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12)<b> Whereas</b> The United States (US) government has made clear
preparation to take military action against Iraq;<br>
<br>
13)<b> Whereas</b> Iraq has not been known through disclosed documents
to have committed aggression against the US or other countries which
might justifies a response of war;<br>
<br>
14)<b> Whereas</b> The US government has presented no credible
evidence that Iraq has intentions of harming the citizens of this
country or that Iraq presents a threat to the US;<br>
<br>
15)<b> Whereas</b> The United Nations (UN) Security Council, in
unanimously adopting resolution 1441 enforcing the return of weapons
inspectors to Iraq, asserts in Article 14 that the Security Council
alone has the authority to determine what, if any, action to take
regarding current or future Iraqi violations of their resolutions;<br>
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16)<b> Whereas</b> The UN Charter declares unequivocally in Articles
41 and 42 that the UN Security Council alone has the power to
authorize the use of military force against any nation in
noncompliance of its resolutions;<br>
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17)<b> Whereas</b> A pre-emptive war waged by our government without
UN authorization would be contrary to the above mentioned fundamental
principles;<br>
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18)<b> Whereas</b> The vast majority of the international community
has not lent its support for war against Iraq;<br>
<br>
19)<b> Whereas</b> Diplomatic solutions have not appear to have been
exhausted, and therefore the fundamental intellectual responsibility
of the US leadership to provide justification of war showing proof
that all other means have failed has not been satisfied;<br>
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20)<b> Whereas</b> Through such a war OSU faculty, staff and students
will have their careers, work and educations interrupted and lives put
in jeopardy,</font></div>
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21)<b> Whereas</b> The lives of many innocent Iraqi civilians, who
have already suffered enormously under Saddam Hussein's rule and UN
sanctions; will be injured and killed;<br>
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22)<b> Whereas</b> The high cost of this war's cost may further
deepen the US economic crisis which continues to damage OSU;<br>
<br>
23)<b> Whereas</b> A war with Iraq would threaten to further
destabilize the Middle East, possibly leading to wider regional war
and increased support for groups dedicated to terrorism, endangering
the citizens of the US as well as the OSU community as they perform
their work both within and outside the US;<br>
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24)<b> Be it Resolved</b> That the OSU faculty senate opposes the US
engagement in war in Iraq at this time.</font><br>
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Al Kagan<br>
African Studies Bibliographer and Professor of Library
Administration<br>
Africana Unit, Room 328<br>
University of Illinois Library<br>
1408 W. Gregory Drive<br>
Urbana, IL 61801, USA<br>
<br>
tel. 217-333-6519<br>
fax. 217-333-2214<br>
e-mail. akagan at uiuc.edu</div>
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