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"If British troops are indeed withdrawn from Iraq by next June, it will signal the end of the most shameful and disastrous episode in modern British history. Branded only last month by Lord Bingham, until recently Britain´s most senior law lord, as a "serious violation of international law", the aggression against Iraq has not only devastated an entire country and left hundreds of thousands dead - it has also been a political and military humiliation for the invading powers.
Is this an over-reaction, or indeed, the darkest chapter in our island´s history? I remember when we had a day off from school to march against the invasion of Iraq, together with millions of other Brits, through London, hearing activist (and Labour MP for Hampstead) Glenda Jackson describe the coming invasion as the first time in a thousand years, that Great Britain had illegally invaded sovereign territory"
I too, joined that march and remember the deepest feeling of disgust when our protests were ignored.
Yes, it will be years we will have to live with the shame...How many lives were terminated or irreparably damaged? I am so ashamed...so deeply ashamed. 
There were three large marches right before the invasion of Iraq, I was in all three of them. The day the invasion started, I took off from work in protest. Many millions across the world participated in the marches. There were hundreds of thousands marching in San Francisco. The reports didn´t give an accurate count.
It was frightening, there were helicopters flying over us all the time.
Anti war protests
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