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| NO WAR ON IRAQ
NATIONAL MARCH
January 18, 2003
Washington D.C. & San Francisco
There are times in history when the action of the people
can make a decisive difference. Today, the Bush
administration officially announced that Iraq was in
material breach of Resolution 1441 and they also leaked to
the press the plan to go to war against Iraq sometime
around January 27. We believe that we can still stop this
war from happening. Thousands of innocent people in Iraq
and an unknown number of U.S. GIs will die unless we can
stop Bush's war plans.
The Bush Administration is coming under increasing
pressure as anti-war sentiment grows and it is confronted
by outspoken U.S. opposition. Evidence of this is clear in
the Los Angeles Times poll released on Tuesday, December
17. 72% of the people surveyed, including 60% of
Republicans surveyed, said the President has not provided
justification for starting a war against Iraq. The new
poll reflects a dramatic reversal from a year ago when
Bush first denounced Iraq in his "Axis of Evil" speech at
the State of the Union address last January. At that
time, the L.A. Times poll found support for military
action greater than 70%.
The L.A. poll numbers represent a dramatic shift in
opinion. It is the work of the anti-war movement that is
making the difference. Millions have participated in
demonstrations, rallies and teach-ins. Hundreds of
thousands of people have voted at VoteNoWar.org or signed
petitions in their neighborhoods, worksites and schools.
The efforts of all sectors in the anti-war movement are
making a difference.
Bush is rushing headlong towards war trying to outpace the
growing anti-war movement before it becomes an
insurmountable obstacle to his plans for war.
MAKE YOUR PLANS NOW
for the January 18, 2003
National March on Washington:
No War on Iraq!
Buses have been organized from over 150 cities already for
the massive January 18, 2003, National March on Washington
that will first rally on the National Mall between the
White House and the U.S. Capitol (west side), and then
proceed from the U.S. Capitol to the U.S. Navy Yard, a
military installation in Southeast Washington DC that will
supply and service the war and at which weapons of mass
destruction are believed to be maintained. The submissions
in the People's Anti-War Referendum will be brought to
Washington, D.C. for this historic event, which coincides
with the Martin Luther King, Jr. anniversary.
For buses from around the country, go to:
http://www.internationalanswer.org/campaigns/j18/j18contacts.html
For more information about January 18, go to:
http://www.internationalanswer.org
THE VOICES OF THE PEOPLE WHO OPPOSE THIS WAR
We are releasing now, in advance of the January 18 mass
demonstrations in Washington, D.C. and San Francisco, some
of the views and thoughts that voters submit when they
Vote No to War in the Peoples' Anti-War Referendum. Visit
the VoteNoWar.org web site now at http://www.VoteNoWar.org
to see a scrolling view of some of the thousands of
comments reflecting the deep and passionate opposition to
the war that exists throughout the United States and
around the globe.
These comments are a window into the hearts and minds of
people across the United States who oppose this war drive.
People from all walks of life, from every state, from
rural and urban areas, from conservative areas to
traditionally progressive communities, have all voted
against the Bush Administration's war against Iraq. Stop
by the VoteNoWar web site and hear the voices of:
- A 91 year old woman from Roseville, CA who sends her
personal message to George Bush of opposition to another
Vietnam War
- A Gulf War veteran from Havelock, NC with 15 years of
U.S. Marine Corps service who opposes another war for oil
- A 60 year old retired school teacher from Geneva, OH who
dedicates her time to resisting the war
- A soldier from Junction City, KS who wants peace so that
his wife and family can stop worrying for his life
- A fire fighter from Albany, NY who wants the government
to fund healthcare, education, and protection of
communities and not fund this war
- A U.S. Naval officer serving in Kanoehe, Hawaii who will
not re-enlist rather than participate in a war of
aggression
- A high school freshman from Baltimore, MD who was so
moved by the speeches from A.N.S.W.E.R.'s October 26th
demonstration that he is contacting friends and family
about the Peoples' Anti-War Referendum
- A 53 year old single mother from Cary, NC who wants
jobs, not war to be the focus of the executive branch
- A doctor from Fountain Valley, CA who objects to
imperialist war
- A single mother from Safety Harbor, FL who worries for
her 13 year old son's future
Too many politicians, the corporations and the mass media
have all worked to convey the false impression that the
U.S. speaks with one voice, that of George W. Bush. The
VoteNoWar campaign and the massive demonstrations
organized by International A.N.S.W.E.R. provide a
high-visibility and international platform for the voices
of opposition to the war.
