FYI
Part of the internationally coordinated Week of Emergency Protest
Actions, September 26-October 2, 1999.
Join the protest September 30, 1999, in front of the New York Times office
to protest the ongoing U.S. bombing war inst Iraq and to demand the
immediate lifting of economic sanctions that have killed more than 1
million Iraqis since August 1990.
What are economic sanctions? They are the decision by rich and powerful
countries to forbid poor countries to carry out trade. The poor countries
cannot buy or sell products. Their economies shut down. Their workers
become unemployed. Food products vanish. Medicine and health care products
disappear. Sanctions can kill more people than actual warfare. But the rich
countries can kill the people in poor countries without putting their own
soldiers at risk.
The U.S. has used sanctions and regular bombing of Iraq for nine long years.
More than one million Iraqis have died. Those responsible for this policy
should be put on trial for crimes against humanity and war crimes. Instead
of exposing this criminal policy, the New York Times functions like a
propaganda arm of the Pentagon and CIA. We want the truth, not lies!
The United States government has carried out more than 10,000 combat or
combat support sorties since the conclusion of the so-called Operation
Desert Fox Operation between December 16-19, 1998. This is terrorism,
plain and simple.
The people in the United States are led to believe by the pro-big business
media that the U.S. policy of economic strangulation of Iraq, coupled with
constant bombings of the country, is caused by the “dictatorial” and
“dangerous” government of Saddam Hussein. This is part of the propaganda
campaign by the criminals to make their victims appear to be the guilty
party.
The Clinton Administration is waging this against the people of Iraq because
the biggest U.S. oil monopolies and banks want to dominate Iraq’s huge oil
reserves (estimated to be 10% of the entire world’s oil.) These ruthless
corporations don’t care if there is a dictatorial regime in Iraq as long as
it would be a puppet government, like the governments in Saudi Arabia,
Kuwait and Israel.
We demand that the multi-faceted war against the people of Iraq be ended. No
bombing! Lift the sanctions! Self-determination for the Iraqi people! Please
join in protest in New York City on Thursday September 30, 1999 in front of
the New York Times.
Emergency Protest Actions to Stop the War Against Iraq!
As part of the internationally coordinated week of activities on Iraq from
Sunday, September 26 to Saturday, October 2, there are demonstrations
and other activities in New York City, San Franicisco, Los Angeles, Ann
Arbor, Minneapolis, Oregon, and other cities.
DEMONSTRATION
Thursday, September 30, 5 pm
at the New York Times (229 W. 43rd St., between 7th and 8th)
International Action Center
39 West 14th Street, Room 296
New York, NY 10011
email: [log in to unmask]
http://www.iacenter.org
phone: 212 633-6646
fax: 212 633-2889
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