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| Friday,
March 16th, 6:30 pm |
"Crumbling
Reasons for Iraq War:
U.S. Lies About the Halabja Incident"
A Talk by
Dr. Sharat G. Lin
Halabja
- March 16, 1988 |
Azores
- March 16, 2003 |
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Public
and secret documents tell the inside story of how
the U.S. government lied about poison gas casualties
in the Kurdish town of Halabja during the Iran-Iraq
war to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq. They also
reveal the real motivations for war.
See Dr. Sharat Lin's recent article published in the September 8, 2007 issue of Economic and Political Weekly, "US Lying About Halabja: Justifying the Invasion of Iraq," by Dr. Sharat G. Lin. [ local copy, 336 KB ] |
| Dr.
Sharat G. Lin writes on the Middle East and
the global economy. He shows how duplicity in the
name of “national interest” pervades U.S.
foreign policy. After four years of war, the second
longest in U.S. history, he also discusses the mounting
threat to Iran and an alternative road to peace. |
Dr.
Sharat G. Lin |
6:30pm
– Refreshments and socializing
7:00 pm – Talk by Dr. Sharat G. Lin
Friday,
March 16th, 6:30pm
Location:
San
Jose Peace Ctr
48 S. 7th St.
San
José, CA
Suggested
Donation: $5 - $15
Students are free!
(No one turned away for lack of funds.)
Sponsored by
San
Jose Peace Center
South Bay Mobilization / (408) 998-8504
Educate, Involve and Mobilize for Peace and Justice
www.sbm4peace.org
Halabja:
Crumbling Reasons for Iraq War
Is Iran Next?
“On
this very day 15 years ago, Saddam Hussein launched
a chemical weapons attack on the Iraqi village of
Halabja,” George W. Bush proclaimed at the
Azores summit on March 16, 2003. “If military
force is required, we’ll quickly seek new
Security Council resolutions to encourage broad
participation in the process of helping the Iraqi
people to build a free Iraq.” Failing to get
another Security Council resolution to authorize
the use of military force, he went ahead anyway.
Within four days’ time, U.S. missiles and
bombers would be headed towards Baghdad with their
devastating and deadly payloads.
The
Halabja tragedy was the centerpiece of Bush’s
justification for war and the timing of the invasion.
Ignored by Washington when gassed in 1988, and again
forgotten after Saddam was deposed, Halabja’s
victims had become a geopolitical football.
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Among Bush’s five reasons for war, all but one
have long since been thoroughly discredited. Only the
notion that Saddam Hussein was a brutal dictator remained.
But this was partly based on fabricated accusations
that the chemical weapons attack on Halabja was a premeditated
military experiment on Kurdish civilians and that its
sole purpose was collective punishment of Iraq’s
autonomy-seeking Kurdish minority.
The
Bush administration has deliberately concealed the
true circumstances leading up to the Halabja attack.
But blinded by their own deceptions, policymakers
in Washington could not possibly have come to terms
with the quagmire they were about to enter into in
Iraq.
Now
with eyes set on a supposed nuclear threat from Iran
and alleging Iranian support for the insurgency in
Iraq, the Bush administration is laying mythical foundations
for attacking Iran with nuclear weapons. Meanwhile,
the U.S. shields apartheid Israel’s advanced
nuclear arsenal from international scrutiny.
What
is the true story of Halabja? What were the real reasons
for war on Iraq? Is fighting in Iraq dominated by
sectarian violence or resistance to occupation? Is
Iran next?
Sharat
G. Lin will discuss these questions and more. He writes
on the Middle East, India, global political economy,
labor, and the environment. His articles include “Economic
roots of conflict in the new world order” and
“Who started it? Chronology of the latest crisis
in the Middle East.”
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| Saturday,
March 17th, 11:30 am |
A National Day of Local Action
Anti-War March & Rally
On
the 4th Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq,
Join your South Bay Neighbors & Friends to Say:
Get
Out of Iraq – Stay Out
of Iran!
Not
One More Death,
Not One More Dollar for War!
No War on Immigrants!
