Speak Out Against the Planned Assault on Falluja! (anitwar rhetoric - we MUST counter them)

United For Peace ^ | November 7, 2004 | United For Peace

[Former Military Chick]

Speak Out Against the Planned Assault on Falluja!

November 5th, 2004

Speak Out Against the Imminent Assault on Falluja!

• Contact your local media outlets to denounce the planned attack
• Call the White House to express your outrage: 202-456-1111
• Get ready for street protests should the full-scale assault begin
• Download and distribute leaflet


Does the Bush administration plan to destroy Falluja in order to save it?

News reports indicate that the Bush administration will soon launch a major military assault on Falluja. More than 10,000 U.S. soldiers are amassing on Fallujah’s outskirts, and U.S. warplanes are already bombing neighborhoods around the city.

If the U.S. carries out this assault, it will dramatically increase violence and chaos in Iraq. It will not bring about the peace and security that Iraqis greatly desire. The military occupation has already fueled anger and resentment against the U.S. and swelled the ranks of terrorist groups. We need to bring the troops home now and adopt a new approach that will move us toward peace, sovereignty, and security.

Military officials believe Falluja is the home of the nation-wide insurgency. Their goal in this assault is to induce other insurgent-held cities to capitulate before scheduled elections in January, and send a message to all Iraqis that opposition to the occupation has a high price.

U.S. officials and U.S.-installed Prime Minister Allawi say their only goal is “to liberate the people and to bring the rule of law to Falluja.” But when the U.S. military besieged Falluja last April, at least 600 Iraqis were killed, most of them civilians. Given the scale of the threatened assault, far more Iraqi civilians could be killed this time around, as well as many U.S. and Iraqi soldiers.

We will be sending you more information, resources, and calls to action should Falluja in fact suffer a major attack. But in the meantime, we urge you to begin raising a loud public outcry against the Bush administration’s planned assault.

TAKE ACTION!

* CONTACT YOUR LOCAL MEDIA OUTLETS
Flood your local media outlets with messages of opposition to the impending assault on Falluja. Write letters to the editor and send in opinion pieces. Call in to your local talk radio stations. Ask reporters if they would like to interview an anti-war activist.

* TELL PRESIDENT BUSH YOU OPPOSE THE ASSAULT ON FALLUJA
- Call the White House switchboard at 202-456-1111. The switchboard operator will likely forward you to the White House comment line, but you can only leave a message there Mon-Fri, 9am-5pm. If you can’t get through, leave your message with the operator. It’ll make it to the President.

- Leave a webmail message at https://sawho14.eop.gov/PERSdata/intro.htm . Be sure to select “write a differing comment,” “National Security,” and “Iraq.”

* GET READY FOR STREET ACTION
If the assault on Falluja or any other major military escalation takes place in Iraq, we will need to be as visible and vocal as possible with our antiwar message. Make sure your group or organization is aware of what's happening; start planning local protest activities and post them on our calendar.

If you are not already in a group, click here to locate an organization near you.

* KEEP ABREAST OF DEVELOPMENTS IN IRAQ
Get up-to-date news from Iraq from Occupation Watch; be sure to join their email list for regular updates.

For more information on the Falluja build-up, see these articles:
http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7608
http://www.occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7534

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[Former Military Chick]

I do not know about you, but, now that the elections are over I am glad I can finally direct some energy to these lying protesters who in the end to more to undermine then they 'Unite for Peace."

The dems are so good when they base their actions on lies. I cannot begin to imagine of the turmoil Kerry would have caused had he been elected.

So, maybe we start protesting the protests. What they are doing so undermines the success of our troops and how we are perceived around the world.

We need to get the same media time and we need to let the troops know that we support them and not in name only.

There is one good thing, with the internet we have power now we need to make it work for the Republicans!

Suggestions welcome.

[CWOJackson]

"If the U.S. carries out this assault, it will dramatically increase violence and chaos in Iraq."

A short term situation for the soon to be dead rebels.

[West Coast Conservative]

Yah, they are right. We should let al-Qaeda control Falluja and behead a dozen more people.

/DU mode off

[Kurt_D]

At least we know who sides with Islamic fascists.

[Rocko]

Where are the human shields?

[Roy Tucker]

Does the Bush administration plan to destroy Falluja in order to save it?

Worked for Germany and Japan.

[CWOJackson]

Sgt. Maj. Carlton W. Kent, the top enlisted Marine in Iraq, told troops the coming battle of Fallujah would be "no different" than the historic fights at Inchon in Korea, the flag-raising victory at Iwo Jima, or the bloody assault to dislodge North Vietnamese from the ancient citadel of Hue they seized in the 1968 Tet Offensive.

"You're all in the process of making history," Kent told a crowd of some 2,500 Marines. "This is another Hue city in the making. I have no doubt, if we do get the word, that each and every one of you is going to do what you have always done - kick some butt."

[injin]

webmaster@unitedforpeace.org

write um...let know how courageous they are to be so committed and try so hard to save the safe refuge for abu Zacarwi, so he and his pals can continue to grab people and saw off their heads in peace.

can we bring back the act of tar and feathering in this country?
please!.........

