Iraqis Involved in Planning International ANSWER "Peace" March

"Cairo Conference backs Jan. 18 protests".

In case you may have thought that Ambrose Dateline DC was making up stuff about the genesis of the Saturday, January 18, "peace" (guffaw, chortle, snort) marches, here is some direct evidence from Workers World, Jan. 9 (emphasis added):

.... Among the prestigious world figures attending the conference were Ahmed Ben Bella, leader of Algeria's struggle for independence from France and first president of Algeria; Saad K. Hammoundy, Iraq's ambassador to the Arab League; former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Denis Halliday of Ireland, who was the United Nations Assistant Secretary-General heading the Oil-for-Food program in Iraq up through 1998; UN director of the Oil-for-Food program Dr. Hans Von Sponeck, and George Galloway, Labor member of Parliament in Britain. The 86-year-old Ben Bella presided over the conference.

Coordinators of anti-war groups attending included John Rees of the Stop the War Coalition in Britain, Christof Agiton of Attac in France, along with delegates from Cuba, Canada, Russia, Germany, Italy and more than 50 distinguished guests from Arab countries. The U.S. delegation included Sara Flounders of the International Action Center, Elias Rashmawi and Fadia Rafeedi of the Free Palestine Alliance and the ANSWER Coalition, Peter Phillips of Project Censored and Gary Leupp....

Oh, don't miss this bit:

The committee will also promote actions for Feb. 15, 2003, a day chosen for demonstrations in Europe.

The Iraqi ambassador to the Arab League was involved in the December meeting in Cairo that planned International ANSWER's "peace" march: don't you think the nation's newspaper of record (guffaw, chortle, snort) ought to be interested in publishing this kind of information?

Thanks to Bill Cork, whose concluding remark is stunning. And hardly to be gainsaid.

P.S. I see this evening that Bill Cork has edited the blog mentioned immediately above, strengthening and sharpening its impact, including renaming it to "Ramsey Clark + Communists + Iraqis = ______".

Lane Core Jr. CIW P — Mon. 01/27/03 08:55:38 AM
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