We were formed in late September 2001 as a response to the terrorist attacks in the United States.

We believed that the United States would use the deaths of its citizens as means to execute
the Project for the New American Century(PNAC) which had lobbied as far back as 1997 for
increased U.S. military spending and taking a harder line against Iraq.

Nine days after September 11 PNAC sent an open letter to President Bush calling not only for the destruction of Osama Bin Laden's Al Qaeda network in Afghanistan but also to extend the war to Iraq and to take action against Iran, Syria, Lebanon and the Palestinian Authority.

With prominent and all-powerful members which included Vice President , Dick Chaney,
Pentagon adviser Richard Perle, Secretary of Defense Donal Rumsfeld and his Deputy Paul Wolfowitz we in the N.G.O. Peace Alliance had real cause of concern about the Imperialist
ambitions of the Bush Administraion driven and controlled by this dangerous group, the Project for the New American century.

We maintained a weekly picket outside the Irish Department of Foreign Affairs since that time until May 2003 to draw attention to the Irish Government's lack of political courage to stand up for the rule of International Law especially as it held the Presidency of the UN Security Council during this time.

We joined with the Irish Anti War Movement and Pana in organising the now famous February 15 International Day of Action and further demonstrations against the Invasion Of Iraq.
We are totally disgusted and outraged at the Irish government's handing over of Shannon Airport and Irish Airspace to the American Armed Forces whoo continue to use Irish civilian air facilities without reference to any Irish Authority.

On September 27 we are calling on all our supporter and sponsors to join us in calling for and end to the Occupation of Iraq, Palestine and our own Shannon Airport.