We are hearing countless stories from people who take
stacks of blank referendums to collect signatures in their
communities and are running out of the referendums in
short order. Many of the people reached by the VoteNoWar
Campaign are new to activism or have never even engaged in
political action or a demonstration before. As the
Campaign brings people into contact with others, including
friends, neighbors and co-workers who oppose the war, it
defeats the media and government hype that there is
consensus for Bush's war drive.
A Voter from Plainfield, IL writes,
"I don't support Bush's war . . . I wish he would stop
using the term 'the American People' because we do NOT
support him! We didn't even vote for him!"
WE NEED YOUR HELP
We are an all volunteer coalition, and we need your help
to sustain this important campaign and to build for the
January 18th mass demonstrations in Washington D.C.
If you can help with a donation, then please donate. If
you can come to the January 18, 2003, National March on
Washington or joint action in San Francisco please come.
If you can go to the demonstration and make a generous
financial contribution, then do both.
This war can be stopped by a peoples' movement, just as
grassroots democracy was a critical force in stopping the
Vietnam War and advancing the civil rights struggles of
that same period.
As you make your year-end contributions, please consider
the VoteNoWar campaign and make a donation to support the
anti-war movement. You can make a tax deductible donation
at http://www.votenowar.org/donate.html, or by mail today.
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To unsubscribe <answer.general-off@action-mail.org> | | | | Guest | | | | Guest | | | | Guest | | | | Guest | | Posted: Sat Dec 21, 2002 10:24 am Post subject: U.S. Corporations, Gov't and Nuke Labs Illegally Arm Iraq |
| U.S. Corporations, Gov't and Nuke Labs Illegally Arm Iraq:
There is breaking news that is NOT being covered (for the most part) in our pro-Israel (Zionist) biased US media about what is in the 12,000 page declaration that the USA has in its possession currently (pages were leaked which are proving very embarrassing for the US JINSA Zionists and others who want an invasion of Iraq as soon as possible). See the "Free Speech Radio News" broadcast for yesterday (Wednesday, December 18th, 2002) via the following URL
http://www.fsrn.org/news/
Iraq Report Reveals U.S. Corporations, Gov't Agencies....
http://www.democracynow.org/
A Democracy Now! exclusive ***
Top-secret Iraq Report Reveals U.S. Corporations, Gov't Agencies and Nuclear Labs Helped Illegally Arm Iraq
Hewlett Packard, Dupont, Honeywell and other major U.S. corporations, as well as governmental agencies including the Department of Defense and the nation’s nuclear labs, all illegally helped Iraq to build its biological, chemical and nuclear weapons programs.
On Wednesday, December 18, Geneva-based reporter Andreas Zumach broke the story on the US national listener-sponsored radio and television show “Democracy Now!” Zumach’s Berlin-based paper Die Tageszeitung plans to soon publish a full list of companies and nations who have aided Iraq. The paper first reported on Tuesday that German and U.S. companies had extensive ties to Iraq but didn’t list names.
Zumach obtained top-secret portions of Iraq’s 12,000-page weapons declaration that the US had redacted from the version made available to the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
“We have 24 major U.S. companies listed in the report who gave very substantial support especially to the biological weapons program but also to the missile and nuclear weapons program,” Zumach said. “Pretty much everything was illegal in the case of nuclear and biological weapons. Every form of cooperation and supplies… was outlawed in the 1970s.”
The list of U.S. corporations listed in Iraq's report include Hewlett Packard, DuPont, Honeywell, Rockwell, Tectronics, Bechtel, International Computer Systems, Unisys, Sperry and TI Coating.
Zumach also said the U.S. Departments of Energy, Defense, Commerce, and Agriculture quietly helped arm Iraq. U.S. government nuclear weapons laboratories Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia trained traveling Iraqi nuclear scientists and gave non-fissile material for construction of a nuclear bomb.
“There has never been this kind of comprehensive layout and listing like we have now in the Iraqi report to the Security Council so this is quite new and this is especially new for the U.S. involvement, which has been even more suppressed in the public domain and the U.S. population,” Zumach said.
The names of companies were supposed to be top secret. Two weeks ago Iraq provided two copies of its full 12,000-page report, one to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva, and one to the United Nations in New York. Zumach said the U.S. broke an agreement of the Security Council and blackmailed Colombia, which at the time was presiding over the Council, to take possession of the UN’s only copy. The U.S. then proceeded to make copies of the report for the other four permanent Security Council nations, Britain, France, Russia and China. Only yesterday did the remaining members of the Security Council receive their copies. By then, all references to foreign companies had been removed.
According to Zumach, only Germany had more business ties to Iraq than the U.S. As many as 80 German companies are also listed in Iraq’s report. The paper reported that some German companies continued to do business with Iraq until last year.
