They’ve used torture and horrific weapons and it’s time we put an end to Shannon stopover

The US and Britain used the pretext of weapons of mass destruction (WMD), including chemical weapons, as a justification for their invasion of Iraq.

As the UN weapons inspectors and many others had predicted, the Iraqis did not have any WMD, nuclear, biological or chemical.

However, despite earlier denials, it has been revealed that occupation forces used white phosphorous in their attack on the city of Falluja, during which many civilians were killed.

White phosphorous is both an incendiary and chemical weapon. It sticks to the skin, burning at over 1000 degrees and produces highly toxic phosphorous pentoxide fumes, poisoning anyone in the area in which it is deployed.

No doubt these horrific weapons, like the victims and perpetrators of torture, have passed through Shannon airport. It is time the FF/PD coalition stopped the use of our country to facilitate the use of torture and WMD. Would the alternative Rainbow coalition allow the continuation of this trafficking, which is not only wrong, but is also endangering the safety of Irish citizens?

Dessie Ellis

19 Dunsink Road

Finglas

Dublin 11