Statement by Labour CND Tuesday 15 April 1986.

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the He opposed with STates CHe peothe Iraa Iran in after the $100 the Libyan for the While the Libyan government refuses to take trom imperialsil, dependence perialism as a market for single export makes Libya more vulnerable to imperialist exLine sharo decline in oil prices and culualtues Aside from oil which generates 99 per cent of government revenues there is little industry.

Although the Qaddafi regime supports liberation struggles, Oad dati has made deals at the expense of people fighting When he signed a 1984 treaty purestablish political unification of the Libyan republic Moroccan monarchy for Crampic broke with the people of the Moroccan-occupied Western Sahara, who are fighttheir liatlulla. rights.

CND con- need is dems the attack on more urgent than ever for Libya by the govern- Labour to campaign on its ment of the United unilateral nuclear disarma States, the biggest ter- well • POLICIeS WICI in clude the removal of rorists in the world. nuclear bases. It furthe We further condemn calls into question the the role of the British wisdom of Britain's con government which knew in tinued membership of the NATO alliance advance of and sanctioned the use of US bases Labour CND fully supsituated this the which this air-raid Groven tre guare Lo was launched, which killed Grosvenor Square, majority comes these don, called by the Cam. majority civilians. paign for Nuclear Disar. bases from which North mament to begin American planes flew in this Saturday, 19 10U1 the early hours of Tursday morning, under the cover We call on all Labou Parties contain and provide organisations, and on the support systells supcruise missiles and other port that weapons sited in resolution this country. reaffirming This attack by the nuclear disarmament pled. United States government ges and condemning the logic of the current arms of Ronald build-up which began Margaret Thatcher, , which 1979 with the decision to take the world one step site cruise and Pershing closer nuclear missiles across Europe. It holocaust.

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Socialist Action 18 April 1986