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More US supplied weapons in the Middle East |
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Story submitted by Horace Santry on Thursday, August 9, 2007 - 1:14pm |
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In late July 2007, the Bush Administration announced that it would be increasing military aid to Israel 25% to $30 billion, would be guaranteeing $13 billion in military aid to Egypt and would sell $20 billion to the Gulf states, primarily Saudi Arabia, all over the next ten years. The Middle East is lacking for many things, but the one thing that every Middle Eastern country is awash in is weapons. This is a time for the United States to be promoting diplomacy, not more violence.
US law states that military aid is only to be used for defense, and is not to be provided to countries which engage in a "consistent pattern of gross violations of internationally recognized human rights." None of the recipient countries, including Israel, meet this standard.
Feel free to express your opinion to your elected officials….
US President George W Bush, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
Fax: 202-456-2461
president@whitehouse.gov
US Vice-President Dick Cheney, 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. N.W.
Washington, DC 20500
Switchboard: 202-456-1414
Fax: 202-456-2461
vice.president@whitehouse.gov
US Senator Pat Roberts
Military and Legislative Assistant, Chris Arnold
109 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-4774
Fax: 202-224-3514
http://roberts.senate.gov
Wichita Office, 155 N. Market, Suite 120, Wichita, KS 67202
Phone: 316-263-0416
Fax: 316-263-0273
US Senator Sam Brownback
Foreign Affairs Adviser Hannah Royal
303 Hart Senate Office Building, Washington, DC 20510
Phone: 202-224-6521
Fax: 202-228-1265
Wichita Office, 245 N. Waco, Wichita, KS 67202
Phone: 316-264-8066
Fax: 316-264-9078
http://brownback.senate.gov
US Representative, 4th District Kansas, Todd Tiahrt
Legislative Adviser Jim Richardson
2441 Rayburn Bldg, Washington, DC 20515
Phone: 202-225-6216
Fax: 202-225-3489
www.house.gov/tiahrt
Wichita Office, 155 N. Market, Suite 400, Wichita, KS 67202
Phone: 316-262-8992
Fax: 316-262-5309 |
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Economy · Israel/Palestine · United States
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The New Tactical Nuclear Weapons |
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Story submitted by Horace Santry on Tuesday, November 16, 2004 - 12:00am |
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”The New Tactical Nuclear Weapons: Absurd and Dangerous: or a Management Necessity”? In September 2004 the Peace and Social Justice Education Fund, Physicians for Social Responsibility and People of Faith for Peace sponsored Greg Mello, the co-founder and director of the Los Alamos Study Group. He presented a compelling and comprehensive outline of the Bush administration’s plan to develop and deploy a new generation of tactical nuclear weapons. Reductions in our stockpile as outlined in the Nuclear Nonproliferation Treaty have stopped, in violation of the Treaty. The nuclear weapons industry is receiving increased funding for the designing of new weapons, which, though smaller, will be highly destructive on civilians. The “Advanced Concepts Initiative’, within our National Nuclear Security Administration, direct weapons scientists to “close any gaps” and leave “no novel nuclear weapons concept” unexplored. NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks reiterated that with this policy change, “We should not fail to take advantage of this opportunity”, even to the point of getting ready to conduct a nuclear test within 18 months. The small bombs and rockets will still be extremely deadly and will leave lingering radiation problems. The Los Alamos Lab is slated to begin building “pits”, the core of future weapons. There are hundreds now in storage. In addition, the story of cancer among “pit” production workers in Rocky Flats Lad of Colorado, now closed but still “hot”, is not generally known. The important decision about the nation’s nuclear weapons policies are made in secret. Local American citizens must keep watch in those place the government stays silent. Watch for more events covering this in the future. |
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