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title: "Don't Attack Iraq"
description: "In the wake of Alastair Campbells‘ dodgy dossiers and on the brink of another war in the Persian Gulf, the anti war protest movement mobilised globally culminating in a coordinated day of protests in more than 600 cities across the world on 15th February 2003."
url: "https://imagesofprotest.uk/dont-attack-iraq"
published: "2003-02-15T23:59:00Z"
updated: "2024-03-12T01:17:56Z"
authors: ["Michael-K"]
---

# Don't Attack Iraq

In the wake of Alastair Campbells‘ dodgy dossiers and on the brink of another war in the Persian Gulf, the anti war protest movement mobilised globally culminating in a coordinated day of protests in more than 600 cities across the world on 15th February 2003.

![](https://imagesofprotest.uk/assets/uploads/bff16a4db45630794779fae1922d76f9.jpg)

It has been described as the “[the largest protest event in human history”](https://web.archive.org/web/20160215153519/http://uahost.uantwerpen.be/m2p/publications/1267098151.pdf#page=13) with estimates varying between 8 to 30 million participants.

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/2b777cd6fc761f84c468971d7e51d3bf.jpg)

In London the figures given on the day range from 650,000 to a million or more. However many people actually attended is almost irrelevant as it seems uncontested that it was (and possibly remains) the largest ever political demonstration in the city’s history.

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/e750865144b34cffe2737c7f70489c84.jpg)

I took these photos in London with a pocket film camera before I invested in a digital camera, the negatives are now long lost to time.

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/c827e28e07f66a31edda412a77cb2147.jpg)

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/edf91793c816fa776759ca286fde20ef.jpg)

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/db533f21e65d23f0b380eaf800012ae3.jpg)

![](https://editor.blogstatic.io/web/assets/uploads/4a9e9e312c756f5bdc86c8a96718a267.jpg)