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<FONT face=Tahoma size=2><B>From:</B> Kathy Guthrie, FCNL
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<P>May 8, 2007</P>
<P><STRONG>Iraq: </STRONG><A href="#1">What Does $456 Billion
Buy?</A><STRONG><BR>Iraq: </STRONG><A href="#2">Withdrawal
Hinges on Talking with Iraq’s Neighbors
</A><STRONG><BR>Resource: </STRONG><A href="#3">The Cost of a
Global Warming Fix</A><STRONG><BR>FCNL Annual Meeting:
</STRONG><A href="#4">November 8-11,
2007</A><STRONG><BR>Grassroots Action: </STRONG><A
href="#5">Build Your Own Cluster Bomb</A><STRONG><BR>FCNL in
the News: </STRONG><A href="#6">How Much Can We Spend on
Protection From Others?</A><STRONG> (<EM>Atlanta
Journal-Constitution</EM>)<BR>Photo of the Week<A
href="#photo">: </A></STRONG><A href="#photo">War is Not the
Answer</A></P>
<P>Read this newsletter online at: <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/FWAEHCVRGB/1180789131">http://www.fcnl.org/email/e-newsletter/08may07.htm</A>.</P>
<P><A id=2 name=2></A><STRONG>Iraq</STRONG><STRONG>:
Withdrawal Hinges on Talking With Iraq’s
Neighbors</STRONG></P>
<P>The House will have two opportunities in the next three
weeks to insist on a new U.S. policy in Iraq. FCNL will be
lobbying for an integrated strategy that includes a timetable
for the withdrawal of U.S. troops, support for negotiations
among Iraq’s warring factions, U.S. support for a regional
peace process that includes all of Iraq’s neighbors, and
substantial U.S. financial support for the stabilization and
reconstruction of Iraq. <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/BKGXHCVRGC/1180789131">Read
more</A>.</P>
<P>Read <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/FBGTHCVRGD/1180789131">what
military leaders are saying</A> about the war.</P>
<H3><STRONG><A name=1></A>Iraq</STRONG><STRONG>: What Does
$456 Billion Buy? </STRONG></H3>
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<P>By September, the cost of the Iraq war may have
reached $456 billion, according to the National
Priorities Project. Boston.com looks at <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/HPQAHCVRGE/1180789131">what
else that money could buy</A> and lets you submit your
suggestions.<BR><BR></P></TD></TR></TBODY></TABLE>
<P><A id=3 name=3></A><STRONG>Resource: The Cost of a Global
Warming Fix</STRONG></P>
<P>An international scientific panel this month put a price
tag on what it would take to avoid the worst effects of global
warming, concluding that the effort would be affordable and
would be partially offset by economic and other benefits. Read
a <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/KLWRHCVRGF/1180789131">summary
of the report</A> on the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate
Change.</P>
<P><STRONG><A id=4 name=4></A>FCNL Annual Meeting: November
8-11, 2007</STRONG></P>
<P>Next year is a critical year for peace -- what can we
accomplish in Washington? Can we make the 2008 elections a
referendum on peace? Hear first-hand reports on FCNL’s peace
agenda, energy conservation policy options, and federal
spending priorities. <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/LMMGHCVRGG/1180789131">Find
out how to register and more</A>.</P>
<P><STRONG><A id=5 name=5></A>Grassroots Action: Build Your
Own Cluster Bomb</STRONG></P>
<P>This origami cluster bomb can help you educate your
community about the danger cluster bombs pose to civilians in
countries all over the world. Print out copies of this <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/BZSFHCVRGH/1180789131">PDF</A>
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NOSEND="1"> and invite your friends to make cluster bomb paper
folds with you. Then “drop” them at a public event or meeting
to spread the word about these indiscriminate and inhumane
weapons.</P>
<P><EM>After you choose to print the PDF, look for the page
scaling option (under the page handling heading) and change it
to “None” for best results. </EM></P>
<P><EM><A name=6></A></EM><STRONG>FCNL in the News: How Much
Can We Spend on Protection From Others? (<EM>Atlanta
Journal-Constitution</EM>)</STRONG></P>
<P>“What kind of society do they want to live in 20, 40, 60
years from now? If they want to live in a peaceful society,
what values would a society at peace express in its
expenditures? And what would constitute peace?”</P>
<P>- Betty Jean Craige, in an <A
href="http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OKXOHCVKXV/DHWMHCVRGI/1180789131">opinion
column</A> that draws on FCNL’s figures on the percent of our
tax dollars going to the military.</P>
<P><A name=photo></A><STRONG>Photo of the Week: War is Not the
Answer </STRONG></P>
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