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Bush administration begins terrorist assault against Iraq EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROTESTS & WALKOUTS

Iraq, a country that has not attacked or threatened the  United States, is now the subject of a state-sponsored 
terrorist assault from the skies as the Bush 
administration orders cruise missile attacks in Baghdad 
that began in the early morning hours in Iraq today. 
President Bush went on national television at 10:15 pm EST  to alert the country and the world that the U.S. war on 
Iraq had begun. The Bush administration camouflaged its  unprovoked war of aggression against Iraq as a war for  "disarmament" and "liberation." All aggressors throughout  history have disguised their ambitions and goals by 
presenting their actions as a means in pursuit of noble 
ends. The war against Iraq is not about disarmament or  about the protection of the United States or about the 
creation of a democratic Iraq. The Bush administration and  other previous U.S. governments have in fact aided, 
financed and armed some of the most brutal dictatorships  on the globe. The real objectives of this first strike war  are to achieve U.S. domination over the strategic and 
oil-rich region of the Middle East.

The people of the world in the last month have carried out  an unprecedented campaign of global opposition to the 
planned U.S. war against Iraq. The worldwide anti-war 
movement has stripped the Bush administration of the 
veneer and fig leaf of legality and legitimacy that it 
sought by coercing and bribing the United Nations to back  its unilateral actions against Iraq. The UN's refusal to 
support the U.S. war against Iraq has resulted in the 
political isolation of the Bush administration. The 
administration seeks now to overcome its failed diplomacy  and political isolation by resorting to massive military 
power and the exercise of limitless violence. In the 
coming days and weeks, anti-war forces in the United 
States and around the world will intensify their protest,  opposition and resistance to this illegal and immoral war.

We urge everyone to participate in the Emergency Response  Mobilization plans:

Thursday, March 20
WALKOUT / STAY AWAY!
CONVERGE TO PROTEST AT 12 NOON
In the morning, either go to work or school and encourage  others to leave to join the protest, or spend the morning  leafleting for other people to join. Converge at 12 noon 
in city centers -- in Washington D.C. at the White House,  in New York City at Union Square, in San Francisco at 
Civic Center Plaza -- to engage in protest actions against  the war.  Flyers can be downloaded (see links below) and  will be available at A.N.S.W.E.R. offices and organizing 
centers around the country.

Thursday, March 20
EMERGENCY PROTEST AT 5 PM
Gather at a central location at 5 pm -- in Washington DC  at the White House, in New York at Times Square, in San  Francisco at Powell and Market -- to protest the war.

SATURDAY, MARCH 22
*EMERGENCY CONVERGENCE on the WHITE HOUSE in WASHINGTON DC  at 12 noon
*Emergency regional protests in San Francisco, Los 
Angeles, and around the country
*In New York City protest at 11:30 a.m., assemble on 
Broadway between 41st and 36th St.

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HELP SPREAD THE WORD
Spend the morning leafleting about the walkout and the 
emergency protest, and then leaflet about the Saturday  protest. Below are some downloadable flyers (Acrobat 
Reader required):

NATIONAL FULL PAGE LEAFLET (with a space for your local  gathering spot):
http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_large_natl2.PDF

NATIONAL QUARTER PAGE LEAFLET (with a space for your local  gathering spot):
http://www.votenowar.org/pdf/war_natl.PDF