E-news: U.S. Bombing, Backroom Dealing, and More
May 6, 2008
Iraq: Isn't Bombing Cities Immoral?
Iraq:House Votes This Week?
FCNL in the News:Dan Smith in the Lake County News Chronicle (MN)
Cluster Bomb Ban:May 12 Call-in Day
Government Spying: Backroom Maneuvers in Congress
New Nukes:Religious Leaders Oppose New Plant
From the Hill:Military Aid Must Come with Human Rights Restrictions
War is Not the Answer Photo of the Week:Montana
Iraq: Isn't Bombing Cities Immoral?
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In an assault on globally accepted restrictions against attacking civilians, the Pentagon this week launched a bombing campaign against an eight-square-mile area in the middle of Baghdad. After constructing a wall around key portions of Sadr City, home to some 3 million people, the United States widened its bombing of the poorest and most densely populated part of Iraq's largest city. |
The House is preparing to vote Thursday to approve another $166 billion for the failed war strategies in Iraq and Afghanistan. This legislation paves the way for long-term U.S. presence in Iraq. Call your representative today and urge her or him to oppose these strategies. Find out more.
FCNL in the News: Dan Smith in the Lake County News Chronicle (MN)
Writing in the Lake County News Chronicle (MN), FCNL's Dan Smith reacts to Gen. David Petraeus's testimony, as well as to the Defense Department's inability to define a permanent base: "it is, so to speak, not only "base-less" (lacking a physical location) but also baseless (lacking foundation) - exactly the state of the administration's Iraq strategy."
Cluster Bomb Ban: May 12 Call-in Day
When more than 100 governments gather to negotiate a global treaty banning cluster bombs on May 19 in Dublin, Ireland, the United States won't be there. Help counter the image that the United States does not care about protecting civilians by calling your senators on May 12 and asking them to ban U.S. use and export of the deadly weapons.
Government Spying: Backroom Maneuvers in Congress
Earlier this year the House rejected the administration's request to permanently expand the government's ability to spy on people in the United States. Now FCNL has learned of a new backroom deal being negotiated in the House that would give the president sweeping authority to spy on individuals in the United States and provide immunity to phone companies that broke the law.
New Nukes: Religious Leaders Oppose New Plant
In a letter to the Department of Energy organized by FCNL, more than 70 religious groups oppose plans for a new bomb facility. Catholics, Muslims, Lutherans, Presbyterians, United Methodists, and others call for a moratorium on the development and testing of new nuclear weapons, among other measures. Find out more about the plan to expand nuclear production.
From the Hill: Military Aid Must Come with Human Rights Restrictions
The Pentagon is asking Congress to waive all restrictions on military aid to corrupt and repressive governments. We at FCNL support such restrictions and oppose efforts to weaken them. Find out more.
War is Not the Answer Photo of the Week: Montana
Members of Missoula Friends Meeting answer New Garden
Friends Meeting's War is Not the Answer challenge.
Order your own War is Not the Answer sign, and put yourself on the map.