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:
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