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Ten Years After the Invasion of Iraq |
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Written by Administrator
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Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:31 |
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Ten Years After the Invasion of Iraq: Reckoning
Ten years after the invasion of Iraq, we commemorate the awful human cost of an unnecessary war and demand accountability.
The Iraq war took the lives of approximately 4,500 US servicemen, over a hundred thousand Iraqis and severely wounded tens of thousands more… all for a lie, the false claim that Iraq had threatening WMDs (Weapons of Mass Destruction), a flimsy reason before the war, a proven lie after the war. Beyond the staggering human cost of the Iraq war is the staggering financial cost: the cost to the US of the Iraq war is estimated at $2.2 Trillion; the financial cost to Iraqis may be incalculable.
The invasion of Iraq and occupation was a war crime and the war criminals who directed it should be held accountable...
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Last Updated on Wednesday, 20 March 2013 18:41 |
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ACTION ALERT: Prevent War with Iran, Oppose S. Resolution 65 |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:04 |
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ACTION ALERT: Prevent War with Iran, Oppose S. Resolution 65
Senator Graham's Senate Resolution 65 "Greenlights" an Israeli attack on Iran, lays groundwork for US military intervention
Senator Lindsey Graham (SC-R) and Senator Menendez (NJ-D) introduced Senate Resolution 65, a "sense of Congress" resolution, just as the AIPAC conference was convening in Washington DC and it seems more like a "sense of AIPAC" resolution." Senate Resolution 65 is a dangerous step toward war with Iran, "greenlighting" an Israeli preemptive attack on Iran and pledging US "diplomatic, military and economic" support for such an attack and building support for direct US military intervention. The sponsors of this resolution hope to pass it before President Obama's March 20th visit to Israel... take action NOW!
TAKE ACTION: Tell Your Senators You Oppose S. Resolution 65
CLICK HERE: http://www.capwiz.com/peaceactionwest/issues/alert/?alertid=62464786
Customizable Message Sent to Senators in Opposition to S. Resolution 65
(Take a few minutes to personalize your message... and make it more effective. Individualized messages are taken more seriously versus form letters.)
Shareable Link to this Action Alert: http://bit.ly/ZGlnnV
Click "Read More" to Learn More & for Full Text of S. Resolution 65
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 March 2013 18:26 |
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ACTION ALERT: Seqester? Tell Congress to Cut the Pentagon Budget |
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Written by Administrator
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Tuesday, 19 February 2013 18:34 |
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 The mess of sequestration is about to hit... tell Congress to avert disaster by cutting the Pentagon budget.
TAKE ACTION: Tell Congress to Cut the Pentagon Budget!
Email your Congressmen Write one short, kind letter (two paragraphs at most) asking your elected reps to cut the Pentagon budget and send it to your two Senators (Graham and DeMint) and your Representative using these links below. An individually written letter is given more weight by Congressional staff and will be read; petitions and form letters are discounted.
US Senate:
Senator Lindsey Graham (SC-R): http://lgraham.senate.gov/public/index.cfm?FuseAction=Contact.EmailSenatorGraham
Senator Tim Scott (SC-R): http://www.scott.senate.gov/contact.cfm
US House of Representatives:
Rep Joe Wilson (SC-2) :https://joewilsonforms.house.gov/Forms/WriteYourRep/default.aspx
Rep Jeff Duncan (SC-3) https://jeffduncan.house.gov/contact-me
Rep Trey Gowdy (SC-4) http://gowdy.house.gov/Contact/default.aspx
Rep Jim Clyburn (SC-6): https://forms.house.gov/clyburn/zipauth.shtml
Don’t know your Congressman? Outside SC? Go here: house.gov
For SC-5 Mick Mulvaney ,SC-1 and More Information on Cutting the Pentagon Budget, click “Read More”
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 05 March 2013 19:01 |
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Donate to Carolina Peace! |
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Written by Administrator
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Sunday, 30 December 2012 22:00 |
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Donate to Carolina Peace today! Your tax-deductible donation makes Carolina Peace's work possible. You can either donate via Paypal or by mailing a check to our P.O. Box. Donors will receive the new Carolina Peace bumpersticker (pictured above). Carolina Peace is a 501(c) 3 nonpartisan nonprofit organization
Carolina Peace Membership Levels: $20 Discounted/Student; $35 Individual; $50 Familyl $100 Peacemaker; $___ Other
*For students, veterans, retirees, limited means, etc. please donate at whatever level you can.
DONATE ONLINE VIA PAYPAL:
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Make your tax-deductible check payable to "Carolina Peace Resource Center" and mail to:
Carolina Peace Resource Center, P.O. Box 7933, Columbia, SC 29202
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Carolina Peace, 2012 Year in Review (Click Read More to see what we accomplished in 2012!)
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Last Updated on Tuesday, 12 February 2013 20:28 |
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MOX Plant at SRS Multi-Billion Dollar Boondoggle |
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Written by Kathleen Whalon
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Monday, 04 February 2013 21:19 |
Recent article from The State "Critics fear $7 billion SRS boondoggle" by Sammy Fretwell, January 27, 2013
 The State's Sammy Fretwell interviews Columbia nuclear watchdog Tom Clements about cost overruns at the Savannah River Site's MOX program.
"An energy department report published last month shows that the mixed oxide fuel factory is in danger of falling behind schedule and costing more than anticipated. The DOE’s Project Dashboard report gave the mixed-oxide factory complex a red rating, the most serious of three categories on the progress of agency construction projects...But the price tag could rise to nearly $7 billion when the federal government provides new cost estimates, according to a recent letter to the U.S. Department of Energy and those who track issues concerning the SRS complex near Aiken. The new cost estimates are expected this year."
Clements has this to say
Tom Clements, a longtime anti-nuclear activist with the Alliance for Nuclear Accountability, was more blunt in his assessment. He said today’s rising costs reflect only current conditions. But the site has a history of cost questions, Clements said. Records that Clements said he has reviewed show the MOX plant, at one point in the past, was estimated to cost about $1.8 billion. Now, the project could cost as much as $7 billion, he said, referring to Markey’s letter.
“If you look at spending on the MOX plant, you’d think we are rolling in dough and have no budget problems whatsoever,” Clements said. “Nobody is minding the store on this.”
Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/01/27/2606562/critics-fear-7-billion-srs-boondoggle.html#storylink=cpy
Article Link:
www.thestate.com/2013/01/27/2606562/critics-fear-7-billion-srs-boondoggle.html
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Read more here: http://www.thestate.com/2013/01/27/2606562/critics-fear-7-billion-srs-boondoggle.html#storylink=cpy
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