are increasing, is and should be, an election issue.''(more from PANA.ie)

Meanwhile Ireland welcomes a new US Military Troop Carrier, Omni Air International. Retired Army Commandant Ed Horgan documented three US warplanes at Shannon for Indymedia and asks questions about Omni Air International and Bush's so-called 'surge.'

The question was.

"Are you in favour of, or opposed to the use of Shannon Airport by US troops travelling to and from Iraq?"

Their response was as follows

In Favour: 19%
Opposed: 58%
No opinion: 21%
Don't know: 2%

This shows clearly that Irish people still maintain their disgust for this war and irish complicity in it despite what FF/PD's say. This should give us on the anti-war front a new drive and renewed belief what we are doing is the right thing.
Whe you see a TD or a canidate in the next month tell them about this poll and why WAR IS AN ELECTION ISSUE

Related Link: http://www.pana.ie

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 #   Title   Author   Date 
 1   Time to Have Your Voice Heard     Margaret    Sun Apr 29, 2007 10:30 
 2   And Lets's Not Forget about Rendition Flights     Margaret    Sun Apr 29, 2007 11:58 
 3   Protect Irish Neutrality     against the invasion    Sun Apr 29, 2007 16:02 
 4   Thanks Mary-Lou     peacenik    Sun Apr 29, 2007 16:45 
 5   Not an election issue     undecided    Sun Apr 29, 2007 17:26 
 6   Sinn Féin position is clear and non-negotiable     DSF    Sun Apr 29, 2007 18:05 
 7   wAR IS AN ELECTION ISSUE     Roger Cole    Sun Apr 29, 2007 18:32 
 8   Why?     Doyler    Mon Apr 30, 2007 00:33 
 9   Answer     Sharon D.    Mon Apr 30, 2007 00:36 
 10   Nope     Seán Ryan    Mon Apr 30, 2007 03:22 
 11   Exposing Hypocrisy     P. Pilate    Mon Apr 30, 2007 04:18 
 12   Irony     Seán Ryan    Mon Apr 30, 2007 04:33 
 13   SF are no more hypocritical     Ali H.    Mon Apr 30, 2007 08:40 
 14   Information- not attack     DSF    Mon Apr 30, 2007 09:35 
 15   Fianna Fail on the Door Step     Mark C    Mon Apr 30, 2007 09:47 
 16   FF and responsibility     FForever yours    Mon Apr 30, 2007 10:33 
 17   Make the war an election issue!     MichaelY    Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:11 
 18   What the poll should have asked:     Pidge    Mon Apr 30, 2007 11:28 
 19   Make the war an election issue     MichaelY    Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:03 
 20   ???????     Etain    Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:19 
 21   Shannon airport is a national issue but not a local issue     Gilbert    Mon Apr 30, 2007 12:29 
 22   Green Party Stance on Shannon     Edward Horgan    Mon Apr 30, 2007 14:40 
 23   Action You Can Take     Kieran O'Sullivan    Mon Apr 30, 2007 14:55 
 24   Re: the Green Party     MichaelY    Mon Apr 30, 2007 14:57 
 25   Labour Youth Press Release     Dermot L    Tue May 01, 2007 02:22 
 26   What were the questions asked in the Poll     KG    Tue May 01, 2007 02:56 
 27   The Greens     Fintan Lane    Tue May 01, 2007 09:41 
 28   We have to move on with or without the Greens     MichaelY    Tue May 01, 2007 11:45 
 29   Murder is murder.     P. Pilate    Wed May 02, 2007 03:12 
 30   Use of Veto     C Murray    Wed May 02, 2007 10:53 
 31   Hypocrisy     Greig    Wed May 02, 2007 11:09 
 32   no way     Goblin    Wed May 02, 2007 11:39 
 33   Facts to ponder and not to ignore when it suits.     shannon worker    Wed May 02, 2007 15:24 
 34   Gas and go - or blood money and mayhem     MichaelY    Wed May 02, 2007 17:01 
 35   War is an Election issue     Roger Cole    Wed May 02, 2007 18:30 
 36   Opposed to all murder     P. Pilate    Thu May 03, 2007 01:39 
 37   Revenue Loss to Shannon     Skyguyj    Thu May 03, 2007 03:49 
 38   Yeah, someone will make the profit - but let's define it     Seán Ryan    Thu May 03, 2007 04:54 
 39   Reminder to Dumb Sean Ryan     Irish worker and Tax payer    Thu May 03, 2007 10:18 
 40   Go away Yank troll     Actual Irish worker and tax payer    Thu May 03, 2007 10:30 
 41   Biased Survey     Beenie Man    Thu May 03, 2007 10:49 
 42   IAWM/SWP     MichaelX    Thu May 03, 2007 11:30 
 43   Cheap divisive tricks     MichaelY    Thu May 03, 2007 13:24 
 44   ????     Ray from shannon    Thu May 03, 2007 14:46 
 45   Shannon     Etain    Thu May 03, 2007 15:47 
 46   Shannon Airport & the War in iraq     Roger Cole    Thu May 03, 2007 16:15 
 47   Shannon Airport & the War in iraq     Roger Cole    Thu May 03, 2007 16:15 
 48   The poster says it all     MichaelY    Thu May 03, 2007 17:12 
 49   Shannon pre-election demonstration     Edward Horgan    Thu May 03, 2007 22:23 
 50   report and video from US     Edward Horgan    Thu May 03, 2007 22:31 
 51   The USA wrote the German constitution.     belch    Fri May 04, 2007 14:40 
 52   Another Survey...     Seán Ryan    Sat May 05, 2007 05:03 
 53   Sickening hypocrisy     Pro-life    Sun May 06, 2007 11:11 
 54   Baby killers???     A10    Sun May 06, 2007 14:11 
 55   opinionzeros     j wayne    Sun May 06, 2007 21:02 
 56   Labels     Seán Ryan    Sun May 06, 2007 21:32 
 57   The use of Shannon Airport in the Iraq War     Roger Cole    Sun May 06, 2007 22:36 
 58   geddit?     j wayne    Mon May 07, 2007 19:56 
 59   downplay, insult and refute - two way street     Seán Ryan    Mon May 07, 2007 20:34 
 60   selfish     reality    Mon May 07, 2007 20:45 
 61   Complex but simple at the same time     Seán Ryan    Tue May 08, 2007 02:22 
 62   Debate is good     MichaelY    Tue May 08, 2007 11:31 
 63   War is an election issue     roger cole    Tue May 08, 2007 13:58 
 64   War is an election issue?     frank lee    Tue May 08, 2007 17:33 
 65   The use of Shannon Airport in the Iraq War     Roger Cole    Wed May 09, 2007 08:23 
 66   Why stopped flights would benefit Ireland     Big Time    Wed May 09, 2007 08:45 
 67   Don't shoot the messenger!     frank lee    Wed May 09, 2007 21:20 
 68   Election Resources     M    Thu May 10, 2007 23:38 


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