Actors protest ‘plunder of Iraq’

TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern was yesterday portrayed as the dormouse from Alice in Wonderland in criticism of the Government’s willingness to provide assistance for the US war on Iraq.

A group of actors staged an unusual, satirical rendition of the Lewis Carroll novel outside the Dáil, entitled Alice in Plunderland to highlight how US and British companies stand to benefit economically from the war.

The demonstration was organised by the justice and peace group, Action from Ireland otherwise known as Afri in protest at what it claims is the plunder of Iraq following the onslaught of death and deconstruction of its people.