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Wednesday, April 2, 2003 |
QUOTE OF THE DAY
"Stop the war now. As Baghdad will be encircled, this is the time to get
the UN back in to inspect Baghdad and the rest of Iraq for biological and chemical
weapons.
Our troops should not have to be the ones who will find out, in combat, whether
Iraq has such weapons. Why put our troops at greater risk? We could get the United
Nations inspectors back in. Stop the war now. Before we send our troops into
house-to-house combat in Baghdad, a city of five million people. Before we ask
our troops to take up the burden of shooting innocent civilians in the fog of
war..."
- - Dennis Kucinich (Tuesday 4/1/03, on the floor of Congress)
Rhino says, "SUPPORT OUR TROOPS - BRING THEM HOME NOW & ALIVE"
RHINO HERE:
Yesterday, Congressman & Presidential candidate Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH),
leading opposition to the War in Iraq, issued the above statement on the House
floor. He went on to say,
"Stop the war now. This war has been advanced on lie upon lie. Iraq was
not responsible for 9/11. Iraq was not responsible for any role al-Qaeda may
have had in 9/11.
Iraq was not responsible for the anthrax attacks on this country. Iraq did not
tried to acquire nuclear weapons technology from Niger. This war is built on
falsehood.
Stop the war now. We are not defending America in Iraq. Iraq did not attack this
nation. Iraq has no ability to attack this nation. Each innocent civilian casualty
represents a threat to America for years to come and will end up making our nation
less safe. The seventy-five billion dollar supplemental needs to be challenged
because each dime we spend on this war makes America less safe. Only international
cooperation will help us meet the challenge of terrorism..."
READ THE ENTIRE STATEMENT
Kucinich Takes to The House Floor To Call For An End to The War:
& DENNIS' POSITIONS ON OTHER KEY ISSUES AT:
http://www.kucinich.us/
Kucinich In LOS ANGELES This Weekend (April 4 & 5th)
Friday April 4th: 8:30 PM
KOL TIKVAH TEMPLE
20400 Ventura Blvd, Woodland Hills, CA
RSVP: (818) 348-0670 (Mary) Free event
Sat., April 5th: 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM
Americans Against War With Iraq (AAWWI) cordially invites you to a town meeting
on the future of our country and the world with Rep. Dennis Kucinich. Introduced
by Ed Asner.
(Rhino will be in the house)
Immanuel Presbyterian Church, 3300 Wilshire Blvd., Los Angeles, CA
Rsvp: (323) 692-6912 - The event is free. Church & street parking.
Sat., April 5th: 6PM to 8:30
Fundraiser at private home in Brentwood, Ed Asner to introduce Dennis.
(Rhino will be in the house)
$250-$500, For information call: 310-664-1142
Rhino believes it's vital for Dennis Kucinich to be front & center
in the
public debate.
Ohio's Democratic Congressman Dennis Kucinich has been the leader in the struggle
for Peace in the Congress for seven years. He is the author of the Department
of Peace, which now has forty-five co-sponsors in the House, a remarkable achievement
in this pro-war Bush era. As co- Chair (with Barbara Lee) of the Congressional
Progressive Caucus he has been the prime mover in the Congress against war with
Iraq.
Dennis led the successful campaign, which changed the vote against the war in
the House from 5 Democrats to 126. Some of us were in Washington at the time
and watched him work. His leadership was awesome.
Dennis is widely regarded as the most effective opponent of the Bush policy of
permanent war. Equally important, he is the most visible. He is also the only
Presidential Candidate who voted against the war in the Congress. Because he
is running for President his message reaches millions. He appears on MEET THE
PRESS, THIS WEEK with George Stephanopulos, HARDBALL, CROSSFIRE, and WOLF BLITZER…all
of the major TV news shows. If he were not running for President, that visibility
would dissipate and his vital voice in this struggle to save our democracy would
be seriously diminished.
Log on to his website: http://www.Kucinich.US and familiarize yourself with his
progressive positions on economic and social justice, his plan to strengthen
Choice, his education and environmental record…all of it. Dennis Kucinich
is central to the extraordinary anti-war movement that is our greatest hope.
