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Casualties Mount,
Peace-loving People Respond

Hundreds of Iraqi civilians have died in the first two weeks of war and countless more have been injured. The Pentagon has now released the names of seven US military personnel killed in action announced that up to 70 U.S. troops are missing in action. Overall, the U.S. and British militaries have lost at least one hundred service members in the war.

Despite widespread opposition, Iraq's capitulation on the subject of weapons inspectors, it's destruction of missiles, and lack of hard evidence demonstrating Iraqi possession of chemical, nuclear, or biological weapons, the Bush administration launch this unprovoked war and is even considering the use of nuclear weapons against Iraq.

Activists are staging protests, vigils, and direct actions across the nation in response to Bush's pre-emptive war. In New York City more than 100,000 people marched down Broadway during a rally for peace on Saturday March 22nd.

Tell Your Senators
to "Stop this War"

Last fall, New York Senators Charles Schumer and Hillary Clinton gave President Bush carte blanche to wage war against Iraq. Now, responding to increasing public opposition to this ill-conceived military strike, Senator Clinton said on March 3rd that she preferred a peaceful resolution to the situation. Urge Senator Clinton to sign onto new Senate legislation designed to thwart Bush's rush to war.

American Diplomat
Resigns Over Bush Doctrine

John Brady Kiesling, a seasoned U.S. diplomat currently serving as political counsel at the U.S. Embassy in Greece has submitted his resignation over President Bush's proposed war with Iraq. The counselor told Secretary of State Colin Powell in a letter submitted this week that the United States is, "straining beyond its limits an international system we built with such toil and treasure, a web of laws, treaties, organizations, and shared values that sets limits on our foes far more effectively than it ever constrained America's ability to defend its interests.

The World Says No To War

The February 15 demonstration against Bush's war on Iraq has widely been considered a watershed event. Millions of people in over 600 cities around the globe took part in this international call for a peaceful resolution in Iraq

As individuals who work for peace and justice, and who oppose further devastation being visited upon the people of Iraq, we invite you to stand in the way of this mad rush to war. We invite you to join us in the Iraq Pledge of Resistance, a campaign to build a network of nationally-coordinated, nonviolent civil disobedience to oppose President Bush¹s plans for war on Iraq.

Take Action

Help Peace Action of New York State prevent another war against the people of Iraq and help us end the sanctions regime that continues to take the lives of innocent Iraqi civilians.

Write a letter to the editor of your local paper.

Day in day out, U.S.-led sanctions inflict pain and suffering on Iraqi civilians who have no say over Saddam Hussein's policies. Photographers and concerned citizens have journeyed to Iraq to document the human cost of this faceless U.S. policy. Meet the people of Iraq

Former President Carter
Slams Bush's Proposed War on Iraq

President Carter, this year's recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize has come out forcefully against the new Bush doctrine of pre-emptive strikes against other nations. The United States, Carter asserts, "Formerly admired almost universally as the preeminent champion of human rights... has become the foremost target of respected international organizations concerned about these basic principles of democratic life." Read the rest of President Carter's editorial.

Top Ranking Republicans
Jump Off Iraqi Warpath

		"I don't believe America will justifiably make an unprovoked attack on another nation. It would not be consistent with what we have been as a nation or what we should be as a nation." - Rep Dick Armey (R-TX)

As right wing hawks in the Bush administration continue their rush to America's next war, several top ranking Republicans have stepped forward to voice their opposition to an unprovoked attack against Iraq. While some of their arguments may ruffle the feathers on longtime peace activists, these current and former officials offer a myriad of reasons for President to Bush to re-evaluate his preference for a military conflict with Iraq.

US Assisted Iraq
Despite Use of Poison Gas

U.S officials in the Reagan administration knew that Iraqi forces were routinely using chemical weapons in the war against Iran, but the administration continued its covert program providing Iraq with tactical advice and intelligence.

Former Clinton Official
Opposes Attacking Iraq

Leon Fuerth, longtime advisor to Vice President Al Gore on National Security wrote recently in the New York Times that "eliminating Mr. Hussein's regime will not solve the terrorism problem as exemplified by Al Qaeda ‹ and waging war against Iraq could create new threats.

Peace Action Opposes
Economic Sanctions on Iraq

After Iraq invaded Kuwait in August 1990, the United Nations, acting under US pressure, imposed stiff economic sanctions on Iraq intended to pressure Iraq to stop manufacturing weapons of mass destruction. ave remained in effect ever since and have exacted a staggering toll on Iraqi civilians.

While it may seem ironic that an organization as committed to disarmament as Peace Action would oppose sanctions intended to limit Iraq's capability to build weapons of mass destruction, a closer examination shows that the sanctions themselves are being used as a weapon of mass destruction. This is something Peace Action cannot support.

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