[bobo1]

Does the Bush administration plan to destroy Falluja in order to save it?


BS. Destroy Fulluja to save the people of Iraq, American and allied lives. Ashes to ashes and dust to dust.......or sand to sand?

Blessings, bobo

[Cutterjohnmhb]

Damn Marxist are lucky this is America...Irocnic in how they wish to destroy the country that gives them such freedoms. I can tell you if this ilk ever got into power freedom would be gulags.

[Fenris6]

Wow. Step over to Black Five. Even the residents of Falluja are willing to see it demolished. Better yet,a ir drop these idiot protestors into the city. Maybe the terrorist punks will wake them from their Starbucks-Chomsky induced delusions.

[Woogit]

If they are such peace freaks, why do they continue to insist on destroying America!!! Don't ya just want to spank them and slap their mama and slug their daddy! OK, now I'm having too much fun!!!

[eclectic]

United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 800 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building

The enemy within

[mysto]

Why bother countering these liberal wackos... Bush doesn't care what these liberal pinkos think about invading Fallujah, & neither do I. Let them cry & whine like the sissies they are. Nobody's listening to them. Protesting the protestors only gives them more attention, which is what they really want anyway, since they know they can't do anything to stop us from obliterating Fallujah.

[WarPaint]

Would it ever occur to these people to protest terrorists???

[hineybona]

Such utter morons..No concept of how the world works ..Bet most couldnt find Iraq on the map . It freaks me out how totally stupid these people can be ..AMAZING

[hineybona]

What friggin EMPIRE has the US built .Id like an answer to that ..We are the ONLY country in all of history that has defeated an enemy and then has given back their country and rebuilt it for them after a war .Marshall Plan anyone ..Friggin MORONS the lot of them ..

[Fenris6]

"Suggestions welcome."

protestwarrior.com

good crew :)

[politicalmerc]

I hate to be so caloused but arabs seem to only understand sheer power. I think we should soften up Fallujah with withering bombings and then roll in. We should kill anyone who resists until everyone surrenders.

When that is finished we should go to the next city with a concentration and do it again until they understand that the violence they bring on themselves is not something they can handle. I'm tired of these punks beheading our people. Kill them all until they are willing to be peaceful.

[bitt]

'About United for Peace and Justice


United for Peace and Justice is a coalition of more than 800 local and national groups throughout the United States who have joined together to oppose our government's policy of permanent warfare and empire-building.

We welcome the participation of any and all national, regional and local groups who share our goals and wish to work with others.

Become a Member Group [>>]

Since our founding in October 2002, UFPJ has spurred hundreds of protests and rallies around the country, and organized the two largest demonstrations against the Iraq war.

History and Accomplishments

UFPJ began as a national campaign to bring together a broad range of organizations throughout the United States to help coordinate work against a U.S. war on Iraq. At an initial meeting in Washington, DC on October 25, 2002, more than 70 peace and justice organizations agreed to form United for Peace and Justice and coordinate efforts to oppose the war on Iraq.

• As part of a February 15, 2003 global day of protest, "The World Says No to War" UFPJ helped coordinate and publicize more than 790 demonstrations worldwide, and organized a rally at the United Nations headquarters in New York City that drew more than 500,000 participants.

• Two days after the bombing of Iraq began, on March 22, 2003, UFPJ mobilized more than 300,000 people for a protest march down Broadway in New York City.

• A May 2003 teach-in organized by UFPJ about war and empire drew a standing-room-only crowd of 2,000 to Washington, DC to hear Arundhati Roy, Howard Zinn, Edward Said and other prominent speakers.

• In June 2003, representatives of more than 325 local and national peace and justice groups from across the U.S. gathered again in Chicago for UFPJ's first Strategy and Planning Conference. The conference was aimed to help coordinate actions to stop the Bush administration's program of permanent war, as well as solidify UFPJ's organizational structure. Some of what emerged from the conference:

Unity Statement [>>]
Organizational Structure [>>]
Strategic Framework [>>]
Action Priorities [>>]
Steering Committee [>>]
Financial Report [>>]

• On September 13, 2003, in an unprecedented coming together of the anti-war and anti-corporate globalization movements, UFPJ helped coordinate more than 60 solidarity demonstrations in the United States during the World Trade Organization meeting in Cancun, Mexico.

• On October 25, 2003, UFPJ co-sponsored a major march and rally in Washington, D.C. against the occupation of Iraq.

• On November 9, 2003, UFPJ coordinated a national day of action against Israel's separation wall, with events in 11 cities around the United States.

• Continuing our work to link the fight against war and empire with the fight for global economic justice, UFPJ played a major role in the November 18-20, 2003 mobilization against the Free Trade Area of the Americas in Miami, Florida.

• In December 2003, UFPJ adopted a comprehensive strategic action plan for 2004.

• UFPJ initiated the call to action for a global day of protest on March 20, 2004, the one-year anniversary of the Iraq War. More than 2 million people worldwide took to the streets that day, holding over 575 protests in more than 60 countries.'


ANY HEINZ/TIDES FOUNDATION MONEY IN THERE?????????