Act Now In The Name of World Peace

national | miscellaneous | news report Friday April 19, 2002 13:08 by PK paulkinlay at hotmail dot com

The US wants to depose the diplomat who could take away its pretext for war with Iraq.

'On Sunday, the US government will launch an international coup. It has been planned for a month. It will be executed quietly, and most of us won't know what is happening until it's too late. It is seeking to overthrow 60 years of multilateralism, in favour of a global regime built on force.

The coup begins with its attempt, in five days' time, to unseat the man in charge of ridding the world of chemical weapons. If it succeeds, this will be the first time that the head of a multilateral agency will have been deposed in this manner. Every other international body will then become vulnerable to attack. The coup will also shut down the peaceful options for dealing with the chemical weapons Iraq may possess, helping to ensure that war then becomes the only means of destroying them.'

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URGENT
Please fax Jack Straw, the British Foreign Secretary, at:

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office,
Whitehall
London SW1A 2AH

or fax: 0207 839 2417
(from abroad: +44 207 839 2417)

You can copy the following text for your fax if you wish:

Dear Jack,

Please do not support the removal of Jose Bustani as head of The Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons (OPCW).

He has, arguably, done more in the past five years to promote world peace than anyone else on earth. His inspectors have overseen the destruction of two million chemical weapons and two-thirds of the world's chemical weapon facilities. He has so successfully cajoled reluctant nations that the number of signatories has risen from 87 to 145 in the past five years: the fastest growth rate of any multilateral body in recent times.

Yours sincerely,

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