Guest guest Posted February 21, 2006 Report Share Posted February 21, 2006 A Tue, 21 Feb 2006 15:19:23 +0600 Stop War On Iran Campaign Join Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Howard Zinn, Harold Pinter, Bishop Filipe C. Teixeira, George Galloway, Ramsey Clark, Tony Benn, and others in an International Campaign to STOP the War on Iran before it starts! StopWarOnIran.org Click here to Send emails to Bush, Cheney, Congress, the UN, and the media saying No War On Iran! http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml Stop the war on Iran before it starts! Sign the statement It is with grave concern that we observe the growing threat of a new U.S. war--this time against the people of Iran. The media is filled with reports of an alleged nuclear threat posed by Iran and the assumed need for the U.S. to take military action. These reports recall the Help place this ad in major newspapers across the U.S. Donate to help get the word out StopWarOnIran.org, a grassroots effort, has launched a massive public education campaign to oppose the drive towards a new war against the people of Iran. As part of this effort, we need your help to place this full page ad in major newspapers across the U.S. " Weapons of Mass Destruction " stories issued in the months leading up to the war on Iraq. In the lead up to the illegal invasion of Iraq, the Bush Administration asserted that Iraq possessed massive stockpiles of weapons of mass destruction and that it was capable of launching an attack - nuclear, chemical and biological - on the U.S. within 45 minutes. President Bush said that the U.S. had to attack immediately, and could not " wait for the final proof -- the smoking gun -- that could come in the form of a mushroom cloud. " We all know now that this propaganda campaign was a complete fabrication created to justify a war of aggression. Now we see reports that are all too similar being made to justify military action against the people of Iran. Taking Iran to the UN Security Council is a prelude for unilateral action. Just as in the case of Iraq, none of the claims made by the U.S. government stand up to unbiased scrutiny. Iran has submitted to the most intrusive and humiliating inspections, above and beyond what is required by Nuclear Weapons Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). None of the inspections have found any evidence that Iran is developing a nuclear weapons program. There is only one government that has used nuclear weapons against civilian populations, and that same nation has the largest stockpile of weapons of mass destruction on the planet. Most dangerous and incredible it is at this very moment developing a new generation of tactical nuclear weapons that it intends to use, not merely to threaten. That country is, of course, the United States. Shouldn't any real discussion of the dangers of nuclear weapons include the weapons stockpiled by the Pentagon and the history of U.S. aggression and interventions? Iran has suffered greatly at the hands of the U.S. We recall the U.S. overthrew the democratically elected government of Dr. M. Mossadegh and returned the Shah to the Peacock Throne " the proudest achievement of the CIA " . For 25 years the Shah ruled Iran with an iron fist for the benefit of U.S. oil corporations before the people of Iran, in the millions, overthrew his tyranny at a terrible cost in lives. For the past 27 years U.S. sanctions have impeded Iran's right to development and brought great suffering to the people. It is essential that all voices opposed to the devastation of a new war in the Middle East speak out now. We urge an immediate end to Washington's campaign of sanctions, hostility, and falsehood against the people of Iran. We oppose any new U.S. aggression against Iran. We need funds for human needs, not endless war for empire. Initial Signers (add your name) http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Detroit Archdiocese, Founding President of Pax Christi* The Most Rev. Filipe C. Teixeira, OFSJC, Diocesan Bishop, Diocese of Saint Francis of Assisi, CCA Michael Parenti, author Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General Howard Zinn, author, historian George