Democracy Now! has published translations of Andreas Zumach’s articles from Die Tageszeitung here
Democracy Now!'s interview with Andreas Zumach is archived online here.
For additional links that were embedded in the above article, access the following URL:
http://www.democracynow.org/Zumach.htm
U.S. GOVERNMENT & CORPS ILLEGALLY ARM IRAQ
You can listen to the radio program and access the link referenced below via the following URL:
http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow/dn20021219.html
NEWS HEADLINES
Story: TOP SECRET IRAQ WEAPONS REPORT SAYS THE U.S. GOVERNMENT & CORPORATIONS HELPED TO ILLEGALLY ARM IRAQ, PART TWO
Hewlett-Packard, Dupont, Eastman Kodak, Honeywell, Bechtel, American Type Culture Collection, Spectra Physics, Semetex, TI Coating, Unisys, Sperry Corp., Tektronix, Rockwell, Leybold Vacuum Systems, Finnigan-MAT-US, Alcolac International, Consarc, Carl Zeiss - U.S., Cerberus, Electronic Associates, International Computer Systems, , EZ Logic Data Systems, Inc., Canberra Industries Inc., Axel Electronics Inc.
These 24 U.S. corporations all illegally helped Iraq, according to the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung, which published the list today.
The report is based on top-secret portions of the Iraq weapons document received by the paper's Geneva correspondent Andreas Zumach.
Iraq's report also implicates the U.S. Departments of Energy, Defense, Commerce, and Agriculture and U.S. government nuclear weapons laboratories Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia.
Zumach also revealed today that Iraq's report indicates two permanent members of the United Nations Security Council, Russia and China, continue to this day to arm Iraq.
The names of the companies were supposed to be top secret. Two weeks ago Iraq provided two copies of its full 12,000-page report, one to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva, and one to the United Nations in New York. Zumach said the U.S. broke an agreement of the Security Council and blackmailed Colombia, which at the time was presiding over the Council, to take possession of the UN's only copy. The U.S. then proceeded to make copies of the report for the other four permanent Security Council nations, Britain, France, Russia and China. Only Tuesday did the remaining members of the Security Council receive their copies. By then, all references to foreign companies had been removed.
Guest:
Andreas Zumach, Geneva-based UN correspondent with the German newspaper Die Tageszeitung who obtained an unedited copy of Iraq's 12,000 page report to the United Nations. The report reveals how German and U.S. corporations helped build Iraq's weapons program.
Related link:
Full Democracy Now! coverage:
http://www.webactive.com/pacifica/demnow/dn20021219.html
http://www.democracynow.org/Zumach.htm
Top-secret Iraq Report Reveals U.S. Corporations, Gov't Agencies and Nuclear Labs Helped Illegally Arm Iraq
Hewlett Packard, Dupont, Honeywell and other major U.S. corporations, as well as governmental agencies including the Department of Defense and thenation’s nuclear labs, all illegally helped Iraq to build its biological, chemical and nuclear weapons programs. On Wednesday, December 18, Geneva-based reporter Andreas Zumach broke the story on the US national listener-sponsored radio and television show “Democracy Now!” Zumach’s Berlin-based paper Die Tageszeitung plans to soon publish a full list of companies and nations who have aided Iraq. The paper first reported on Tuesday that German and U.S. companies had extensive ties to Iraq but didn’t list names.
Zumach obtained top-secret portions of Iraq’s 12,000-page weapons declaration that the US had redacted from the version made available to the non-permanent members of the UN Security Council.
Key Links:
Listen to Democracy Now!'s December 18 interview w/ Zumach
Read translated copies of Zumach's articles
Read complete list of U.S. and other foreign corporations
Die Tageszeitung
“We have 24 major U.S. companies listed in the report who gave very substantial support especially to the biological weapons program but also to the missile and nuclear weapons program,” Zumach said. “Pretty much everything was illegal in the case of nuclear and biological weapons. Every form of cooperation and supplies… was outlawed in the 1970s.”
The list of U.S. corporations listed in Iraq's report include Hewlett Packard, DuPont, Honeywell, Rockwell, Tectronics, Bechtel, International Computer Systems, Unisys, Sperry and TI Coating.
Zumach also said the U.S. Departments of Energy, Defense, Commerce, and Agriculture quietly helped arm Iraq. U.S. government nuclear weapons laboratories Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos and Sandia trained traveling Iraqi nuclear scientists and gave non-fissile material for construction of a nuclear bomb.
