Kenapocomoco
Newsnotes

"World peace through nonviolent
means is neither absurd nor unattainable.
All other methods have failed.
Thus we must begin anew."

- Martin Luther King, Jr.

This Month: 

• January Calendar
• No War With Iraq
• Jan 18 "Stop the War in Iraq Rally" in Fort Wayne
• News, Headlines, and Interesting Info

January Calendar:

Note: This Calendar will be updated throughout the month as new events and activities are announced.

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No War With Iraq

Events opposing a possible war in Iraq (and opposing war if one is started) are being planned and will be posted to this newsletter and the Kenapocomoco listserv as they are announced.

• Mini-Rally before Convo every Monday.  9:45 in front of Cordier Auditorium. (Starting in February)

• Downtown Anti-War Gathering every Wednesday.  5:15 at the intersection of Main and Market Streets, North Manchester.

• Faculty and Staff Statement Against the War - See Ken Brown or Abby Fuller.

• NEW! Jan 18 "Stop the War in Iraq Rally" in Fort Wayne (see below)

To learn more about the possible war with Iraq, please visit:

• Act Now to Stop War and End Racism (ANSWER)

• Iraq Action Coalition
• Iraq Sanctions Challenge
• ZNet Iraq Page
• Common Dreams
• U.S. Policy Toward Iraq from C-Span

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Jan 18 "Stop the War in Iraq Rally" in Fort Wayne

Stop the War on Iraq - Saturday, January 18th, 2003 (Noon - 2pm)
 Courthouse Green Clinton and Main Streets - Fort Wayne, Indiana

Please join us for a speakout and protest against Bush's war for oil in Iraq!

Interested MU and area folks are gathering for car pooling
at 10:45 AM in the Upper Union parking lot on the MU campus.

More Info

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News, Headlines, and Interesting Info

Harper's Index from Harpers Magazine (December 2002):

• Number of names on the State Department's list of "suspected terrorists" : 70,000
• Number of times George W. Bush has said Osama bin Laden's name in public since July 8 : 0
• Hours after Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld learned Bin Laden was a suspect that he sought reasons to "hit" Iraq : 2.5
• Percentage by which the Pentagon's September order for sunblock exceeded its last largest such order : 70
• Rank of Israel and Turkey among nations in violation of the largest number of U.N. Security Council resolutions : 1, 2
• Chances that a child fed "booger"-flavored jelly beans at a trade show this fall said they tasted like the real thing : 4 in 5

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