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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