Campaigners against the "mass slaughter of the Iraqi people" were yesterday reminded to attend tomorrow's march and rally against plans by the US and Britain to invade Iraq.

They will be joining up to ten million people around the world in a protest, according to international media reports.

"Preparations for this historic event are just about finalised," reads an email from the "Bermuda For Peace" website which began circulating the Internet on Tuesday. "You will be joining millions in at least 80 cities around the world saying `no' to war and demonstrating their solidarity with the innocent. London and many other cities are expecting the largest ever demonstrations in history."

Some international news reports have since reported that protests and demonstrations will, in fact, take place in many more cities.

Britain's Guardian newspaper reported yesterday that 400 cities in 60 countries would be inundated by protests, vigils and marches for peace tomorrow.

It is unclear how many local residents will take part in tomorrow's march - less than a dozen people have publicly protested here in recent weeks.

Speeches by former independent MP Stuart Hayward, Bishop Ewan Ratteray and Amnesty International chair Lucy Astride Stirling will take place at City Hall at 1 p.m. tomorrow before the march starts.

Organisers have also arranged for a statement from Bermuda resident Geneva Humdy Woodly to be read out.

Mrs. Humdy Woodly, a native New Yorker, has a son in the US army and will be flying to New York to take part in anti-war demonstrations there.

Campaigners around the world have been encouraged by the growing numbers of people who have joined the movement and hope that the massive display of public opposition will be taken as politically significant and slow what they see as a rush to war or even prevent the conflict altogether.

"It is not too late to prevent the mass slaughter of innocent Iraqi people," according to the Bermuda For Peace web-site. "And, if it is, history will record that you tried."

Bermuda's anti-war activities tomorrow will include the march from City Hall to the Arboretum where a rally will be held from 3 p.m. to 5 p.m. Organisers say that the march will take place rain or shine, but in case of "heavy rain" the rally will take place at the Bermuda Industrial Union's E.F. Gordon hall.

"For those still unsure of where they stand, please understand that this is not a demonstration against Americans, it is a demonstration calling for a peaceful resolution to the current crisis," this week's email read. "Iraq's disarmament was 90 percent completed by UN Inspectors in the nineties, showing that it can be done without massive loss of life. At risk are the already shattered lives of 22 million innocent Iraqi people.

, 13 million of whom are children and six million of whom live in the capital Baghdad."

Besides what it says will be a major humanitarian disaster if the war goes ahead, Bermuda For Peace (www.b4peace) website says that locals should care because as British citizens Bermuda will in fact be at war with Iraq if peace efforts fail.

"We are now full British citizens and whether or not we feel connected to Britain, this war is being declared in our name," the website states.

"With no representation in the British parliament, protest is the only vehicle we have to make our voices heard."