Dear Friends,With only days left before the Weapons Inspection Team de
parts for Washington, D.C., tremendous excitement resonates throughout
our small office. The roster of inspectors has been confirmed. The fli
ghts and hotels have been booked. The Defense Department has been noti
fied of our impending visit. A public forum has been scheduled in Wash
ington, with the help of Global Exchange, Code Pink, the Women痴 Inter
national League for Peace and Freedom, and International ANSWER. We ar
e counting down the hours and finalizing details, anxious to finally w
itness the end result of months of planning.On February 22, 2003, the
night before the inspection, you are invited to a public forum in Wash
ington, D.C. The forum, which we are coordinating with the American pa
rtner groups mentioned above, will be held at 7:30pm at the First Cong
regational Church, 945 G Street NW. The event will be an opportunity f
or the inspectors to speak publicly about why they are participating i
n this important mission to the United States, and for you to discuss
the issues with them. If you would like more information about this me
eting, please call 202-546-6727.On the morning of February 23, a deleg
ation from Rooting Out Evil will attempt to inspect the Edgewood Chemi
cal Biological Center in Maryland. We have sent a letter to Secretary
of Defense Donald Rumsfeld notifying him of our intentions, and are aw
aiting a reply. You can read the letter on www.rootingoutevil.org. Whe
ther we receive a response or not, we are planning a visit to Edgewood
on Sunday with international media in tow.If you'd like to help draw a
ttention to the inspection, we encourage you to call the foreign desk
of your local newspaper or broadcast affiliate and ask them if they'll
be covering this important event. You can direct them to the media rel
ations section of our website, which features our press releases, our
letter to Donald Rumsfeld, and our contact information:http://www.root
ingoutevil.org/index.php3/MediaThe international Inspection Team is co
mposed of prominent Canadian, British, American, Danish and Italian pa
rliamentarians, scientists, academics, faith and union leaders. The de
legation includes: Libby Davies, Member of Parliament (Canada); Christ
y Ferguson, Organizer and Spokesperson, Rooting Out Evil; David Langil
le, Director of Public Affairs, Centre for Social Justice; Alan Simpso
n, Member of Parliament (United Kingdom) and head of Labour Party Agai
nst the War; Edward Hammond, Director, Sunshine Project; Peter Shorett,
Director of Programmes, Council for Responsible Genetics; Samaa Elibya
ri, Representative, Canadian Islamic Congress; Deborah Bourque, Nation
al President, Canadian Union of Postal Workers; Steven Staples, Defens
e Analyst, Polaris Institute; Mel Watkins, Professor Emeritus - Econom
ics and Political Science, University of Toronto; Francesco Martone, I
talian Senator; Graziella Mascia, Member of Parliament (Italy); Pernil
le Rosenkrantz, Member of Parliament (!Denmark).We would like to exten
d our most sincere appreciation to all of you for your moral and finan
cial support with your help we are reaching citizens and leaders aroun
d the world with a powerful message of peace.Sincerely,The Rooting Out
Evil coordinating teamKim Kerridge, Elizabeth Dove, Deborah Cook, Chri
sty Ferguson, Larry Gordon, David Langille, Peter Tabuns, Stephen Kerr,
Sarah Treleaven, and Ritch Whyman
**【「Ａ・Ｎ・Ｓ・Ｗ・Ｅ・Ｒ」】とは
「Act Now to Stop War ＆ End Racism」（戦争に反対し人種差別を終わら
せるために、いま行動しよう）というスローガンの頭文字をとって名付けられ
た。現在アメリカで、最も広範な反戦運動の結集体。2002年10月26日に、全米
主要都市で百万人の大行動を呼びかけた。創始者の一人である元米司法長官ラ
ムゼー・クラーク氏**は「すべての国民が、際限のないブッシュ政権の暴力行
為を阻止するために、行動して欲しい」と訴えている。
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戦争ができる時代は終わった
War Is Obsolete
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原文：米誌『YES！』（2003年春号）
「これは私たち自身に対する戦争だ」（The War Against Ourselves）
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