GET ON THIS NOW: Tell your Reps to Join Conyers re: Bush/Blair report

[WilliamPitt]

http://capwiz.com/pdamerica/callalert/index.tt?alertid=7532731&type=CO

Congressman John Conyers, Jr. (D-MI), ranking minority member of the House Judiciary Committee, is circulating a letter calling for further inquiry into a secret U.S.-UK agreement to attack Iraq that was reached in the summer of 2002. The explosive report of this secret war deal between Bush and Blair was first published by The Times UK on Monday, and can be read here:

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/printFriendly/0,,1-523-1592904-523,00.html

In a letter to George W. Bush, Rep. Conyers wrote, "We write because of troubling revelations in the Sunday London Times apparently confirming that the United States and Great Britain had secretly agreed to attack Iraq in the summer of 2002, well before the invasion and before you even sought Congressional authority to engage in military action." You can read the rest of his letter here:

http://rawstory.com/aexternal/conyers_iraq_letter_502

We need PDA members to contact their Representative immediately and demand that they sign Rep. Conyers' important letter to Bush, which requests answers to the following questions:

1) Do you or anyone in your Administration dispute the accuracy of the leaked document?

2) Were arrangements being made, including the recruitment of allies, before you sought Congressional authorization go to war? Did you or anyone in your Administration obtain Britain's commitment to invade prior to this time?

3) Was there an effort to create an ultimatum about weapons inspectors in order to help with the justification for the war as the minutes indicate?

4) At what point in time did you and Prime Minister Blair first agree it was necessary to invade Iraq?

5) Was there a coordinated effort with the U.S. intelligence community and/or British officials to "fix" the intelligence and facts around the policy as the leaked document states?

[quiet.american]

1. Thanks, Will -- bookmarked and taking action. n/t

[Coloradan4Truth]

2. Done - Sent DeGette an email and web form note. n/t

[Hubert Flottz]

3. Do you remember this report from days gone by?

Fraud Traced to the White House

How California’s energy scam was inextricably
linked to a war for oil scheme
Yurica Report

snip>

Enter Saddam Hussein

According to the Baker report, Saddam Hussein became a swing oil producer by turning Iraq’s oil taps “on and off” whenever he felt that it was in his interest to do so. During these periods Saudi Arabia stepped up to the plate and provided replacement oil supplies to the market to keep California type “disruptions” and scarcity from occurring in America. Hussein, the report says, used his own “export program to manipulate oil markets.” The report’s implications are clear: the national energy security of the U.S. was now in the hands of an open adversary and the Saudis might not make up the difference in the future. The Baker report recommends: “The United States should conduct an immediate policy review of Iraq, including military, energy, economic and political/diplomatic assessments…. Sanctions that are not effective should be phased out and replaced with highly focused and enforced sanctions that target the regime’s ability to maintain and acquire weapons of mass destruction.” Military intervention is listed as a viable prospect.

According to Neil Mackay in the Sunday Herald article, James Baker delivered the report to Dick Cheney in person in mid April 2001.

The subsequent events of September 11, 2001 helped take the world’s eyes away from the notion that an invasion of Iraq is for oil, but according to Mackay’s sources, the Bush cabinet agreed to military intervention in Iraq six months earlier, in April of 2001. MUCH MUCH MORE...........

http://www.yuricareport.com/PoliticalAnalysis/FraudinWhiteHouse.htm


Makes a lot of sense now!

Edited to correct link.

[IChing]

4. You might want to read my post

by palast, that could add arguements


http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=103&topic_id=123447#123463

[Hubert Flottz]

12. The Teflon moron thought he was too slick to stick.

But his sins are starting to find him out.

More on the energy meetings and the neocon push to invade Iraq:

SNIP>

Enter Document No. 4



On May 16, 2001, Dick Cheney officially handed the National Energy Policy (national report) to George W. Bush. Ostensibly the cabinet members that formed the National Energy Policy Development Group (NEPDG) were its authors. But a careful study and comparison of the national report with the Baker report reveals the Baker report provided the skeleton framework upon which the national energy policy was hung. However, the skeleton was broken up into unrelated parts: the skull in the middle, the thigh bone on top.




