| As Cheney Pushes Bush to Attack Iran, U.S. and Iranian Activists Call for Peace |
| 17 jul 2007 |
As Cheney Pushes Bush to Attack Iran, U.S. and Iranian Activists Call for Peace
Monday, July 16th, 2007 Democracy Now
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CodePink member Leslie Angeline recently staged a 24-day hunger strike to protest a possible U.S. attack on Iran. We speak to her and Ali Nasri, a representative of "Miles for Peace," a group of Iranian peace activists who are cycling around Europe and the United States to oppose a war on Iran. They both met Senator Lieberman last week to discuss his stance on Iran. [includes rush transcript]
Is the stage being set for a US attack on Iran? The Guardian newspaper of London is reporting that the balance in the internal White House debate over Iran has reportedly shifted in favor of military action before President Bush leaves office in 18 months.
The Guardian quotes what it calls a "well-placed source in Washington" as saying: "Bush is not going to leave office with Iran still in Limbo." The source also said Bush and Vice President Dick Cheney did not trust any potential successors in the White House, Republican or Democrat, to deal with Iran decisively.
Meanwhile on Capitol Hill, the Democratic-led Senate unanimously passed a resolution last week sponsored by Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman to censure Iran for complicity in the killing of US soldiers in Iraq. Lieberman opened debate on the measure by saying the Senate has a "choice between turning a blind eye to the murder of our troops and confronting those who are murdering them." The measure passed by a vote of 97 to zero.
Lieberman has been the leading voice in the Senate in support of a possible US military strike on Iran. Last month in an interview on CBS" Face the Nation, Lieberman said "I think we've got to be prepared to take aggressive military action against the Iranians to stop them from killing Americans in Iraq." ... Continu
Leslie Angeline, CODEPINK member who went on a hunger strike to demand a meeting from Senator Joe Lieberman about his statements on attacking Iran. She fasted for 23 days, fainted in his office, and was arrested before he agreed to meet her for 15 minutes.
Ali Nasri, Representative of "Miles for Peace," a group of Iranian peace activists who are cycling around Europe and the United States to oppose a war on Iran. He met Senator Lieberman with CODEPINK members last week. |
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