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</o:shapelayout></xml><![endif]--></head><body bgcolor=white lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple><div class=WordSection1><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='color:black'><o:p> </o:p></span></p><div><div style='border:none;border-top:solid #B5C4DF 1.0pt;padding:3.0pt 0in 0in 0in'><p class=MsoNormal><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'>From:</span></b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"'> HoustonCathy [mailto:ckorrf@earthlink.net] <br><b>Sent:</b> Tuesday, November 16, 2010 6:22 PM<br><b>To:</b> donald cook; Cheryl Crosier; BillCrosier; zappa2004@earthlink.net<br><b>Cc:</b> Deb Shafto; George Reiter; McPhail, Beverly<br><b>Subject:</b> Fact Sheet? 11/17 Bush book protests<o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Would one of you be able to turn the following into a "Media Packet-Fact Sheet" and bring some to the Wednesday AM protest at Barnes & Noble & GIVE TO ANY MEDIA workers who might show up, camera operators, reporters, etc?</span><o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>1. In 1991, t<span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010>he bombing of Iraq </span>resulted in the destruction of Iraq's infrastructure (e.g. drinking water and sewage treatment plants, power generating facilities, dams and reservoirs), the destruction of sources of food such as fish ponds, seed banks and date palms, and which resulted in the death of tens of thousands innocent Iraqi citizens, many of them children. </span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>2. The embargo on Iraq which, along with the destruction of the nation's infrastructure from the 1991 attack, resulted in the death of over 500,000 Iraqi children<span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010> under 5 years of age by 1998. </span> <span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>3. The U.S. massacre of the Iraqi army as it retreated from </span></span><span class=yshortcuts><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Kuwait</span></span><span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> in 1991 (the Highway of Death). Tens of thousands were killed. This massacre violated the Geneva Convention of 1949, Common Article 3, which outlaws the kiling of soldiers who are "out of combat". </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>4. The illegal and unnecessary invasion of Iraq by the U.S. led "coalition of the willing" in 2003. <span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010>Again, the electrical and water systems were destroyed. U.N. weapons inspectors had verified that there were no WMD, and t</span>here was no al Qaeda in Iraq until the U.S. occupation. This invasion resulted in the death of tens of thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens. <span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010>The Lancet medical journal reported over one million dead. The war also resulted in millions of refugees both inside and outside the country. </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>5. The destruction of Iraqi antiquities, <span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010>cultural sites, libraries, hospitals and schools during the war.</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>6. The dispersal of depleted uranium in Iraq which is believed to have resulted in babies being deformed when they were born</span></span><span class=yiv215938116139552917-04092010><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> and many more cases of leukemia and other cancers than in the years before the wars. </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>7. U.S. Civilian Administrator in Iraq, Paul Bremer, pushed through Public Law 150 that privatized many services and industries. This law is still in force and the U.S. has </span></span><span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>awarded contracts to several oil companies</span></span><span class=yiv215938116139552917-04092010><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> to pump Iraq's oil. </span></span><span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010><span lang=EN style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span class=yiv215938116139552917-04092010><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>For references & further information contact Houston Peace News, Houston Peace & Justice Center </span></span><span class=yiv215938116139552917-04092010><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><a href="http://www.hpjc.org/"><span style='font-size:7.5pt'>www.hpjc.org</span></a></span></span><span class=yiv215938116139552917-04092010><span style='font-size:7.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>; The Harris County Green Party, ???? another?</span></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><o:p> </o:p></p></div><div><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> </span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></b></em></p><table class=MsoNormalTable border=0 cellspacing=0 cellpadding=0><tr><td valign=top style='padding:0in 0in 0in 0in'><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Houston activists to protest </span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>G.W. Bush book signing event</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bush book bash</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>U.S. Invasion and Occupation of </span></b></em><span class=yshortcuts><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Iraq</span></i></b></span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Immoral, Illegal and Unnecessary </span></em></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 17, 2010 Houston--When George W. Bush comes to Houston to sign his book for friends at Barnes and Noble bookstore, Wednesday, November 17th, <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8:00-10:30am</span></strong>, some Houston foes will protest, demanding accountability and justice for the lies he told the world. Bush will be shamed with an Iraqi-journalist-style "shoe-in", with a theatrical skit as demonstrators toss shoes, boots, and sandles onto a life-size Bush cardboard bouncer doll, then pile up with shoes representing the deaths caused by his administration during eight years of disaster and call for his arrest as a war criminal.