Hadi Salih, the International Officer of the Iraqi Federation of Trade Unions (IFTU) has been murdered on the night of January 4th in Baghdad. The Labour Friends of Iraq, LFIQ, have compiled statements of condemnation from leading trade unionists that we reproduce below.+ Update/ Iraqi unions unite in condemnation. See FWCUI statement.
The deteriorating situation in Iraq, and the decree of the Baghdad government confiscating the funds of the trade unions, requires of international socialists that we review our politics and our slogans on Iraq. Should the demand be raised for the immediate withdrawal of US and British troops?
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