We have seen this before! The Bush Administration, with no visible opposition
from the Democratically-controlled Congress, has taken another major step
toward war. This time against the people of Iran.
Today, the Bush Administration announced a harsh new program of sanctions
leveled against the people of Iran. Executive Orders 13382 and 13224
target the Islamic Revolutionary Guard Corps (IRGC), the Ministry of Defense
and Armed Forces, and three of Iran's largest state-owned banks, freezing
any of their assets held in U.S. banks and prohibiting any U.S. citizen or
company from engaging in financial transactions with these organizations.
Sanctions themselves are an act of war! This is understood
internationally. The Bush Administration latest announcement is clearly a
precursor to military action against the people of Iran – as such actions
and language were in 2003.
The sanctions package, combined with the sending of a second US carrier group
to the Gulf earlier this year, comes at the same time when the media is
reporting that Bush is determined to strike Iran before the end of his term.
More than half the U.S. Navy is not off the coast of Iran. ABC News
reports that the Bush
Administration has requested $88 millionto modify B-2 bombers to carry a newly
developed 30,000-pound bomb super "bunker-buster" designed to destroy
hardened targets deep underground.
Just as in the lead-up to the 2003 invasion of Iraq, the Bush Administration is
using claims about "weapons of mass destruction" to build support for
military action. The Democrats in Congress have done nothing to oppose
the growing threat of war -- in fact, many of them, including leading
Presidential candidates, are actively supporting the Administration's drive
to war against Iran.
Bush’s war in Iraq has already caused the deaths of hundreds of thousands
of Iraqis and almost 4,000 U.S. deaths. The cost will be over 2 trillion
dollars with no end in sight – while infrastructure in the U.S. is
collapsing.
Help Stop another war in the Middle East
It is clear that we cannot rely on politicians to stop a new war against
Iran. The only force that will stop an attack is a massive international
grassroots movement of opposition.
NOW is the time for activists from across the globe to sign on
to a call from Stop War on Iran (http://stopwaroniran.org/statement.shtml)
saying, "We urge an immediate end to Washington's campaign of
sanctions, hostility, and falsehood against the people of Iran. We oppose any
new U.S. aggression against Iran. We need funds for human needs, not endless
war for empire."
Every message signed will go automatically to members of every top
congressional committee, the Bush Administration, the UN Security Council and
to the major corporate media. Together let’s make out voices heard
– NOW!
Stop War on Iran Campaign’s activists and organizers have held teach-ins
and forums across the U.S. We have marched in antiwar demonstrations with
Stop War on Iran placards and banners. We have distributed thousands of Stop
War on Iran broadsheets and collected tens of thousands of petition
signatures.
But we must do more and we need your help to do it.
Here's how you can help:
* Sign the petition now, located at http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml.
* Download the petition from http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.pdf.
Take copies to your school, workplace, union hall, church or mosque, community
center, etc.
* Help get the word out. Pass the word along to your email lists.
* Donate - Help us with the enormous expenses of organizing meetings and
rallies, printing leaflets, placards, and banners, and producing educational
material. You can donate online at http://stopwaroniran.org/donate.shtml.
Stop War On Iran Campaign- 55 West 17th St, 5C, New York, NY
10011 - 212.633.6646
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