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www.notinourname.net 30 August 04
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Pledge of Resistance
Military Resistance
First Iraqi War vet to refuse further military service →
Call to Conscience from Veterans to Active Duty Troops and Reservists →
The Republican National Convention in NYC
A million in the streets when…
The Republicans are coming to NYC trying to use the grief of 9-11 to advance an agenda of horrors.
More than a million in the streets saying “NO” to Bush and all he represents!
Sports Illustrated article August 19, 2004 (excerpts)
Unwilling participants:
Iraqi soccer players angered by Bush campaign ads
"Iraq as a team does not want Mr. Bush to use us for the presidential campaign," Sadir told SI.com through a translator, speaking calmly and directly. "He can find another way to advertise himself."
Ahmed Manajid, who played as a midfielder on Wednesday, had an even stronger response when asked about Bush’s TV advertisement. "How will he meet his god having slaughtered so many men and women?" Manajid told me. “He has committed so many crimes."
[...]they also find it offensive that Bush is using Iraq for his own gain when they do not support his administration’s actions. "My problems are not with the American people," says Iraqi soccer coach Adnan Hamad. "They are with what America has done in Iraq: destroy everything. The American army has killed so many people in Iraq."
Manajid, 22, who nearly scored his own goal with a driven header on Wednesday, hails from the city of Fallujah. He says coalition forces killed Manajid’s cousin, Omar Jabbar al-Aziz, who was fighting as an insurgent, and several of his friends. In fact, Manajid says, if he were not playing soccer he would “for sure” be fighting as part of the resistance.
(References via notinourname.net)
(bumped to 30 August from 24 August)
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