[Peace-discuss] Announcement of Main Event/Iran focus

[C. G. Estabrook]

Here's a draft of the publicity for tonight's meeting that we discussed 
Sunday. A minimally formatted copy is attached. Comments welcome. --CGE

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DON'T GET FOOLED AGAIN -- NO ATTACK ON IRAN
JOIN AWARE (THE ANTI-WAR ANTI-RACISM EFFORT) ON SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 1:
DEMONSTRATE AGAINST THE U.S. GOVERNMENT'S THREATENED ATTACK ON IRAN

"Many people think that an offensive by Washington would be foolish 
because the Americans can hardly cope with Iraq. How are they going to 
attack a country that is twice as big and has double the number of 
inhabitants? But ... Washington's objective is not to invade and occupy 
Iran. The central purpose is to eliminate it as an obstacle to 
controlling the resources of Central Asia and the Persian Gulf. And, to 
achieve that, it is not necessary to invade the country. It is enough to 
destroy its military capacity, aerial and naval, something that the 
armed forces of the United States and its few allies can achieve in some 
week of selective bombardment ... In reply, Iran can unleash a nightmare 
for the Americans in Iraq. But the sacrifice of additional ... soldiers 
in Baghdad is not something that is going to stop the ... the 
Bush-Cheney duo ... [and] the American people ... will be faced with a 
fait accompli." --Alenjandro Nadal, “Blitzkrieg Against Iran: Bush and 
Cheney’s Twisted Logic,” La Jornada, Mexico, April 4, 2007

	--In mid-July the Senate voted 97-0 for an amendment written by Senator 
Joseph Lieberman that states that "the murder [by Iran] of members of 
the United States Armed Forces by a foreign government or its agents is 
an intolerable act against the United States."
	--Vice President Cheney's national security advisor John Hanna 
considers 2007 "the year of Iran" -- a U.S. assault on Iran is "a real 
possibility" this year; asked about the opposition of the Congress and 
the American people to escalation in and beyond Iraq, Cheney replied, 
“It won’t stop us.”
	--Iran "is a government that has proclaimed its desire to build a 
nuclear weapon," said President Bush; in fact, Iran has repeatedly said 
that its nuclear program is for civilian purposes.
	--"All options are on the table," said Bush, when asked about the use 
of force against Iran on Israeli TV.
	--"No option can be taken off the table" in regard to attacking Iran, 
said Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton.
	--"We need to keep all options on the table," said Democratic 
presidential candidate John Edwards.
	--"No option, including military action, is off the table ... having a 
radical Muslim theocracy in possession of nuclear weapons is worse 
[than] launching some missile strikes into Iran," said Democratic 
presidential candidate Barack Obama, who has introduced a bill on 
divestment from Iran that even the Bush administration has tried to stop.
	--“See, in my line of work you got to keep repeating things over and 
over and over again for the truth to sink in, to kind of catapult the 
propaganda,” said Bush.

THE DEMONSTRATION WILL TAKE PLACE ON SATURDAY FROM 2:00 TO 4:00PM
AT THE INTERSECTION OF MAIN AND NEIL STREETS IN CHAMPAIGN.

SIGNS WILL BE PROVIDED -- OR BRING YOUR OWN -- ABOUT
PREVENTING A U.S. ATTACK ON IRAN, AS WELL AS
	--Ending the war in Afghanistan
	--Complete withdrawal from Iraq
	--Impeachment of Bush and Cheney
	--Ending repression of the Palestinians, etc.

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