Galloway , MP, Britain Tony Benn, MP, Britain Harold Pinter, 2005 Nobel Laureate in Literature Margarita Papandreou, former First Lady of Greece Ardeshir Ommani, co-founder of American-Iranian Friendship Committee (AIFC) David Sole, President UAW, Local 2334*, Detroit Steve Gillis, President, USWA Local 8751* Elena Everett, Chair, NC Green Party*, Co-Chair, GPAX (Green Party Peace Action Committee)* Dirk Adriaensens, coordinator SOS Iraq, exec. committee Brussells Tribunal) Hani Y. Awadallah , President, Arab American Civic Organization Axis of Logic Dr. Barbara Nimri Aziz, Executive producer of RadioTahrir-WBAI-NY Brian Barraza, AMAT, Association of Mexican American Workers Sharon Black, All Peoples Congress Jean Bricmont, Brussels Tribunal Brookline PeaceWorks John Catalinotto, Editor Metal of Dishonor Ed Childs, Chief Steward, Unite Here Local #26* Michel Collon, writer, publicist, Stop USA Heather Cottin, Freeport Community Worklink Center* Tiphaine Dickson, attorney LeiLani Dowell, Queers for Peace & Justice Gregory Elich, author, researcher Leslie Feinberg, Nat'l Lgbt Caucus Co-chair, National Writers' Union/UAW*, Jersey City, NJ Sara Flounders, International Action Center Lenora Foerstel, Vice Pres. Women for Mutual Security * Tiokasin Ghosthorse, First Voices Indigenous Radio Peter Gilbert, FIST - Fight Imperialism, Stand Together Farrukh Sohail Goindi, Foundation for Democracy-Pakistan Teresa Gutierrez, NY Committee to Free the Cuba 5 Samia Halaby, Defend Palestine, NYC Klaus Hartmann, Chairman, German Freethinkers Association Jesse Lokahi Heiwa, QueerJustice.org Imani Henry, Playwright/Performer Nellie Hester Bailey, Harlem Tenants Council Sherif Hetata, MD, novelist,International Coordinating Committee of the Mediterranean Social Forum* Larry Holmes, Troops Out Now Coalition Yoomi Jeong, Korea Truth Commission Berta Joubert-Ceci, Philadelphia International Action Center Charlotte Kates , NJ Solidarity Activists for the Liberation of Palestine Khadouri al-Kaysi, Committee to Support the Iraqi People Nada Khader, Director of WESPAC* Foundation Beth Lamont, NY Humanist Society* Dustin Langley , No We Wont Go counter-recruiting network Robert Merrill, Ph.D.,Professor, Maryland Institute College of Art*, Baltimore, MD MLK, Jr. Bolivarian Circle, Boston Monica Moorehead, Millions for Mumia New England Human Rights for Haiti Erik-Anders Nilsson, Jersey City Peace Movement Eleanor Ommani , American-Iranian Friendship Committee (AIFC) John Parker, LeftBooks.com Pam Parker , shop steward, Washington/Baltimore Newspaper Guild(WBNG) #32035 Rostam Pourzal, Iranian Cultural Association*, Washington DC Ralph Poynter, New Abolitionist Movement* Minnie Bruce Pratt, Lesbian Author/activist, National Writers Union*, Jersey City, NJ Anne Pruden, 1199 SEIU delegate* Milos Raickovich, composer, New York Gloria Rubac, Steward, Houston Federation of Teachers, Local 2415* Nawal El Saadawi, Writer and Psychiatrist, President, Arab Women's Solidarity Association*, Njeri Shakur, Texas Death Penalty Abolition Movement Nana Soul, Artists and Activists United for Peace Annie & Buddy Spell, Covington Peace Project, Covington LA Lynne Stewart, attorney Lynne Stewart Defense Committee Johnnie Stevens, Peoples Video Network Brenda Stokely , New York City Labor Against the War Mark Lewis Taylor, Professor of Religion & Culture, Princeton Theological Seminary* Nadja Tesich, Author, Playwright, Poet Usavior, Artists and Activists United for Peace Tony Van Der Meer, Prof. Univ. of Massachusetts, Boston* Klaus von Raussendorff, Association for International Solidarity*, Germany Michael Tarif Warren, attorney Dave Welsh, Delegate, San Francisco Labor Council, AFL-CIO* Walter Williams, People Judge Bush How Your Can Help: Sign your name http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml Make a donation http://stopwaroniran.org/donate.shtml Download Lies, Lies, Lies - Bush, Iraq and Iran http://stopwaroniran.org/lieslieslies.pdf Download the Stop War on Iran petition http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.pdf http://www.StopWarOnIran.org StopWarOnIran Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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