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Call Senators Mike DeWine (614-469-5186) and George Voinovich
(614-469-6697) to demand that the US government:
* Bring the Troops Home Now, End the Occupations of Iraq and
Afghanistan, and Pay Reparations to Iraqis and Afghans
* Stop US Military and Financial Support for Israel Until Israel
Dismantles All the Settlements, Ends the Occupation of the West Bank,
Gaza, and East Jerusalem, and Abides by All Relevant International
Laws, Including United Nations General Assembly Resolution 194
* Appoint an Independent Commission, and Hold Open and Public
Hearings, to Investigate the Bush Administration's Lies That Misled
Americans into the Invasion and Occupation of Iraq (Support H.R. 2625
and H. Res. 307)
Mike DeWine: 614-469-5186 (Columbus); 202-224-2315 (DC)
George Voinovich: 614-469-6697 (Columbus); 202-224-3353 (DC)
[Call the Columbus phone numbers while Congress is in recess.]
The Press Conference on People's Roadmap for Peace in the Middle East
held on August 27, 2003 was covered by WCBE, Ohio News Network, and
Hannah News Service. Our Central Ohio Peace Network lobbying
delegation met with Senator Voinovich's district representative
Khisha Fallon (614-469-6697) and Senator DeWine's regional director
Scott S. Corbitt (614-469-5186). In the course of our lobbying, it
became clearer than ever that the Senators have no exit plan -- there
is no end of the US occupation of Iraq in sight. Ms. Fallon and Mr.
Corbitt could offer no satisfactory explanations of missing Weapons
of Mass Destruction and of extraordinary US military and financial
support to Israel regardless of its occupation, settlement
construction, and the Apartheid Wall building. Worst of all,
according to Mr. Corbitt, "we" may very well stay in Iraq for ever!!!
To their credit, however, Mr. Corbitt and Ms. Fallon promised us that
Senators DeWine and Voinovich will present us with *Clear Answers in
Two Weeks* to the questions of (1) the US occupation of Iraq, (2) US
military and financial aid to the Israeli occupation, and (3) the
need for an independent commission with open and public hearings
about missing Weapons of Mass Destruction and other gaps between
reality and the Bush Administration's claims. The Rev. John Wallace,
representing our lobbying delegation, will call the Senators' offices
in two weeks, to hold them accountable to their promises. (If they
fail to give us answers or if they give us morally wrong answers,
we'll respond by a big protest!)
