Take
Action Today - Tell Congress:
No Blockade!
No War on Iran!
As we write, Congress is on the
verge of voting on Congressional Resolution 362.
(read text here)
This resolution, which has 220
co-sponsors from both major parties, demands that
the President immediately impose a land, sea, and air
blockade on Iran to stop shipments of gasoline, and
to subject all cargo entering or leaving Iran to
stringent inspection requirements. This would
require a blockade of the Strait of Hormuz.
Imposing such a blockade is considered an act of war,
and is clearly meant to escalate tensions and pave the
way for use of military force against the people of
Iran, with 'weapons of mass destruction' as a
justification. The resolution makes no mention of
the U.S. National Intelligence Estimate report of
December 2007, which found that there was no credible
evidence of an ongoing nuclear weapons development
program Iran.
A similar vote, cast in October of 2002, paved the way
for the brutal invasion and occupation of Iraq, which
has cost the lives of 1 million Iraqis and more than
4100 U.S. soldiers.
This Resolution, which is paralleled by a similar
Senate bill (S. RES 580), could come to a vote at any
time. Congressional leadership has assumed
that there will be little opposition to the resolution -
a staffer in House Speaker Nancy Pelosi's office said
that it is expected to "pass like a hot knife
through butter." They need to hear
from you today to let them know that we will not be
silent as they initiate another illegal war in the
Middle East using discredited lies about "weapons
of mass destruction."
We must take action now to prevent another bipartisan
rush to war.
Please take action today:
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AUGUST 2:
An
Emergency Call to Action
Stop War on IRAN
Troops Out of IRAQ
Actions in 50+ cities
Mass March in NYC
Endorse the
Emergency Call to Action for August 2 at
http://stopwaroniran.org/aug22008endorse.shtml
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http://stopwaroniran.org/aug22008volorgcent.shtml
Sign the Petition at http://stopwaroniran.org/petition.shtml
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