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Week of June 20 2005
June 2005: Phase II of the Anti-War Movement Read an article by Medea Benjamin, cofounder of Code Pink on the shifting tide in the anti-war movement and public opinion regarding the war.
Out of Iraq Congressional Caucus Rep. Waters has created a caucus "sole purpose is to be the main agitators in the movement to bring our troops home from Iraq and Afghanistan". Read more about the caucus as well as a press release from Progressive Democrats of America. Urge your representative to take part.
The US War With Iran Has Already Begun
That's the title of an article by former UN Weapons inspector Scott Ritter in which he draws parallels to the pre-March 2003 start of the war in Iraq. Read the article on Aljazeera's web site.
U.S. Lied Over Use of Napalm in Iraq The Independent is reporting that U.S. Officials lied to British Ministers over the use of napalm firebombs (MK77) in Iraq, weapons banned by the UN. Read the Wikipedia entry for the Mark 77 Bomb.
Bi-partisan Call for Withdrawal From Iraq Two Republicans and two democrats have introduced a bipartisan resolution called the Homeward Bound Act (H.J. Res. 55) to set a timetable for troop withdrawal from Iraq. The sponsors include Dennis Kucinich (D-OH), Neil Abercrombie (D-HI), Walter Jones (R-NC) and Ron
Paul (R-TX). You may remember Jones for his proposal to rename French fries to freedom fries in the House cafeteria. Send a message to your representative in Congress from the True Majority web site urging them to support this resolution. See
World Tribunal on Iraq The Deep Dish TV Network will be streaming coverage of the World Tribunal on Iraq over the Internet. Four one hour daily programs will be available from June 24-27. For more information on the coverage, see the Deep Dish web site.
Washington Post "Covers" Hearing on DSM
The Washington Post's only coverage of the hearings held on the Downing Street Memo was an article by Dana Milbank entitled Democrats Play House to Rally Against the War. Read Rep. Conyer's reply to that article and then contact the Post to let them know what you think of this coverage.
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