[Peace] City council resolution on the war (fwd)

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Date: Thu, 30 Jan 2003 11:01:05 -0600
From: Paula Velde <velde at students.uiuc.edu>
Reply-To: SPA core discuss list <SPA-CORE-L at LISTSERV.UIUC.EDU>
To: SPA-CORE-L at LISTSERV.UIUC.EDU
Subject: City council resolution on the war

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>     On Tuesday, February 4, Alderman Frank McNeil will introduce to the
> Springfield City Council a proposed resolution against a war in
> Iraq.    There will be large ads in the Sunday and Monday SJ-R with the
> text of the ad and a call to support the resolution.
>     Cities such as Seattle and Chicago have passed such a
> resolution.  The DeKalb City Council unanimously passed a resolution, but
> the mayor says he will veto it.
>     We need to have as many people as possible who support this
> resolution (see below) present in the City Council chambers by 6pm on 2/4.
>     Please contact Diane Hughes for more information:  544-3997 or
> spot at springnet1.com.
>Thanks,
>Diane
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>City of Springfield, Illinois
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>                                 DRAFT Resolution Against a War on Iraq
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>WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Springfield and their local, elected
>officials have the constitutional right to petition the national
>government on this matter of grave concern to our city, nation, and world; and
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>WHEREAS, the citizens of the City of Springfield have the utmost value for
>the sanctity of human life; and
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>WHEREAS, we give our unconditional support to U.S. military personnel
>serving at home and abroad in their tireless battle against global
>terrorism; and should our military forces be sent to Iraq, we give our
>full support to our young men and women serving in our nation's military,
>even if we oppose the policy that sent them there; and
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>WHEREAS,  the proliferation of weapons of mass destruction is a critical
>danger to all humanity; and
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>WHEREAS, the United Nations has established an inspections process to seek
>out and destroy
>weapons of mass destruction in Iraq and the inspectors have not finished
>their investigation or issued its final report; and
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>WHEREAS, governments around the world oppose United States unilateral
>action towards Iraq and support the full pursuit of diplomatic efforts to
>address Iraq disarmament; and
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>WHEREAS, a so-called preemptive war with Iraq, without clear evidence of
>Iraq capability and intent to strike the United States, will be viewed
>throughout the world as an act of U.S. aggression and will generate great
>hostility towards our nation; and
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>WHEREAS, a war with Iraq has been declared by many U.S. religious leaders
>to constitute an unjust war; and
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>WHEREAS,  the greatest threat to U.S. security today are the terrorist
>cells of al-Qaeda, which would likely grow as a result of a U.S. strike
>against Iraq; and
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>WHEREAS, a war with Iraq will cause tens or hundreds of thousands of
>military and civilian casualties, including the potential loss of life of
>Springfield residents who will be serving in the military; and
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>WHEREAS, the Congressional Budget Office estimates a military action
>against Iraq will cost our nation between $9 and $13 million a month, with
>a potentially devastating impact to our national, state, and city's
>economy and the neglect of other critical needs such as education, health
>care, and infrastructure;
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>NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED THAT THE CITY COUNCIL OF SPRINGFIELD
>hereby supports UN actions to find and destroy weapons of mass destruction
>in Iraq and opposes any U.S military action against Iraq that is not taken
>in conjunction with the United Nations.
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