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Pakistani Community to Protest Against Obama

Angry at Barack Obama's recent threat to attack their home country, members of Chicago's Pakistani-American community will protest a scheduled visit by Obama tomorrow (Tuesday, Aug. 7th) to the Devon Avenue neighborhood.
The protest will begin assembling at 11 AM at the corner of Devon Avenue and Rockwell Avenue (3400 W.) in advance of Obama's visit to Mysoor Restaurant at 12 noon.

Already known as O'bomb'em by some peace activists for his advocacy of bombing Iran a few years ago, Barack Obama has attempted to adopt the mantle of being anti-war as the Iraq occupation grows increasingly unpopular. Peace activists note, however, that with only one exception, he has voted for every single one of Bush's Iraq War funding bills since he was elected to the U.S. Senate.

Tomorrow's Devon Avenue protest is organized and sponsored by Ifti Nasim, Editor in Chief of the Weekly Pakistan news and host of the weekly Sargam Radio program which airs on WSBC 1240 AM and WCFJ 1470 AM on Sundays from 9 pm to 11 pm.

Another protest against all of the visiting Democratic Presidential candidates will take place at 4 PM, Tuesday, August 7 (see links below for details).
 
 

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Obama on the last Iraq War funding round

Associated Press: "Obama says Congress will fund Iraq War after expected Bush veto"

www.signonsandiego.com/news/politics/20070401-1013-obama-interview.html
 

Re: Pakistani Community to Protest Against Obama

obama did not say he would invade pakistan. he said if he had hard info on the whereabouts of bin laden and musharaff would not turn him over, he would act. Do we want the international terrorist criminal bin laden to be allowed to kill 3000 americans and not be brought to justice? let him go scot free? no
 

Dear "Anonymous"

Let's see, Obama says he would send troops into another country without permission of that country's government. By what twisted definition is that not an "invasion"? And I just love how you have so much faith in his belief in "actionable intelligence." Yeah, we've seen where the CIA's "actionable intelligence" has gotten us over the years, and not just in Iraq. I thought "faith-based" governance or "intelligence" was supposed to be only a Republican ideal.

Obama's threats to invade Pakistan, and a couple years ago, bomb Iran, position him right in line with the nastiest of the neo-cons. His voting for all but one of the Iraq war spending bills confirms the hawkish rhetoric. The only good thing about Obama's macho foreign policy statements are that they expose the phoney "peacenik" as being as much a defender of American empire as his Republican (and Democratic) rivals. That resume ingredient is essential to raking in the millions in corporate money necessary to run a credible campaign for president, and many lesser offices besides.
 
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