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Bellringing, Edinburgh

On Saturday 29th October around 50 students from Edinburgh and Stirling University People & Planet held a name-reading ceremony in memory of the thousands of Iraqis who have lost their lives due to the American and British-led occupation. As part of the '100,000 Rings for the People of Iraq' campaign, 100 names of Iraqis known to have died since the beginning of and as a direct result of the occupation were read out, accompanied by a ring of a bell for each name. The students were accompanied by a six metre long dummy missile with 'WMD' written on the side, serving as a reminder to the fact that none have been found in Iraq despite WMD being the primary reason for the invasion.

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