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Anti-war protesters jam US govt phone, fax lines -
WASHINGTON - More than one million calls have jammed US government telephone and fax lines as anti-war activists resorted to an information-age form of protest against war on Iraq planned by the administration of President George W. Bush, organizers said. “The
outpouring of support for tough inspections to disarm Saddam Hussein,
and against an invasion and occupation of Iraq got through loud and
clear,” pointed out Tom Andrews, the national director of Win Without
War, a coalition of 32 mainstream organizations that sponsored what they
called the Virtual March on Washington.
The
protest kicked off early Wednesday morning when about 400,000 people,
who had volunteered to take part, started calling the White House and
the offices of senators and members of the House of Representatives to
express their outrage over US plans to launch military action against
Iraq, even without formal UN approval. In
addition, they sent their written petitions over fax lines, making it
difficult for Washington bureaucrats to conduct everyday business. “Americans
want us to work with our allies through the United Nations to contain
the threat from Iraq,” Andrews stressed. As
a result, the White House switchboard was jammed for hours -- as were
the phone lines of many lawmakers, particularly those who voted last
October to support a congressional resolution authorizing the president
to use force against Iraq to rid it of weapons of mass destruction.
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