A.N.S.W.E.R. press release: March 6, 2003    

BUSH PUSHES CLOSER TO THE BRINK OF WAR AS ANTI-WAR MOVEMENT PREPARES FOR 
MASS PROTESTS ON MARCH 15TH

In a nationally televised news conference today, Bush repeatedly announced 
that his administration is days away from the "final stages of diplomacy," 
signaling the imminence of a war on Iraq.

Bill Hackwell, Vietnam veteran and organizer at International ANSWER, 
called Bush's news conference, "nothing more than falsifications, lies and 
deceptions.  Once again, the only thing that Bush's statements clarified 
was his administration's intent on going to war, and going to war soon."

ANSWER Youth and Student activist LeiLani Dowell stated, "Bush turned 
reality upside-down when he said, 'I will not leave the American people at 
the mercy of the Iraqi dictator and his weapons,' without a shred of new 
evidence.  Bush made it clear that it doesn't matter what the weapons 
inspectors do or don't find, and that this war is really about reclaiming 
Iraq for U.S. corporate interests."

British papers have signaled the dates March 13-17th as a possible start of 
the war.

As the deadline for war approaches, anti-war organizers are gearing up for 
what could be the last mass protest before the war starts.  On March 15th, 
protesters will converge at Civic Center in San Francisco and the White 
House in Washington D.C. to tell Bush "No Blood for Oil."

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