Oh, those wacky Canadians!

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Canadians to lead weapons inspections team into USA

Toronto - November 21, 2002

A coalition of Canadian peace groups today announced their intention to send an international team of volunteer weapons inspectors into the United States later this winter. The coalition, Rooting Out Evil, are recruiting inspectors through their newly launched website.

ROOTING OUT EVIL

"Our action has been inspired by none other than George W. Bush," said Christy Ferguson, a spokesperson for the group. "The Bush administration has repeatedly declared that the most dangerous rogue nations are those that:

1)have massive stockpiles of chemical, biological, and nuclear weapons;
2) ignore due process at the United Nations;
3) refuse to sign and honour international treaties; and
4) have come to power through illegitimate means.
"On the basis of President Bush's guidelines, it is clear that the current U.S. administration poses a great threat to global security," said Ferguson. "We're following Bush's lead and demanding that the U.S. grant our inspectors immediate and unfettered access to any site in the country -including all presidential compounds - so that we can identify the weapons of mass destruction in this rogue state," added David Langille.

Visitors to Rooting Out Evil's website are invited to sign on as honorary members of the weapons inspection team. Honorary inspectors can participate in the action, or they can simply lend the support of their name as they would on a petition.

The actual inspection team that crosses the border will be comprised of prominent individuals from Canada and other countries.

The Rooting Out Evil coalition includes Greenpeace Canada, the Centre for Social Justice, and the Toronto Committee Against War and Sanctions on Iraq, and is supported by American groups such as the National Network to End the War Against Iraq, Global Exchange and the US section of the Women's International League for Peace and Freedom. They oppose the development, storage, and use of weapons of mass destruction by any state.

Check their site: http://www.rootingoutevil.org

For more information:

David Langille or Christy Ferguson
info@rootingoutevil.org
Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada
Phone (306) 664-6071

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and a related site .. . .
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-- Anonymous, December 09, 2002

Answers

I love it! As my friend Mike likes to say "Excuse me Mr. Pot, I'd like to introduce you to Mr. Kettle."

There was a piece on the anti-war movement on NBC Nightly News last night. They kept talking about how the number of anti-war protests has been so small compared to Vietnam, but midway through the story they did admit that the large Vietnam protests happened after the war had been going on for 5 years. They did try to show that today's protesters come from all walks of life whereas the Vietnam protests were mainly white college students, but they did have to include some talking head saying that the reason why the protests were so small was because "Everyone knows something has to be done about Saddam, the question is what"

-- Anonymous, December 10, 2002


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