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Interventions in the Arab uprisings

guardian.co.uk
Wednesday 3 August 2011 20.59 BST
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It is alarming to continue reading Simon Jenkins's commentaries on the situation in Libya (Nightly Britain bombs Tripoli. Bar death, what do we achieve?, 3 August). His articles (9 March; 20 April; 18 May) have persisted in ignoring the glaring facts that Gaddafi and his forces have brought death and destruction to Libya and its population in an unprecedented manner since 17 February and have perpetrated gross acts of murder and terrorism – domestic and international – during Gaddafi's oppressive dictatorship.

The latest article also misleads the reader by referring to the situation in Libya as a civil war. This conflict is an unwanted but natural extension of widespread peaceful civil protest that was met with the fullest force. The Libyan people did not ask for this. The overwhelming majority asked the Libyan dictator and his crony government to leave. What they got was the retaliation of a delusional but extremely clever tyrant who thinks God bequeathed the land and riches of Libya to him and his family.

The fact that Cameron has not previously "gone to war and never known what war requires of government" should not be confused with the reality that he (along with leaders of France, the US, Italy and other countries) had the moral fibre to step in when he did to assist the Libyan population by committing the UK to military action to enforce UN security council resolution 1973. At risk was a massacre of immense scale. Britain had every reason to get involved.

Rather than judging Cameron and his government on the basis of action he disagrees with, Jenkins should perhaps visit Libya and speak to ordinary Libyans in the liberated cities of the east who will be able to tell him their opinion of the UK's military intervention.

Abdulfatah Zaidi and Abdulkhaliq Elshayyal Libyan-British Relations Council


• For the third time since the uprising which overthrew Mubarak, Egypt's army has beaten peaceful protesters out of Tahrir Square (Report, 3 August), arresting dozens including a 12-year-old child. Families of the hundreds of Egyptians killed by Mubarak's police during the uprising were among those attacked with Tasers and clubs on 1 August – a shocking return to the tactics of the old regime.

Although of course the assault on Tahrir Square is not nearly on the same scale as the horrific violence we are now witnessing in Hama and other Syrian cities, the attacks on the revolutionary movement in Egypt and Syria are linked. They are a reminder both of the courage of ordinary people in fighting for change from below, and a sign of how far these revolutions have yet to go to realise the hopes of millions across the Arab world.

We call on the Egyptian and Syrian governments to cease attacks on their people, and pledge our continued support for the struggle for democracy and social justice across the Arab world.

Professor Gilbert Achcar, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Professor Slavoj Zizek, European Graduate School Professor

Alex Callinicos, Kings College London

Dr Nicola Pratt, University of Warwick

Katy Clark MP

John McDonnell MP

Dr Maha Abdel-Rahman, University of Cambridge

Professor Nadje Al-Ali, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Dr Gareth Dale, Brunel University

Nadine el-Enany, Brunel University

Emeritus Professor Mike Gonzalez, Glasgow University

Dr John Newsinger, Bath Spa University

Dr Colin Barker, Manchester

Richard Seymour, author and blogger

Professor Paul Blackledge, Leeds Metropolitan University

Dr Alex Anievas, University of Cambridge

Sarah Shin

Greg Hilditch

Andrew Mickel

Peter Wilson

Tamar Shlaim

Owen Jones

Dr John Molyneux, University of Portsmouth (retired)

Dr Tom Hickey, University of Brighton

SandyNicoll, SOAS UNISON Branch Secretary

Dr Rahul Rao, School of Oriental &African Studies

Dr Vivian Ibrahim, SOAS

Dr Anna Lindley, Dept Development Studies, SOAS

Shanti Ulfsbjorninn, SOAS

Dr Goretti Horgan, University of Ulster

Eamonn McCann, National Executive member, National Union of Journalists (pc)

Dr Graham Dyer, SOAS

Dr Yorgos Dedes, SOAS

Professor Christopher Cramer, SOAS

Dr Brian O'Boyle, St Angela's College, Sligo, Ireland

Dr Kamran Matin, University of Sussex

Martin Moloney, SOAS

Ali Alizadeh, Green Movement activist

Professor Assef Bayat, University of Illinois

Dr Rachel Harrison, SOAS

Subir Sinha, SOAS

Anna Stavrianakis, University of Sussex

Dr Gavin Capps, University of Cape Town

Professor Peter Hallward, Kingston University, London

Dr Andrea Teti, University of Aberdeen

Jamie Allinson, University of Edinburgh

Dr Kieran Allen, University College Dublin

Professor Nickie Charles, University of Warwick

Dr Laleh Khalili, School of Oriental and African Studies, London

Professor Ray Bush, University of Leeds

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