After five days of walking and three days of fasting, group heads home.

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From Information Clearing House

Report From The International Peace Conference:

This excellent panel featured talks by Rose Gentle (Military Families Against the War), Ann Lawrence (Military Families Against the War), John Miller (Military Families Against the War), Ben Griffin (Military Families Against the War), Kelly Dougherty (Iraq Veterans Against the War), Chis Nineham (Stop the War Coalition), Medea Benjamin (Code Pink), Peter Brierley (Military Families Against the War), Judy Cuniglio (Dallas, Texas), Reg Keys (Military Families Against the War), Cindy Sheehan (Gold Star Families for Peace).

http://www.traprockpeace.org/stw_mil_fam_10dec05/



The peace conference was convened by the Stop the War Coalition (UK):

Well over 1000 people packed packed into the Royal Horticultural Society Hall, London on Saturday for the peace conference. More were in an overflow hall and still more were turned away in the days before the conference began.

http://www.stopthewar.co.uk/


From Information Clearing House

'Millions of people are turning away from the traditional sources of news and information and to the World Wide Web, convinced that mainstream journalism is the voice of rampant power.'

http://tinyurl.com/88ca7


From Information Clearing House

We Americans read in the Administration's "pet media" what the military allows to filter thru the Pentagon's sieve of deceptions, half-truths and lies and we feel well informed. But we aren't well informed - we aren't even informed.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11313.htm

The new Senate measure, part of a bill authorizing intelligence spending, is separate from an amendment by Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., that is still being debated as part of a military spending bill.

http://tinyurl.com/akqyk


From Information Clearing House

The administration long has contended that it can't put a price tag on future costs because of the unpredictable nature of war. Critics, mostly Democrats, have accused Bush of delaying his war spending requests for as long as possible to keep budget deficit projections looking smaller.

http://cbs5.com/topstories/topstories_story_347213415.html


From Information Clearing House

I am asking you to join me in demanding a real discussion of the war in Iraq from the U.S. House of Representatives.

http://villagevoice.com/news/0551,news,71092,2.html


From Information Clearing House

I wrote two days ago that George Bush's assertion that 30,000 Iraqi "citizens" had died was wrong, not just because it didn't give credence to the controversial Lancet study which estimated (more than a year ago) 100,000 dead.

http://tinyurl.com/855wr


From Information Clearing House

"In an age of terrorism and weapons of mass destruction, if we wait for threats to fully materialize, we will have waited too long," he said in a speech aimed at shoring up flagging US support for the conflict.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/afp/20051214/wl_mideast_afp/iraqvoteusbush


From Information Clearing House

Video Documentary - Channel 4 - UK

Kidnap and Torture American Style follows the stories of terror suspects. Some of them are British residents, who have been snatched from streets and airports throughout the world before being flown to the Middle-East and Africa. In countries such as Syria and Egypt, they undergo agonising ordeals before being incarcerated, without ever facing an open trial.

Watch it here: Real Video
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article11314.htm