When it was all unraveled, almost every major policy action in the Baker report was incorporated into the national report. The tedious process of comparing the two reports with each other occasionally revealed a subtlety. For example, the Baker report says, “The U.S. must have a strategic energy policy based on energy security.” The national report subtly changes this to: “The NEPD Group recommends that the President make energy security a priority of our trade and foreign policy.” This foreign policy change led to the discovery that an important topic is missing from the national report.




Although every other oil producing country was discussed in the national energy text, two countries were glaringly omitted from even a mention: Iraq and Iran. There’s an explanation for the omissions: First, in reading the Baker report one is struck by the strategic military information provided, which would be odd and inappropriate in a report on energy. Secondly, the Baker report is divided into two sections: the first part focuses on strategic steps the new administration should take immediately. The second part focuses on long-range energy policy. “Taking care of Iraq” is listed as an immediate step in the Baker report. The national report, however, focuses solely on long-range policy.

http://www.yuricareport.com/PoliticalAnalysis/FraudinWhiteHouse.htm

This Yrica report tells the pre Iraqi invasion story and I firmly believe now, that it's the Gospel truth. The secret energy meetings at the WH in 2001 were in part about the planning of the invasion of Iraq! If you have time, please do read the entire report. I saw this report when it first came out and at the time I thought it was the most scary thing I'd read up until then, about the neocon fruitcakes in and around the WH! The report goes on to tell about the neocons having the map of Iraq out on the table at the WH energy meeting and deciding who would get what after the invasion.

I'm sure Royal Dutch Shell and BP figured to collect some of the booty also! The Queen and Tony both would probably have been in line to harvest some mega-loot too, so they were in on the whole thing all the way, IMHO. If nothing else, guilt by association, on the Brit leadership's part.

Anyway, print it out and read it, it's better than anything the TV has to offer in the way of nonfiction.

[dalloway]

5. thanks, Will! WHERE OH WHERE OH WHERE OH WHERE

is the media on this????

We've seen plenty of media lapses in the past years, but this takes the CAKE.

So while after you're done contacting your Rep, may I suggest we all email the SCLM as well.

[Dr Fate]

59. WHERE OH WHERE is Kerry, Dean, Obama ,Reid etc on this???

Is Wolf Blitzer holding a gun to their backs and telling them not to publicaly talk about the memo???

[BigBearJohn]

87. LET'S WRITE THEM AND CALL THEM AND DEMAND ACTION

[spanone]

6. Done- I can't believe how the media has totally ignored this story.

[corbett]

7. Luv Ya!

This one slipped passed me. Now I know where to move next. Conyers and Pitt for Prez!

[rodeodance]

8. I will send-thank you

[sinkingfeeling]

9. Already done. Sent letters a couple of days ago.

[KoKo]

10. Yeah...right..... Good for you...

many of us have done this...and it does SHIT!!!!!!

Good luck a few more thousand messages...yeah...like it will make a difference.

Thanks for the "pump up" though working for the PDA...of which I'm a member...so I appreciate your efforts.

But...Tilting at Windmills for some who are hardened now to this crap about petitions, letter, faxes and phones.

One always has to hope that the last e-mail will do the trick, though.

If one has hope, that is.

[katinmn]

11. kick!

:kick:

[peace4all]

13. thanks, yes I will!

[WilliamPitt]

14. .

[Abelman]

15. That's Michigan for you

That place rocks!

Alaska's reps are all Reps, but I'll make this effort anyway!

[G_j]

16. I'll call Edwards

the other NC reps are hopelessly on the dark side though. :-(

[spanone]

17. KICK!!!

[IChing]

18. kick

letters and articles of racketeering section of the US code 18, 1961

[BigBearJohn]

19. I've been promoting this for 2 days already.

I even sent a letter to PDA asking them for their help.
Maybe somebody listened!!!

[Dr Fate]

60. We have been on this going on 3 days- thanks for your work!

At the least, they cant say they never heard of the memo.