Saturday,
March 17th, 11:30am
Location:
| 11:30
am - Rally at |
Santana
Park
(Tisch & Monroe St)
San José, CA |
| Noon
- March to |
Stevens
Creek and Winchester Blvd
San José, CA |
| 2:30
pm - Closing Rally at |
Santana
Park
(Tisch & Monroe St)
San José, CA |
| Parking:
There are about 15 parking spaces at Santana Park.
There is also limited parking along Tisch and Monroe
at the park. There is a large parking lot behind Santana
Row at the end of Olsen Dr. on Hatton St. There is
a dirt/gravel path from the parking lot to Dudley
Ave. which leads to Tisch and the park and is less
than a 5 minute walk. The march distance from Santana
Park to Stevens Creek Blvd. and Winchester Blvd. intersection
is about 3/4 mile. You can locate the intersection
on the map. |
Initiated by:
South
Bay Mobilization / (408) 998-8504
Educate, Involve and Mobilize for Peace and Justice
www.sbm4peace.org
Endorsed
by:
Friends
of South Asia, Peninsula Peace and Justice Center,
San Jose Peace Center, South Bay Labor Council,
Veterans for Peace-Chapter 101, Human Agenda,
Community Homeless Alliance Ministry (CHAM),
Raging Grannies Action League, Women's Int'l
League for Peace and Freedom (San Jose),
Iranian-Americans Against the War,
South Asians for Collective Action,
Green Party of Santa Clara County,
Code Pink, The Labor Party,
and many other groups.
San Jose says NO to War!
on March 17, 2007
We
Must Stop the US Attack
on Iran! |
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The
Families and Children of Iran:
The Last Thing They Need Are US Bombs!
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| The US plans
to control all the energy resources of the Middle East
through brutal war! In 2003,
Iran proposed a comprehensive "grand bargain"
to the US, but the Bush administration ignored
it! (see these
articles...)
Iran
has no nuclear weapons and is not a threat to the
U.S. Also, Iran has signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation
Treaty (NPT) and the UN's nuclear watchdog agency
has found no nuclear weapons program. Iran's peaceful
nuclear power program is for their energy security.
Although Iran has lots of oil, they must import refined
fuel because of insufficient refining capacity.The
US knows very well that the Iranian nuclear energy
program is for peaceful purposes because the
US helped them build it! (Sun-Sentinel,
8/30/06) |
South
Bay Mobilization
www.sbm4peace.org (408) 998-8504
Educate, Involve, and Mobilize for Peace and Justice |
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Sunday,
March 18th, 2007
8:45-9:30 am - Sign in at San Jose Diridon Caltrain Station |
Take
the Peace Train
to San Francisco for the
Anti-War March and Rally!
On the 4th Anniversary of the US Invasion of Iraq,
Join your South Bay Neighbors & Friends to Say:
From
Iraq to New Orleans!
Fund People's Needs,
Not the War Machine!
Mass
anti-war demonstration
in San Francisco on the
4th anniversary of the
start of the US War on Iraq!
Peace
Train Flyer:
Download
flyer... (91 KB)
Sunday March & Rally flyer (Answer):
Download
flyer... (84 KB)
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| Friday,
March 23rd, 2007, 6:30pm |
The
Families and Children of Iran:
The Last Thing They Need Are US Bombs!
Iran:
The Danger of War!
Our Challenge to Prevent It
Download
the flyer... (127 KB)
-
Panel Discussion -
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Paul
George
Director of the Peninsula Peace and Justice
Center, Palo Alto |
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| The
US plans to control all the energy resources of the
Middle East through brutal war!
In 2003, Iran proposed a comprehensive "grand
bargain" to the US, but the Bush administration
ignored
it! The IAEA says there's no evidence
of nuclear weapons in Iran, and Iran has signed the
Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Now to establish
a pretext for attacking Iran, the US is making false
claims!
