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Introduction
Anti Warship campaign in Malta
Campaign for peace and neutrality
A coalition of organisations and individuals to persuade authorities so that Malta to truely becomes a neutral country and works for peace
Graffitti asks police to investigate
Moviment Graffitti will ask the police to investigate the legality of enter permits (for Maltese waters) given to warships.
USS JFK visits Malta
Protest against the JFK aircraft carrier
Why Should Malta not accept Warships?
Bulleted Reasons Why Malta should not accept warships
Warships in Marsascala
9.04.2005
MG on Freedom Day 2005
30.03.2005
Yet another warship
26.06.2004
Violation of Freedom of Expression
26.06.2004
MG on Freedom Day 2004
30.03.2004
MG for Neutrality
29.02.2004
No to Warships
10.10.2003
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Why Malta Should Not Accept Warships?
Moviment Graffitti has been campaigning against warships since 1997 for the following reasons:
Warships, participate in wars which leave thousands of innocent civilians dead.
The death of civilians for the acquisition of resources, as has been the last war in Iraq, can never be justified.
Some of these wars, such as the last war in Iraq, are not authorized by the United Nations security
council – resolution 1411 of UN security council was vetoed. This means that, according to the Nuremburg Principles, warships
used in such war are participating in crimes against peace. There are serious speculations whether or not such warships are
responsible for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The constant visit of warships is a threat to Malta's security.
Warships and other military equipment are a target for militants who harbour anti-western sentiments.
Warships are a target for such militants, an example is the suicide bombing of the USS Cole in Yemen
in October 2000.
Warships undermine Malta’s neutrality. "Malta is a neutral state actively pursuing peace..
" (Par.3 Section 1 Constitution of Malta). Repairing and supplying warships which participate in wars, especially those
sanctioned by the international community, goes against the neutrality of the Maltese state.
Repairing warships in Malta makes our country an accomplice in wars.
President G.W. Bush used Malta’s strategic position for Operation Iraqi Freedom.
Before and after Iraq’s invasion Malta supplied the US’s sixth fleet. After the Iraqi bombings President G.
W. Bush send a letter thanking the Maltese president for allowing it’s sixth fleet to enter Malta.
In schools we are thought to resolve conflicts through dialogue. Warships cannot be used for dialogue since they use force.
Deterrence is not a policy that should be used for a peaceful world. War advocates argue that warships deter other countries from invading. History teaches us that it is evident that deterrence does not deter extremists or totalitarian regimes.
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