[H2O Man]

20. Very important!

The democratic grass-roots has a wonderful opportunity to lobby our elected officials, and to promote public awareness on this issue. I hope that people will contact their congressional representatives, and also will write LTTE.

[WilliamPitt]

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[SnoopDog]

22. So... Jim Gibbons (R-NV) is my Rep... Any suggestions?

This is the prick who wants to use 'liberals as shields"...

Do I send a message anyway?

[DearAbby]

23. Done here Yesterday...Why is Conyers the only voice in the wilderness?

Shout it out! It is an outrage, carnage destruction and death and for what? I am so angry, I always knew it was a sham...but to actually see documents and hear Blair trying to explain it to a FREE PRESS...like Ice cold reality.

What atrocities are committed in our name? No More. Not in my name. I had called and emailed. Continue to do so. Please, Please DU THIS.

[In_The_Wind]

24. ~

:kick:

[spanone]

25. ~Hello DUers!!!~

:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[bunny planet]

26. I just saw this now. I'll be making my call first thing tomorrow morning.

Thanks Will.

[DearAbby]

28. Kick to da moon.....DU this please, contact all of them.

:kick:

[ClassWarrior]

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[cry baby]

29. kick

[SlowDownFast]

31. done.

[DearAbby]

32. Kick

[oasis]

33. kick

[leftchick]

34. will do this morning!

I LOVE John Conyers! :loveya:

(please don't go riding in any small planes John!)

[wicket]

36. done

Where the hell is the "liberal" media on this??? Grrrr....

[underpants]

37. *~*~ CONGRESSIONAL E-MAIL DIRECTORY*~*~*

http://www.webslingerz.com/jhoffman/congress-email.html

or call 1800-SOBUSOB (762-8762)

[GoSolar]

38. Just called my rep.

in N VA.

[wicket]

39. Just posted this on my blog too

n/t

[WilliamPitt]

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[mwb970]

41. I wrote my representative about it this morning...

But since my representative is Deborah Pryce, I might as well have e-mailed my message to Santa Claus.

[WilliamPitt]

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[bunny planet]

43. Done, called my representative in the House. Was not able to speak to

a Legislative Assistant but left a detailed message with the person I spoke with, he promised to get it to an LA right away.

I'm now going to write a letter and include the links for the article and Conyers letter.

Kick:kick: :kick: :kick: :kick:

[marions ghost]

44. KICK

So it's official then--Britain and America conspired "to create conditions to justify a war."

Does anyone have an explanation of how this affects the "legality" of the war? (Downing St claimed the document was "nothing new")

So the leaders of both countries fabricated deliberate lies to pursuade their nations into this disastrous mess, and now we should accept it as just business-as-usual. It seems that if we can't get any attention to this, that there is really no such thing as questions of legality governing warfare any longer.

[WilliamPitt]

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[dzika]

46. Done. Thanks Will...

I usually get an action alert email from PDA but I didn't get one this time.

I'm really glad that you pointed this out because the media has completely ignored this issue.

[BigBearJohn]

48. USE THE DU BLASTER

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=203x198836

[BurtWorm]

50. Of course it's Conyers.

The Dems' motto seems to be "Let Conyers do it."

:eyes:

A toast to a true American patriot: Rep. John Conyers!

:toast:

[understandinglife]

51. Recommended. And, check this rap sheet/timeline for war criminal Bu$h

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3602653

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=103x123447


www.missionnotaccomplished.us - STOP THE ATROCITIES; INDICT BU$H AND ALL THE OTHER WAR CRIMINALS, NOW

[Dr Fate]

52. I have yet to hear Kerry, Dean, Reid, Hillary, Obama etc speak up on this.

Why are they silent on this?

[ClassWarrior]

53. Yup, keep calling!!

NGU.

[Dr Fate]

54. I just sent another letter to Kerry. He knows what we want him to do.

Or at least his staff does.

He and the other Top DEMs are still deciding whether they want to get their finger-nails dirty or not.

Either that or they dont have a big problem with it.

[ClassWarrior]

55. I educated a few staffers about this letter over the past few days.

It's retail politics, but as long as we have the will to do it, we'll get it done. And they'll know what we want.

NGU.