“There has never been this kind of comprehensive layout and listing like we have now in the Iraqi report to the Security Council so this is quite new and this is especially new for the U.S. involvement, which has been even more suppressed in the public domain and the U.S. population,” Zumach said.
The names of companies were supposed to be top secret. Two weeks ago Iraq provided two copies of its full 12,000-page report, one to the International Atomic Energy Agency in Geneva, and one to the United Nations in New York. Zumach said the U.S. broke an agreement of the Security Council and blackmailed Colombia, which at the time was presiding over the Council, to take possession of the UN’s only copy. The U.S. then proceeded to make copies of the report for the other four permanent Security Council nations, Britain, France, Russia and China. Only yesterday did the remaining members of the Security Council receive their copies. By then, all references to foreign companies had been removed.
According to Zumach, only Germany had more business ties to Iraq than the U.S. As many as 80 German companies are also listed in Iraq’s report. The paper reported that some German companies continued to do business with Iraq until last year.
For the links that are embedded in the above article, access the following URL:
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| JINSA Zionist Jews of Richard Perle and Paul Wolfowitz with their meddling for war:
US hawk 'tried to sully Iraq arms inspector'
Pentagon No 2 ordered CIA to investigate record of UN agency chief
Julian Borger in Washington
Tuesday April 16, 2002
The Guardian
Paul Wolfowitz, the US deputy defence secretary and a leading hawk in the Bush administration, commissioned a CIA investigation of the chief United Nations weapons inspector in an apparent attempt to undermine the importance of inspections and strengthen the case for military action against Iraq, it was reported yesterday.
According to the Washington Post, Mr Wolfowitz asked the CIA earlier this year to look into Hans Blix's record when he was head of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) between 1981 and 1997.
The IAEA's critics argue that during this period the agency took Iraqi assurances about its civil nuclear programme at face value and failed to spot signs that Saddam Hussein was secretly developing nuclear weapons.
Mr Blix, a 73-year-old Swedish diplomat who now heads the UN monitoring, verification and inspection commission (Unmovic), told the Guardian that the IAEA during his watch had been prevented from carrying out intrusive inspections by the internationally agreed rules it was forced to operate under.
But he conceded that before the Gulf war the Iraqis "were cheating and fooling us and everybody else" and he said "the lesson was learned". He promised that Unmovic would be "firm" in its inspections, although it would not "undertake any unnecessary provocations".
He made his remarks in an interview before the news of the CIA investigation surfaced, and his office made no comment on the report yesterday.
The CIA appears to have agreed that Mr Blix had conducted inspections "fully within the parameters he could operate" as head of the IAEA.
Mr Blix is due to attend talks next week with Iraqi officials about the possibility of UN inspectors returning to Iraq for the first time in more than three years. However, Baghdad has asked for a postponement, arguing that the meeting would divert attention from the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.
Even if Unmovic is allowed into Iraq, the US hawks believe, the Iraqi leader will be able to convince Mr Blix that he has destroyed his stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction, and they point to Mr Blix's time as IAEA chairman as evidence of his gullibility.
The state department, meanwhile, has argued that the administration must support Unmovic inspections if it wants to persuade the rest of the world it has exhausted all diplomatic means of dealing with the threat of Iraq's suspected arsenal.
The Washington Post said Mr Wolfowitz's request to the CIA "illuminates the behind-the-scenes skirmishing in the Bush administration over the prospect of renewed UN weapons inspections in Iraq."
The inspection issue has become "a surrogate for a debate about whether we go after Saddam", Richard Perle, a Pentagon adviser and another prominent Washington hawk, said.
In its routine inspections before the Gulf war, the IAEA failed to find evidence of Baghdad's nuclear weapons programme which was later found to have been within months of successfully building a bomb. "It's correct to say that the IAEA was fooled by the Iraqis, but the lesson was learned," Mr Blix said.
However, he argued that the IAEA was hamstrung in its operations because it had no mandate before 1991 to conduct intrusive inspections.
The Washington Post quoted a state department official as saying that Mr Wolfowitz had "hit the ceiling" when the CIA report appeared to support Mr Blix's defence, concluding he was operating within the "parameters" laid down for him.
But an administration official claimed that the outspoken deputy defence secretary "did not angrily respond" to the CIA report because it only gave a "lukewarm assessment" of Mr Blix.
Mr Blix will find himself in a sensitive position if Iraq allows Unmovic to carry out inspections. If he judges that Baghdad is cooperating with the inspectors, sanctions could be suspended. If not, it could provide the US with legal justification for a military assault. | | | | | ©2002-2009 WarWithoutEnd.co.uk |
