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ACTION: PROTEST MURRAY AND CANTWELL FOR SUPPORTING LEGISLATION TO BLOCKADE IRAN

WED., JUNE 25, 12:00 NOON

FEDERAL BLDG. 915 2nd AVENUE, DOWNTOWN SEATTLE
Friends,
Patty Murray and Maria Cantwell have cosigned bills that open the door to a blockade of Iran. That would be considered an act of war by Iran, and sets the precedent for dangerous escalation. We will urge Patty and Maria to change their minds. This is urgent, since the vote could occur any day now.
Please join Washington For Impeachment, Eastside Fellowship of Reconciliation, The Backbone Campaign, World Can't Wait, Code Pink, and others. We will deliver a "SPINELESS CITATION," to their offices, and gather outside to leaflet, banner, and inform the public.
We cannot allow Bush and Cheney to launch an attack on Iran!
Hope to see you there,
Linda Boyd
Washington for Impeachment
Eastside FOR
P.S. If you cannot join us, please sign the petition listed below, and call their offices to demand that they remove their names from this dangerous legislation.
Antiwar.com Action Alert

Iran War Resolution May Be Passed Next Week
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Introduced less than a month ago, Resolution 362, also known as the Iran War Resolution, could be passed by the House as early as next week.

The bill is the chief legislative priority of AIPAC. On its Web site, AIPAC endorses the resolutions as a way to ''Stop Iran's Nuclear Program" and tells readers to lobby Congress to pass the bill. In the Senate, a sister resolution, Resolution 580, has gained co-sponsors with similar speed. The Senate measure was introduced by Indiana Democrat Evan Bayh on June 2. It has since gained 19 co-sponsors.

The bill's key section "demands that the president initiate an international effort to immediately and dramatically increase the economic, political, and diplomatic pressure on Iran to verifiably suspend its nuclear enrichment activities by, inter alia, prohibiting the export to Iran of all refined petroleum products; imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran; and prohibiting the international movement of all Iranian officials not involved in negotiating the suspension of Iran's nuclear program."

"Imposing stringent inspection requirements on all persons, vehicles, ships, planes, trains, and cargo entering or departing Iran" can be read to mean that the president should initiate a naval blockade of Iran. A unilateral naval blockade without UN sanction is an act of war.

Resolution 362 has already gained 170 co-sponsors, or nearly 40 percent of the House. It has been referred to the Foreign Affairs Committee, which has 49 members, 24 of whom, including the ranking Republican, are co-sponsors. The Iran Nuclear Watch Web site writes, "According to the House leadership, this resolution is going to 'pass like a hot knife through butter' before the end of June on what is called suspension - meaning no amendments can be introduced during the 20-minute maximum debate. It also means it is assumed the bill will pass by a 2/3 majority and is non-controversial."

Our national legislators deem it non-controversial to recommend to a president known for his recklessness and bad judgment that he consider engaging in an act of war against Iran. Those of you who consider this issue controversial can go to the Just Foreign Policy Web site and tell your representative to oppose this resolution.
All local Senators co-sponsored. 
In Washington:
PATTY MURRAY:
Phone: (206) 553-5545
Toll Free: (866) 481-9186
Fax: (206) 553-0891

MARIA CANTWELL:
206-220-6400
206-220-6404 - FAX
In Oregon:
Smith, Gordon H.- (R - OR)  
404 RUSSELL SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-3753
Web Form: gsmith.senate.gov/webform.htm
 
Wyden, Ron- (D - OR)  
230 DIRKSEN SENATE OFFICE BUILDING WASHINGTON DC 20510
(202) 224-5244
Web Form: wyden.senate.gov/contact/

Submitted by AIFC on Wed, 06/25/2008 - 8:18am.

NO WAR WITH IRAN - Call To Action July 19-21

NO WAR WITH IRAN - CALL TO ACTION JULY 19-21

Responding to the renewed threats of a U.S./Israeli
attack on Iran before President Bush leaves office, United for Peace and Justice
calls for coordinated Days of Action across the United States on July 19-21. Now
is the time to speak out against any U.S./Israeli military attack on
Iran.