[Dr Fate]

57. Well, they cant say they did not know about it then.

Thanks for all you do. Its certainly apparent that you care and that you are on this.

[Dr Fate]

56. Obama is up next on the Ed Schultz show- perhaps he will discuss it??

???

Dick Durbin was on last hour- he has not heard of the memo, apparently.

Either that or Ed Schultz "vetted" him and told him not to bring it up.

[ClassWarrior]

58. If he gets enough calls, letters and visits from his constituents he will.

NGU.

[Dr Fate]

61. most of his constituents dont KNOW about the memo.

Because they dont read DU, and are not aware of the Conyers letter.

Obama knows about the memo and the Conyers letter. Dr Fate knows about it, you know about it- so does Obama.

He needs to let his constituents know about it too.

[ClassWarrior]

63. Doesn't take MOST. Just enough.

Most Reps. get so little communication that just 3 or 4 constituent calls are enough to get their attention.

NGU.

[Dr Fate]

67. Point taken, CA.

Thanks for all you do. No doubt in my mind that we both want the same things.

Doc

[ClassWarrior]

68. CA?

NGU.

[Dr Fate]

79. oops- CW

I was mistaking you for another DUer who I used to butt heads with!

Take care, CW.

[BigBearJohn]

86. LET'S WRITE THEM AND CALL THEM AND DEMAND ACTION

[6th Borough]

62. Has anyone contacted my Rep? (Debbie Wasserman-Schultz, D-Ft. Lauderdale)

If so, what sort of response (if any) have you gotten?

I'll contact her; just curious how anyone else has fared.

I'm not a PDA member...they are the organizers of the blast, correct? Will my non-affiliation w/PDA send my fax/phone call to the bottom of the "in-box"?

On the positive side, she does seem to be a rather proactive Rep...at least if you judge her time spent as a FL State senator. Just started her first term, but she seems to be the type who doesn't shy away from controversial subjects despite her lack of tenure (see Terri Schiavo).

[callous taoboy]

64. Just did. Thanks Will Pitt! n/t

[Coexist]

66. done... kick

[LibDemAlways]

71. My "rep" is vile, disgusting repuke Elton Gallegly.

He wouldn't investigate the BFEE if chimp and Cheney were caught on camera in a threesome with Osama. He represents no one but hardcore reichwingers. All others are tossed out of his office.

Hope you all have better results.

[ClassWarrior]

72. So what? At least he needs to hear the people he represents.

Drip by drip, my friend.

NGU.

[LibDemAlways]

74. My point is he doesn't "represent" anyone

but the most hardcore repukes. There was a long thread devoted to him not long ago. A DUer tried to make an appointment to speak with him or his staff about Social Security and was literally thrown out of his district office. Any letter opposing the chimp would be immediately shitcanned and a waste of paper and a stamp.

[ClassWarrior]

75. Okay, go ahead and give up.

I for one will...

Never Give Up.

[LibDemAlways]

77. I haven't given up. I wouldn't be here if I had.

Actually I got redistricted into this idiot's fiefdom two years ago. Before that I was actually represented by moderate Dem Brad Sherman. I am contacting his office.

[ClassWarrior]

78. Contact both!

I apologize for being flip, but I'm so sick of people saying, "It's nooo good..."

Hell, it's ALL good! Do ya think the freeps say, "My Congressperson is Henry Waxman. Why bother??" Heyalll nooo!!

I figure if it's a choice between wasting a letter and a stamp or wasting an opportunity to shift the debate - even just a little - I'll take the former.

Thanks for all you do, LibDem.

NGU.

[WilliamPitt]

73. UPDATE

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=104x3608052

[BigBearJohn]

85. oh happy days!

[tex-wyo-dem]

76. Done!

I don't know if any of you heard Springer this morning, but he's broadcasting from Britain this week and said the secret memo is front page news there.

[ClassWarrior]

80. WHAT

[ClassWarrior]

81. ARE

[ClassWarrior]

82. THEY

[ClassWarrior]

83. HIDING

[ClassWarrior]

84. ???????

NGU.

[Raksha]

88. kicking... n/t

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