_U.S. anti-war, religious leaders meet with Iranian President
Ahmadinejad_
(http://fightbacknews.us1.list-manage1.com/track/click?u=a29530af96a02fc55d345e735&id=607b831980&e=cf861a9df0)
By Staff
New York, NY - 150 prominent anti-war activists, religious leaders and
supporters of Iran attended a special here on Sept. 25 with Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad. He is in New York to address the opening meeting of
the 67th session of the UN General Assembly.
For the past year there have been escalating threats by the U.S. over Iran’
s alleged development of nuclear weapons. Many speakers made it clear that
Iran has no nuclear weapons and no plan to develop them. In fact, Phil
Wilayto, one of the event organizers, said, “Iran has called for a nuclear
free Middle East.” Unlike Israel, which has over 150 nuclear weapons, Iran has
signed the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) and allows inspectors of
its nuclear facilities.
According to a number of speakers, the U.S. is already intervening.
Economic sanctions are an act of war, according to international law; the U.S.
has admitted to carrying out cyber attacks on Iran’s nuclear processing
facilities; and to having special operation troops on the ground. As with
Libya
and Syria, the U.S. is also looking for opposition groups to back inside
Iran.
In addition, this past week the U.S. government removed the Mojahedin el
Khalk from the State Department’s list of foreign terrorist organizations.
It is widely believed that they have carried out assassinations of Iranian
nuclear scientists.
Ironically, two of the anti-war activists attending the meeting - Joe
Iosbaker, a key organizer of the Chicago anti-NATO protest and Sarah Martin, a
member of Women Against Military Madness and Freedom Road Socialist
Organization - have been targets of a grand jury investigation for allegations
of “
providing material support to terrorist organizations” in Palestine and
Colombia.
‘Terrible time in history of America’
Prominent among guests was Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation of
Islam. “This is a terrible time in the history of America. America and Israel
are pushing this nation to war with Iran over alleged attempts to build
weapons of mass destruction.” He warned, “We have to stand against the war
mongers.”
Ramsey Clark, who was U.S. Attorney General when the Non-Proliferation
Treaty was signed in 1968, said, “The heart of the treaty was for the nuclear
powers to eliminate their nuclear weapons.” He concluded, “The nuclear
powers failed,” explaining how the U.S. has not lived up to its end of the
deal.
Ellie Ommani, of the American Iranian Friendship Committee congratulated
Iran “... for successfully hosting the 16th summit of the Non-Aligned
movement with 125 nations. This puts to rest the myth of Iran’s isolation.”
Leah Bolger, president of Veterans for Peace, called for the U.S. to, “
Remove carrier battle groups armed with nuclear weapons from the region.” In a
proposal to President Ahmadinejad, Bolger also called for a delegation of
vets to visit Iran.
In closing remarks, President Ahmadinejad said, “The U.S. wants to expand
its hegemony over the center of energy. Iran will not allow this.” This
brought cheers from the crowd.
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