[Peace-discuss] would-be Sen. Mark Kirk on Iran

[C. G. Estabrook]

Vote Green. LeAlan M. Jones for US Senate.

 From his website <http://www.lealanforsenate.com/>:

"...Pull out of Iraq and Afghanistan immediately and spend 50% of money saved on 
development and peace-building projects in the region.

Adopt the Israel-Palestine single state solution and end apartheid in the Middle 
East. Nations should be based on our collective humanity, not our divisive 
religions..."


On 5/21/10 12:44 PM, Robert Naiman wrote:
> Our next Senator from Illinois, if current polls are predictive...
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> Subject: FW: ForeignAffairs: Dear Colleague: Urge the Administration
> to strengthen the UN Security Council draft resolution on Iran
> To: Robert Naiman<naiman at justforeignpolicy.org>
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> From: e-Dear Colleague
> Sent: Friday, May 21, 2010 10:35 AM
> \Subject: ForeignAffairs: Dear Colleague: Urge the Administration to
> strengthen the UN Security Council draft resolution on Iran
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> Urge the Administration to strengthen the UN Security Council draft
> resolution on Iran
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> From: The Honorable Mark Steven Kirk
> Date: 5/21/2010
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> Dear Colleague:
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> Please join a letter to President Obama, expressing concern over the
> draft UN Security Council (UNSC) sanctions resolution regarding Iran’s
> nuclear program.  Despite the Administration’s frequent assurances of
> “crippling sanctions” on the Iranian regime, the latest draft excludes
> a prohibition on gasoline deliveries to Iran, despite the broad
> Congressional support for the Iran Refined Petroleum Sanctions Act
> (IRPSA).
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> Additionally, the draft resolution does not prohibit the sale of the
> advanced S-300 missile systems from Russia to the Islamic Republic.
> The transfer of the S-300 to Iran would undermine our national
> security, change the security dynamic of the region, and undermine our
> diplomatic efforts.
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> This letter asks the President to commit to the unilateral enforcement
> of IRPSA and the inclusion of the S-300 in the list of prohibited
> transfers to Iran under the UNSC resolution.  To join, please contact
> Igor Khrestin with Mr. Kirk’s office (x54836).
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> Sincerely,
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> /s/
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> Mark Steven Kirk
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> Member of Congress
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> May XX, 2010
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> The Honorable Barack H. Obama
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> President of the United States
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> 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue NW
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> Washington, DC 20500
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> Dear Mr. President:
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> We write to you with concern over the recently released United Nations
> Security Council (UNSC) draft sanctions resolution with regard to
> Iran’s nuclear program.
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> By ignoring our bipartisan calls for an international restriction of
> gasoline to Iran – by far the most significant economic lever we hold
> over the Islamic Republic – we believe this sanctions policy will once
> again prove ineffective.
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> The Administration has repeatedly said it is committed to “crippling
> sanctions”, but since the current draft UNSC resolution does not
> include a prohibition on gasoline deliveries to Iran, we ask you to
> commit to the unilateral enforcement of the Iran Refined Petroleum
> Sanctions Act (IRPSA).
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> Furthermore, we write with concern over one additional provision of
> the draft UNSC resolution that would turn this sanctions policy from
> ineffective to inexcusable.
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> Section C, Paragraph 8 of the resolution states:
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> “…all States shall prevent the direct or indirect supply, sale or
> transfer to Iran, from or through their territories or by their
> nationals or individuals subject to their jurisdiction, or using their
> flag vessels or aircraft, and whether or not originating in their
> territories, of any battle tanks, armored combat vehicles, large
> caliber artillery systems, combat aircraft, attack helicopters,
> warships, missiles or missile systems as defined for the purpose of
> the United Nations Register on Conventional Arms…”
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> We are deeply concerned that air defense and anti-ballistic missile
> systems, such as the Russian S-300, are excluded from the U.N.
> Register on Conventional Arms.  As you know, Russian transfer of the
> S-300 to Iran would undermine our national security, change the
> security dynamic of the region and undermine our diplomatic efforts.
> We urge you to demand the inclusion of this system in the list of
> prohibited transfers to Iran under the UNSC resolution.
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> Thank you for your continued commitment to a world without a
> nuclear-armed Iran.  We look forward to your prompt response.
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> Sincerely,
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> ________________________________
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