U.S. officials say Israel is mounting a "full court press" to get
the Bush administration to strike Iran's nuclear complex, CBS News reports. In
The New Yorker, Seymour Hersh reports that congressional leaders agreed last
year to fund a major escalation of covert operations against Iran. New York
Newsday and the Seattle-Post Intelligencer warn that Congress is considering a
resolution promoted by AIPAC (American Israel Public Affairs Committee) that
would effectively endorse a naval blockade of Iran, an act of war.

Voices in the
U.S. calling for real diplomacy and negotiations with Iran are being silenced.
Few people in this country know Iran has an offer on the table for comprehensive
negotiations with the United States that could resolve the nuclear stand-off and
other issues. Nor do they know that talks with Iran without preconditions are supported by independent experts like Thomas Pickering, the
U.S. Ambassador to the UN during the first Bush administration.

To
counter the renewed threats of military action, we are calling for National Days
of Coordinated Action against war with Iran on July 19-21,
including:

Click here to list your organization's national or local event as part
of these National Days of Action (please be sure to choose "No War on Iran" as
your event type).

Averting a War with Iran: Research and
Resources

UFPJ:
The Time to Stop
a War on Iran Is NOW!
o Various actions people/groups can take to prevent a
war with Iran
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
/article.php?list=type&type=98

NIAC:
o Update: Is a New Congressional
Resolution Declaring War with Iran?
http://www.niacouncil.org /index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=1141&Itemid=2
o Gallup poll confirms majority
of Americans favor diplomacy with Iran
http://www.niacouncil.org /index.php?option=com_content
&task=view&id=1133&Itemid=2

CASMII:
o Iranians
Float an Offer the West Should Not Refuse: Will Anti-War Forces Seize this
Opportunity?
http://www.campaigniran.org
/casmii/index.php?q=node/5456
o U.S. Mayors Mobilizing Against
a War with Iran
http://www.campaigniran.org
/casmii/index.php?q=node/5449

PSR:
o Medical
Consequences of a Nuclear Attack on Iran-Fact Sheet
http://psr.convio.net/site
/PageServer?pagename=security _main_iranfactsheet
o War Is Not
the Answer with Iran
http://psr.convio.net/site
/PageServer?pagename=NoWarOnIra n

Iran Nuclear Watch
o
Links, blogs, and informative articles
http://irannuclearwatch .blogspot.com/

The Center
for Arms Control and Nuclear Non-Proliferation
o Background on Iran-US
nuclear relationship
o Iran's nuclear timeline
o Their policy statement on
Iran's nuclear issue
o Center for a New American Security, "Diplomatic
Strategies for Dealing with Iran: Where Are We? How Did We Get to This Point?
And What Should We Do Now?" released March 2008
http://www.armscontrolcenter
.org/policy/iran/

Peace Action
o National campaign to prevent
a war with Iran
http://www.peace-action.org /Iran/campaigns/current.htm
?petition_KEY=358
o Fact Sheet on Iran
http://www.peace-action.org
/Iran/campaigns/Iran_Fact_New .pdf
o History of US interactions
with Iran
http://www.peace-action.org /Iran/campaigns/current.htm
?petition_KEY=358
o Media
http://www.peace-action.org
/Iran/media/media.htm

Iran Coverage
o Tehran's reaction to
Military Threats
http://irancoverage.com/2008
/06/29/tehran-reaction-to -military-threats/

Scott
Ritter
o Iraq Will Have to Wait: Get Ready for the War Against Iran
http://www.globalresearch.ca
/index.php?context=viewArticle &code=RIT20070930&articleId
=6937

William Polk
o Moves toward War with Iran: How to Prevent
War ... Part 4
http://hnn.us/articles/31522 .html

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critical work: Make a donation to UFPJ today.

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Submitted by AIFC on Tue, 07/08/2008 - 9:08am.