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Bush's new book, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Decision Points,</span></em> could easily be retitled: <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DA0373'>Torture? Yes: In Contempt of International Law,</span></em>" quipped Madeleine Crozat, Houston Codepink.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In his book, the ex-President tries to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. The American people will not allow the Bush or the Obama administration to "turn the page" on Iraq. How will history view the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>illegal invasion of Iraq and war crimes</span></strong> committed by the U.S. Government? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></td></tr></table></div><div><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><em><b><span style='font-size:18.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Houston activists to protest </span></b></em><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>G.W. Bush book signing event</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p></div><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Bush book bash</span></b></em><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'><em><b><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>U.S. Invasion and Occupation of </span></b></em><span class=yshortcuts><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Iraq</span></i></b></span><b><i><span style='font-size:13.5pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><br><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Immoral, Illegal and Unnecessary </span></em></span></i></b><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal align=center style='text-align:center'> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>November 17, 2010 Houston--When George W. Bush comes to Houston to sign his book for friends at Barnes and Noble bookstore, Wednesday, November 17th, <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>8:00-10:30am</span></strong>, some Houston foes will protest, demanding accountability and justice for the lies he told the world. Bush will be shamed with an Iraqi-journalist-style "shoe-in", with a theatrical skit as demonstrators toss shoes, boots, and sandles onto a life-size Bush cardboard bouncer doll, then pile up with shoes representing the deaths caused by his administration during eight years of disaster and call for his arrest as a war criminal.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>"Bush's new book, <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Decision Points,</span></em> could easily be retitled: <em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:#DA0373'>Torture? Yes: In Contempt of International Law,</span></em>" quipped Madeleine Crozat, Houston Codepink.</span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>In his book, the ex-President tries to justify the U.S. invasion of Iraq in 2003. The American people will not allow the Bush or the Obama administration to "turn the page" on Iraq. How will history view the <strong><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>illegal invasion of Iraq and war crimes</span></strong> committed by the U.S. Government? </span><o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal> <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span class=yiv215938116734050203-02092010>"</span><em>We must never forget the </em><span class=yiv215938116139552917-04092010><i>needless </i></span><em>death</em><span class=yiv215938116139552917-04092010><i>s </i></span><em>of thousands of U.S. military personnel during the war and the serious injuries sustained by thousands more, the billions of dollars wasted on this war which could have been used to enhance the lives of people in the U.S., and the billions of dollars that have just disappeared</em>", said Lee Loe, Editor of the Houston Peace News. <o:p></o:p></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> <o:p></o:p></span></p><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Houston Peace and Justice Center representative, David Atwood claims, "<em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>Once people read the book, they should be outraged that Bush callously admits to a host of acts, ranging from invasion in Iraq and </span></em><span class=yshortcuts><i>Afghanistan</i></span><em><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'>, to torture of detainees, such as waterboarding, the Patriot Act and other matters that should not be glossed over, but warrant further investigation and prosecution.</span></em></span><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'><o:p></o:p></span></p></td></tr></table><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"'> #######<o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>To arrange an interview contact: Madeleine Crozat, 713-882-7369 or David Atwood, 832-693-5710</span><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'> <o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'>forwarded by Cathy C Courtney, Houston CodePink</span><span style='font-size:1.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div><div><p class=MsoNormal><span style='font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";color:black'><a href="mailto:ckorrf@earthlink.net">ckorrf@earthlink.net</a></span><span style='font-size:1.0pt;color:white'><o:p></o:p></span></p></div></div></div></div></body></html>