Let's keep them both going. We need his voice more than ever.
The Kucinich Campaign
info@kucinich.us
http://www.Kucinich.US
e-bomb
The shrub gang & their weapons industry business associates are in full swing
dumping $1,000,000 plus per explosion; missiles & bombs, & getting to
try out their new weapons "systems", which they need to get
certified
in actual wartime circumstances so Uncle Sam & God knows who else can place
new purchase orders. CBS News reports that March 24, the U.S. deployed an experimental
e-bomb to knock out Iraqi satellite television and disrupt the broadcast of propaganda.
U.S. Drops 'E-Bomb' On Iraqi TV, CBS Online
http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2003/03/25/iraq/main546081.shtml
whatis.com explains the e-bomb as...
An electromagnetic bomb is a weapon that uses an intense electromagnetic field
to create a brief pulse of energy that affects electronic circuitry without harming
humans or buildings. At low levels, the pulse temporarily disables electronics
systems; mid-range levels corrupt computer data. Very high levels completely
destroy electronic circuitry, thus disabling any type of machine that uses electricity,
including computers, radios, and ignition systems in vehicles. Although not directly
lethal, an e-bomb would devastate any target that relies upon electricity: a
category encompassing any potential military target and most civilian areas of
the world as well.... their usage poses a number of problems. To create an effective
e-bomb, developers must not only generate an extremely high-powered pulse
of
energy, but must also find a way to control both the energy - which can behave
in unpredictable ways - and the heat generated as its byproduct...
http://whatis.techtarget.com/definition/0,,sid9_gci891424,00.html
the boyz & their toys - the whole world is watching - and percolating
And while the boys (the military industrial complex that President Eisenhower
warned us about) are busy in Iraq playing with their toys, the rest of the world
continues to percolate. While Americans ridicule the French for refusing to play
in their game, U.S. products are being boycotted on every continent. Middle Eastern
diplomats are predicting multiple Osamas for every innocent Iraqi killed. Indian & Pakistan
are back shouting at each other, "Put up your nukes!" North
Korea walked out of border discussions while its parliament funded a 2003 budget
increasing
military spending. U.S.- Russian strategic arms control negotiations have stopped.
And an Israeli army undercover squad shot dead a 10-year-old girl in Bethlehem
Tuesday night in what the military described as a "tragic accident".
And Mother Earth spins onward.
THE BOTTOM LINE comes
from the UK Guardian and details some of the above & more.
7:27:33 AM 
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As Eyes of the World Focus on Iraq, The Rest of the World's Hotspots Get Hotter
by Ewen MacAskill, Chris McGreal in Jerusalem and Nick Paton-Walsh in Moscow
Guardian/UK http://www.guardian.co.uk/ , March 27, 2003
Indian-Pakistani relations deteriorated to a dangerous level yesterday after New Delhi blamed Islamabad for a massacre in Kashmir earlier this week. Early yesterday India test-fired a nuclear-capable missile and, a few hours later, Pakistan followed suit.
The confrontation between the neighbors, both nuclear powers, is the most serious of a number of troublespots bubbling up while the focus of Washington and Europe is fixed on the war in Iraq.
North Korea, another nuclear power, also took a series of provocative steps yesterday aimed at antagonizing Washington, including ending one of the few vehicles for contact left open with the US. It also announced a rise in defense spending.
The war in Iraq has disrupted US-Russian strategic arms reduction talks. The Israeli-Palestinian conflict hovers on the brink of a new catastrophe.
Nancy Soderberg, a member of the Clinton administration's national security council and a former US ambassador to the UN, said yesterday that there was a problem of focus with the Bush administration. "I think it is a one-crisis administration," she said.
Victor Bulmer-Thomas, director of the Royal Institute for International Affairs, speaking about the India-Pakistan confrontation and the standoff with North Korea, said yesterday: "War creates certain latitude for testing enemy responses."...
READ THE ENTIRE ARTICLE, COUNTRY BY COUNTRY, AT:
http://www.commondreams.org/headlines03/0327-05.htm
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