Event: On March 22, 2009, an action was taken against the war in Iraq. Participants symbolically “died” – lay down on the ground, depicting the dead in memory of American soldiers who lost their lives in Iraq. Demonstrators also carried coffins covered with the flags of the United States, with the intention of putting them at the doors of the army recruitment center in the region of Hollywood. The demonstrators called on the new administration of the White House to withdraw the American military contingent from Iraq. People carried banners with anti-war slogans written in several languages. The shares were held within the national company “Day of Action”, similar rallies also took place in San Francisco and Washington.
The purpose of the action is to hold an anti-war rally, organizing a symbolic installation of the coffins of dead soldiers covered with US flags from the models. Achieve the withdrawal of troops from Iraq.
Direction: Safety
Tool: NCO, volunteers
Method: a symbolic funeral
Media coverage:
https://apessay.com/order/?rid=cc49f4f3231bb03f
http://warnewsupdates.blogspot.com/2011/04/where-are-anti-war-protestors.html
The reaction of society: American society was tired of the war in Iraq and mass protests were supported by an increasing number of people. Each month hundreds of pickets were held around the country, and the symbolic funeral of US soldiers provoked an angry reaction to the authorities. President Barack Obama was forced to promise to withdraw troops from Iraq in order to reassure the public.
International resonance: a week later, an anti-war march took place in London, forcing the Prime Minister of Great Britain to recall his military contingent. Constant anti-war rallies around the world prevented the UN from extending its mandate to represent the troops in Iraq, because of which all the US allies sought to withdraw their troops.
What they achieved: Great Britain March 31, 2009 began the official withdrawal of troops from Iraq. In 2010, announced the withdrawal of Iraq’s Marine Corps, and the US President in the campaign company promised to withdraw all US troops. Thanks to the constant anti-war actions and performances, most of the politicians of the Congress and the Senate managed to win over to their side. On December 15, 2011, the US lowered the flag of the Armed Forces over Baghdad, symbolically completing the military campaign in Iraq, which lasted almost 9 years, transferring powers to ensure security to local structures.
