Alfred,
Within days or hours, the U.S.
may be bombing Iraq again. John Kerry predicts drone strikes on Iraq.
Democracy Now says today, "The U.S.S.
George H.W. Bush aircraft carrier has recently arrived in the Persian Gulf. The
carrier is accompanied by the U.S.S. Philippine Sea guided-missile cruiser and
the U.S.S. Truxtun guided-missile destroyer, both of which carry Tomahawk
missiles that can reach Iraq."
It's time to be in the streets in protest,
demanding NO further war on Iraq.
President Obama will appear Tuesday evening
in Manhattan, where he will see us. Other protests, including tonight at The
White House at 5:00 pm, will happen across the country this week. We urge you
to join in.
Some
quick and basic reminders to many of you who have been working to stop US
attacks for decades, and to some who weren't even alive when this first
began:
The U.S. has been overtly trying to
control Iraq since 1990 and is responsible for uncounted deaths from bombs,
sanctions, occupation, and destruction of the environment by the use of depleted
uranium and other toxic weapons. "Kinetic strikes" have always killed mainly
civilians.
The current problem
is NOT that the U.S. finally withdrew military forces in 2012, but its
illegitimate invasions in 1990 and 2003, and its 20+ year aggressive war of
sanctions and occupation against a country which never attacked the
U.S.
"The US invasions
under both Bushes and the continued occupations under Democrats, both Bill
Clinton and Obama, have spawned the sectarian fighting and truly massive
suffering in Iraq. Now Obama is trying to drum up support for escalating the
U.S.'s war on the Iraqi people in response to the violence that the U.S.'s
invasion and occupation have themselves caused." See more in "Iraq: A Point
of Orientation" by Dennis Loo, editor
of Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush
& Cheney
No party in this
fight, not the "insurgents," not the Maliki government--paid for by the
U.S.--and certainly not the U.S. itself, has "right" on its
side. In reference to ISIS (Islamic
State of Iraq and Syria, also known as ISIL—the Islamic State of Iraq and the
Levant), one of the insurgent groups fighting the Iraqi government (which has
been supported by the U.S. for years), Revolution newspaper reported,
"This is a reactionary force. In the
sizable areas they control, they ban music, force women to wear the niqab—a
covering with only a small opening to see through—and terrorize other Muslim
sects and non-believers. There are reports coming out of Iraq that ISIS
massacred Iraqi soldiers taken prisoner." Read
more
We in the U.S. need
to make a statement to the world that we oppose any U.S. intervention or
military attacks in Iraq. By exposing
and standing against the lies and crimes of the U.S. government in Iraq, led
first by Bush and now by Obama, we can make a difference in how people see
what's going on.
 See Raed Jarrar today on Democracy Now, who
says that, whatever you name it, from the Iraqi perspective, U.S. military
strikes on Iraq will not bring a solution. He says that almost everyone fighting in the country
is an Iraqi, and "The U.S. has historically been part of the problem" and U.S.
intervention will only bring more violence.
Debra Sweet will be on Fight Back! radio tonight, June
16, at 8:30 pm EST with Bob Fitrakis, editor of the Columbus Free Press and
Executive Director of the Institute for Contemporary Journalism. Listen and
call in at 877 932 9766.
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 World Can't
Wait Conversation
This Thursday, June 19
10pm Eastern / 7pm
Pacific
Topic for discussion: Iraq, Syria -- What is going on? What are
the "interests of the United States" as defined by Obama, and what are our
interests in this situation?
Register for
dial-in info.
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Monday June 16
5:00 pm
Washington DC Protest against possible U.S. bombing of Iraq.
Sponsored by Code Pink. The White House
Tuesday June 17 5:30 pm New York City
Protest against possible US bombing of Iraq when President Obama appears at
Democratic Party fund-raiser. Gotham Hall 1356 Broadway between
36th/37th.
Thursday June 19 7:00 pm
New York City An
Evening for Chelsea Manning. TheaterLab (357 W 36th St, 3rd
Floor, NYC)
Join
OR Books and Chelsea Manning's supporters to mark one year since she went on
trial for leaking the Iraq and Afghanistan war logs to WikiLeaks. Journalists,
activists and artists who attended the trial will read from a new graphic
book, "The United
States vs Private Chelsea Manning: A
Graphic Account From Inside the Courtroom" Facebook
event
Washington DC
Sat., June 21, 1PMWhite
House, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave
Los Angeles, CA Sat., June 21, 1PM
Pershing Square
(Corner of 5th & Hill) Downtown LA
San Francisco, CA Sat., June 21, 12noonCorner of Powell
and Market Sts
Sacramento, CA Sat., June 21,
1PM
16th & J Streets
Eureka, CA Sat. June 21, 12 Noon
County
Courthouse, 5th & I St.
Fresno, CA Saturday, June 21st, 10am - 1pm
Peace
Corner - Blackstone & Shaw
Tallahassee, FL Sat., June 21, 12:30PM
Florida
State Capitol 400 South Monroe Street
Chicago, IL Fri., June
20, 5PM, Water Tower
(N. Michigan Ave & Pearson
St)
Twin Cities, MN Wednesday, June 18, 5pm
Lake
Street/Marshall Ave. bridge between Minneapolis & St.
Paul
Albuquerque, NM Fri., June 20, 6PM
UNM Bookstore (intersection
of Central & Cornell)
New York, NYTuesday, June
17, 5:30 pm. Outside Democratic Party where
Obama is speaking. Gotham Hall 1356
Broadway between 36th and 37th Streets Initiated by World Can't Wait
Friday, June 20, 6pm Harlem Armed Forces Recruitment Center 76 W. 125th St
(2/3 trains)
Philadelphia, PA Thursday, June
19, 4:30pm
15th and Market
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