Iran's
peaceful nuclear power program is for their energy
security. Although Iran has lots of oil, they must
import refined fuel because of insufficient refining
capacity. The US knows very well that the Iranian
nuclear energy program is for peaceful purposes
because the
US helped them build it! (Sun-Sentinel,
8/30/06). See articles
below... |
Friday,
March 23rd, 6:30 pm
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6:30
pm - |
Refreshments & socializing |
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7:00
pm - |
Panel
Discussion, led by Rich Wood,
Prof. of Sociology, De Anza College |
Location:
First
Unitarian Church
160 North Third St.
San José, CA
Sponsored
by
South
Bay Mobilization
www.sbm4peace.org / (408) 998-8504
| No
Attack on Iran!
Iran Is No Threat to the US! |
| |
•
The American people want diplomacy, not
another war!
• Tell your representative to support HR
770, introduced by Rep.
Barbara Lee to prohibit use of funds
for covert action for the purpose
of causing regime change in Iran,
or for military action against Iran.
• Tell Congress to pass a new "Boland
Amendment" to
withhold all funds for any
attack on Iran!
• Use diplomacy, not military engagement
with Iran.
• Build people-to-people ties between Americans
and Iranians.
• Support a Nuclear Weapons-Free Zone throughout
the Middle East. |
|
South
Bay Mobilization
www.sbm4peace.org (408) 998-8504
Educate, Involve, and Mobilize for Peace and Justice |
A
few relevant articles: (sorted by date)
| 1. |
3/28/07 |
"Easter
Surprise: Attack on Iran, New 9/11… or
Worse", by Heather Wokusch |
| 2. |
3/26/07 |
"Operation
Bite: April 6 sneak attack by US forces against
Iran planned,
Russian military sources warn",
by Webster G. Tarpley |
| 3. |
2/28/07 |
"The
Words None Dare Say: Nuclear War",
by George Lakoff |
| 4. |
2/26/07 |
"Bush's
Future Iran War Speech", by
Michael T. Klare
Three Charges in the Case for War |
| 5. |
2/25/07 |
"Stop
the Iran War Before It Starts",
by Scott Ritter |
| 6. |
2/25/07 |
"The
Redirection", by Seymour Hersh
(also here...)
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| 7. |
2/25/07 |
"US
Developing Contingency Plan to Bomb Iran: Report" |
| 8. |
2/25/07 |
"UN
Calls US Data on Iran's Nuclear Aims Unreliable",
by Bob Drogin and Kim Murphy. Tips about supposed
secret weapons sites and documents with missile
designs haven't panned out, diplomats say. |
| 9. |
2/24/07 |
"Israel
Seeks All Clear for Iran Air Strike",
by Con Coughlin |
| 10. |
2/23/07 |
"US
Intelligence on Iran Does Not Stand up, Say
Vienna Sources", by Julian
Borger
• Tip-offs did not lead to signs of banned
activity
• IAEA report raises pressure for new sanctions
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| 11. |
2/21/07 |
"Theater
Iran Near Term" (TIRANNT),
by Michel Chossudovsky |
| 12. |
2/20/07 |
"Putin
and the Geopolitics of the New Cold War",
by F. William Engdahl |
| 13. |
2/20/07 |
"US
'Iran Attack Plans' Revealed",
by Jeremy Lovell |
| 14. |
2/20/07 |
"Fabricating
the case against Iran", by
Larry Chin |
| 15. |
2/20/07 |
"Democrats
reinforce 'war on terrorism' lie",
by Larry Chin |
| 16. |
2/19/07 |
"Iran
- Ready to Attack", Dan
Plesch |
| 17. |
2/15/07 |
"Ex-aide
Says Rice Misled Congress on Iran",
by Carol Giacomo |
| 18. |
2/10/07 |
"Target
Iran: US Able to Strike in the Spring",
by Ewen MacAskill
Despite denials, Pentagon plans for possible
attack on nuclear sites are well advanced |
| 19. |
2/11/07 |
"The
United States' Global Military Crusade (1945-
)", by Prof. Eric Waddell |
| 20. |
2/10/07 |
"Putin
Attacks 'Very Dangerous' US",
by Ewen MacAskill |
| 21. |
2/8/07 |
"Iran
Says It Will Target US Interests if Attacked",
by Parisa Hafezi |
| 22. |
2/5/07 |
"The
Criminalization of US Foreign Policy",
by Michel Chossudovsky
From the Truman Doctrine to the Neo-Conservatives |
| 23. |
2/2/07 |
"Game
Over: Thirty-Six Sure-Fire Signs That Your Empire
Is Crumbling",
by
David Michael Green |
| 24. |
2/1/07 |
"Whose
Oil is it Anyway? Survival Strategies for Iran",
by Dr. Moti Nissani |
| 25. |
1/4/07 |
"The
Peak Oil Crisis: 2006 in Review",
by Tom Whipple |
| 26. |
12/23/06 |
"Resource
warfare intensifies across 'Grand Chessboard'
and Horn of Africa", by Larry
Chin |
| 27. |
11/13/06 |
"US
is top purveyor on weapons sales list",
by Bryan Bender
Shipments grow to unstable areas. |
| 28. |
10/10/06 |
"They
lied about Iraq’s WMDs; they’re
lying about Iran’s",
by Luciana Bohne |
| 29. |
8/30/06 |
"U.S.
