[Peace] Peace Action: Bush to Go Nuclear in Iraq? (fwd)

[Matt Reichel]

Action Alert
Bush to Go Nuclear in Iraq?

Since the United States decimated Hiroshima and Nagasaki 50 years ago, the
world has maintained a commitment to preventing the use of nuclear weapons.
Now the Bush administration may weaken that commitment by considering the
use of nuclear weapons in its illegal war against Iraq.

A January Los Angeles Times article indicated that the administration was
actively considering the use of tactical nuclear weapons in Iraq. The
article reported that military planners at the U.S. Strategic Command in
Omaha, NE, and at the Pentagon, were creating lists of possible Iraqi
nuclear targets. Pentagon planners were also reported to be considering
options for using nuclear weapons, including the so-called "bunker-buster"
nuclear weapon, which is designed to destroy deeply buried targets.

Read more at: http://www.peace-action.org/home/holt.html


Take Action
Ask your Representative to co-sign Mr. Holt's letter urging the president
not to lower the threshold on the use of nuclear weapons. Call your
Congressperson at the Congressional switchboard at (800) 839-5276.

Tell your member of Congress: Oppose the war on Iraq and demand that the
president renounce the use of nuclear weapons in general, and specifically
in the current conflict. The use of nuclear weapons would make this grave
and terrible situation an utter disaster. Please sign on to Representative
Holt's letter to the president.

Find out who represents you at www.house.gov

Read the text of Rep. Holt's letter


New Resources Available

Support our troops: bring them home safely now.
The Student Peace Action Network has put together a factsheet with talking
points on how opposing the war is connected to supporting the troops.
www.StudentPeaceAction.org/support.html.

Get the real story
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likely to give you the Pentagon approved version of the war than the truth.
Turn off the 24/7 TV coverage and tune into more balanced and complete
reporting. View a list of online sources that offer better coverage than the
mainstream.
http://www.peace-action.org/home/iraq/altmedia.html


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