Show f V f 0 A2 — The Herald Journal Logan Utah Sunday March 9 2003 Winds Q off War " f “Once War happens there will be civil disobedience It’s bringing to a higher level what people have been doing” said coordinator Bal Pinguel at the American Friends Service Committee an arm of the pacifist Quaker church The peace movement that has taken shape in the United States and around the world uses organizing technology — including the Inter- — that was not net and available the last time such large-sca- le domestic anti-wactivism took place in the ns ns ail ar A 52 Iraq crisis developments Vietnam War era Once spearheaded largely by leftist students hippies and draft-car-d burners the peace movement is now taking on more support from the mainstream: labor unions war vet- erans middle-age- d professionals and teenagers bom years afire the last draft Almost 100000 backers have donated to Reace Action one of the biggest anti-wgroups over the past six months coordinators say Still despite its broader reach it is unclear if the highly decentralized peace move ar ment can marshal protests that can disrupt die war effort or win public sympathy Same : activists themselves it they can prevent a war against Iraq “There’s a good chancewe won’t be able to step it” said Kate Pearson a Chicago organizer at Not in Our Name In a counter effort rallies to support President Bush and in a possible war also are bong held across the country and moveanger at die anti-wment sometimes is apparent Echoing a slogan from the 1960s one placard at an ar W Orlando raDytead: "America — Love It or Leave It” Peace activists have mounted mass rallies in major cities reminiscent of the Vietnam era but they have also held smaller community vigils and discussion groups and traditional drives In January and again in February peace groups coordinated demonstrations in cities around the world Hundreds of thousands of protesters unfurled signs and rallied in New York en Washington DC San Fran- cisco London Berlin Rome vV''-- V'- T h - - ft ' Council French President Jacques Chirac pressed his US-back- TO jC?± After UN weapons inspectors praise Iraq's cooperation Baghdad calls for the lifting of sanctions imposed since its 1990 invasion of Kuwait It also calls for the Security Council to take action against American "weapons of mdak (Jibuti1'1 ' lion ' About 10000 people in the northern English city of Manchester demonstrated against a war on Iraq Tens of thousands of protesters also rallied outside a US military base near the Italian city of Pisa The UN mission monitoring Kuwait's border with Iraq raised its alert level to stage three out of a possible five after the US proposal of a deadline At stage four the peacekeepers along the border would stop all operations In stage 5 they would evacuate the country ' — The Associated Press r Tbkyo Cairo and other cities On Wednesday thousands of students around die United States walked out of classes In a foretaste of civil disobedience about a dozen students from suburban Boston high schools marched inn-in-ar-m Wednesday evening through downtown streets They chanted peace slogans pounded on plastic pails and slowed traffic When they stopped at the State Houre three of them clambered over fence a closed wrought-iro- u and taped a protest poster on the front doors Al-Qai- da ' off : planning attack on troops? j Britain and the United States began a diplomatic push for support for their proposal of a March 17 deadline for Saddam Hussein to fully disarm British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw insisted that the measure can pass despite opposition from France Russia and China which hold veto powers on the UN Security own alternative proposal to deadline a the summit of world leaders at the Security Council to work out a compromise Russian Foreign Minister Igor Ivanov said that if the United States launches an Iraq war on its own it would be a violation of the UN charter Iraq resumed the destruction of banned Al Samoud 2 missiles under the supervision of UN weapons inspectors after taking a day : "I ing roads and bridges BOSTON (AP)— They have marched and chanted hoping to use persuasion to prevent war If that fails though activists are readying a more aggressive strategy of sit-iand social disruptions meant to restore peace in Iraq Protest sit-iespecially at federal buildings defense recruiting offices and military bases have been mapped out for dozens of cities in the first day or two of any war anti- war organizers say Some also foresee widespread walkouts at schools and workplaces A smaller number talk of block- - ' 3 i sK' AP photo Members of the 1742nd Transportation Company of the South Dakota Army National Guard listen to speeches during their activation ceremony Saturday in the Great Hall of the Washington Pavilion in Sioux Falls SD Members of the company will stay in Sioux Falls temporarily and then deploy to Fort Carson Colo in the coming week WASHINGTON (AP) operatives are planning to strike at US and allied forces taking part in a war in Iraq according to information acquired by American intelligence agencies counterterrorism officials said Saturday The operatives are subordinates of Abu Musab Zarqawi whom CIA officials describe as a senior associate of Osama bin Laden Some are in Baghdad others are elsewhere in Iraq the counterterrorism officials said speaking on condition of anonymity The intelligence does not suggest any land of coordination between the government of Iraqi President Saddam Hussein and the operatives instead officials believe the terrorists are looking to capitalize on die chaos created by any military conflict to strike at American and allied troops A CIA report passed to senior government officials last week warned of die potential strikes A CIA spokesman declined to comment The New York Times first Al-Qai- da reputed die information Saturday on its Web site The counterterrorism officials said operatives may be planning to use explosives or toxins to conduct the attack The new information comes against a murky backdrop regarding whether Iraq supor to what ports extent three are ties However intelligence officials have generally agreed they have nothing to document that Saddam Hussein had a hand in the Sept 112001 attacks or that Saddam and Osama bin Laden are coordinating terrorist operations At the center of US allegations that there are links between Iraq and the terrorist group is Zarqawi a Jordanian terrorist operative and some of his followers CIA Director George Tenet and others have described Zarqawi as a senior associate of leader Osama bin Laden but officials acknowledge some difference of opinion within US intelligence whether it is correct to describe him as a member of the organization 1 ' WASHINGTON (AP) — The names for US military operations over the years have ' been poetic moralizing ami in one case so forgettable that leaders of that mission forgot it Carolina Moon Just Cause Productive Effort Among the pieces yet to fall into place in the likely war against Iraq is a name for it So far the buildup in the Persian Gulf has shared the umbrella moniker for the worldwide campaign Enduring Freedom There are all sorts of rules for coming up with a name m involving many Pentagon offices In the end though it always has been more art than science Commanders choosing the operation name for a war in Iraq have to balance security concerns with the message says Conrad Crane director of the US Army Military HistO ry Institute “It’s good to get an inspirational burst out of the name” he said The naming tradition is rich and varied It generally combines a commander’s gut instinct with a computer data- - base of possibilities running names up the chain of com- mand and hoping the result is memorable Operation Niagara in Vietnam was so named because the commander wanted people to think of relentlessly cascading bombs The enormity of the Allied invasion of Normandy was captured indie dark moniker picked by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill: Operation Overlord Desert Strum to drive Iraq out of Kuwait in 1991 evoked the furiously kicked-u- p sand r’tf of the largest military opera- tion since World War n Operation Killer during die Korean War was a dud It “struck an unpleasant note as far as public relations was concerned” Army Chief of Staff Gen J Lawton Collins told its creator Lt Gen Matthew Ridgway Not all names are so tied to bloodletting Through the decades there have been operations Bluehearts (Korea the landing at Inchon) Ivy Bells (undersea snooping on die Soviets) and Carolina Moon (a deadly and unsuccessful mission to blow up a bridge in North Vietnam) sporaore Logan City Environmental Division cin us U you wotkwotshlp of gq joscnoo ach9County'iUtah ot FtankliriCountyl ldalio THE PLUG WE PUT THE “LOW” IN “LOANS” on expensive lawn fertilizer service) With PAX it’s easy and affordable - 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