Military Families Against the War
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Military Families Against the War (MFAW) is an organisation of families of servicemen
in the United Kingdom
created to campaign for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq.
The group's mission statement sets out their objectives as follows:
A number of member families have recently launched an application for a judicial review under the Human Rights Act 1998
, which if successful will open the way for a fully independent public enquiry into the Iraq war and would see senior ministers including Tony Blair called to face cross-examination.
Soldier
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in the United Kingdom
United Kingdom
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created to campaign for British troops to be withdrawn from Iraq.
The group's mission statement sets out their objectives as follows:
"Military Families Against the War is an organization of people directly affected by the war in Iraq. Our relatives and loved ones are members of the British Armed Services.
We are opposed to the continuing involvement of UK soldiers in a war that is based on lies.
We call on Tony BlairTony BlairAnthony Charles Lynton Blair is a former British Labour Party politician who served as the Prime Minister of the United Kingdom from 2 May 1997 to 27 June 2007. He was the Member of Parliament for Sedgefield from 1983 to 2007 and Leader of the Labour Party from 1994 to 2007...
to withdraw our troops immediately.
The soldiers in Iraq and their families at home have the most at stake in this conflict. For some of us, our loved ones have been killed in Iraq.
Our brave men and women risk injury and death while our government continues an unjust war for political ends. We say quite simply this is wrong.
Bring our Troops Home Now!"
A number of member families have recently launched an application for a judicial review under the Human Rights Act 1998
Human Rights Act 1998
The Human Rights Act 1998 is an Act of Parliament of the United Kingdom which received Royal Assent on 9 November 1998, and mostly came into force on 2 October 2000. Its aim is to "give further effect" in UK law to the rights contained in the European Convention on Human Rights...
, which if successful will open the way for a fully independent public enquiry into the Iraq war and would see senior ministers including Tony Blair called to face cross-examination.