built major Iranian nuclear facility",
by Sam Roe |
| 30. |
8/2/06 |
"Lebanon,
Syria, Iran and the Coming Imperialist Re-Division
of the World", by Steve Masterson |
| 31. |
7/18/06 |
"Pity
the Nations", by Luciana Bohne |
| 32. |
5/15/06 |
"Why
the Iranians will be Rebuffed",
by William Blum
Appealing to the United States is Not Very Appealing |
| 33. |
5/11/06 |
"US
Aggression-Time Once Again: Target Iran",
By EDWARD S. HERMAN and DAVID PETERSON. "The
Fourth 'Supreme International Crime' in Seven
Years is Already Underway, with the Support
of the Free Press and the "International
Community" |
| 34. |
4/10/06 |
"THE
IRAN PLANS", by Seymour M.
Hersh
Would President Bush go to war to stop Tehran
from getting the bomb? |
| 35. |
3/11/06 |
"Why
They Really Think They Must Defeat Iran",
by Gary Leupp
"We Have No Choice" |
| 36. |
2/18/06 |
"WWIII
or Bust: Implications of a US Attack on Iran",
by Heather Wokusch
"This notion that the United States is
getting ready to attack Iran
is simply ridiculous... Having said that,
all options are on the table."
-- George W. Bush, February 2005 |
| 37. |
2/16/06 |
"Bush
Plans Huge Propaganda Campaign in Iran",
by Ewen MacAskill and Julian Borger
• Congress asked for $75m to fund programme
• Rice to visit Gulf states as nuclear
crisis deepens |
| 38. |
2/14/06 |
"U.S.
Instigated Iran's Nuclear Policy In the '70s",
by William O. Beeman |
| 39. |
1/18/06 |
Washington
'Snubbed Iran Offer', by Rupert
Cornwell |
| 40. |
1/15/06 |
"Why
Iran?", by Stephen Gowans
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| 41. |
1/5/06 |
Why
did the CIA Give Iran Blueprints for a Nuclear
Bomb?
James Risen of the New York Times. "George
Bush insists that Iran must not be allowed to
develop nuclear weapons. So why, six years ago,
did the CIA give the Iranians blueprints to
build a bomb?" The Guardian
• This is an edited extract from State
of War, by James Risen,
published by The Free Press |
| 42. |
11/29/05 |
"Too
Valuable to Burn", by Stephen
E. Fleischman |
| 43. |
10/1/05 |
"US
prepares to Launch War on Iran",
by Prof. Niloufer Bhagwat |
| 44. |
6/21/05 |
"The
US War with Iran has already begun",
by Scott Ritter |
| 45. |
5/1/05 |
"Iran:
Next Target of US Military Aggression",
by Michel Chossudovsky |
| 46. |
4/11/05 |
"Oil,
Geopolitics, and the Coming War with Iran",
by Michael T. Klare |
| 47. |
3/30/05 |
"Sleepwalking
to Disaster in Iran", by Scott
Ritter |
| 48. |
1/17/05 |
"The
Coming Wars", by Seymour M.
Hersh (see same
article here...)
What the Pentagon can now do in secret. |
| 49. |
2/26/02 |
"A
Prayer for America", by Dennis
Kucinich |
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