Three years on, Europe suffers from Iraq war fatigue
Three years after the US-led invasion of Iraq, war-weariness has seeped into public opinion in European coalition countries and the anti-war movement struggles to mobilise crowds. The protest organised in London last February drew only 2,500 people onto the capital’s streets, a far cry from the estimated 750,000 to two million who marched in February 2003 to voice their opposition to the prospect of war. Britain has the largest troop contingent in Iraq after the United States, with some 8,000 soldiers on the ground. Full Story