WAND
Chapters: Hunt for WMD goes on in N. Indiana
(Pictures
below)
This
past July, Atlanta WAND set out to find the weapons
of mass destruction proving so elusive to the Bush
administration. These keen WAND sleuths found what
they were looking for just down the road along the
Georgia - South Carolina border at the Savannah River
Nuclear Weapons Site. Inspired by their southern sisters,
WAND women in Indiana have donned hazmat suits of
their own to take up the hunt. Thanks to Doloris Cogan
for this exciting report. (Edited for space. For full
report: membership@wand.org)
Just
a line to say I think our demonstration yesterday
when Cheney was here met all our expectations. We
had our 30-seconds of exposure on all three commercial
TV networks. . .
The
Elkhart Truth wrote, "A march and rally organized
by the Notre Dame Peace & Justice Coalition included
a number of people dressed as weapons inspectors claiming
they were looking for weapons of mass destruction.
"I want to know where they are," said Julia
King, a Goshen resident and member of Women's action
for New Directions of Northern Indiana. "That's
no small thing to say we're going to war for a reason
that doesn't exist. At best, they misunderstood the
situation. At worst, they lied about it."
The
South Bend Tribune (included) . . . a picture with
our yellow-suited WAND members . . . "Some protesters
were dressed in bright yellow suits of the type worn
by hazardous chemical inspectors.. . . "These
suits are to protect us as we launch our campaign
to find weapons of mass destruction," Karen Jacob
said wryly. Jacob, of Bristol, is chapter president
of Women's Action for New Directions of Northern Indiana.
"WAND is pushing for an independent investigation
into whether the Bush administration misled the public
in order to go to war in Iraq... WAND - Atlanta and
Boston . . .I wanted to give you an assessment of
our little demonstration that would never have taken
place had it not been for you. I hope it will somehow
encourage others to take up the Hunt. . . . We think
a national hunt, going state by state before meeting
in Washington, would be a great way to wake America
up to what we are spending on the military -- especially
nuclear weapons.
Keep
on keeping on! -- Doloris
Northern
Indiana WAND Info: Karen Jacob, lovekaren55@msn.com
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Demonstration
on the occasion of Vice President Dick Cheney's
visit to South Bend, Indiana |
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Demonstration
on the occasion of Vice President Dick Cheney's
visit to South Bend, Indiana |
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Indiana WAND President Karen Jacob with Doloris
Cogan (in hazmat suit) at the chapter's "Back
from the Hill" dinner on September 30, 2003,
featuring Indiana Gubernatorial Democratic Primary
Candidate Senator Vi Simpson |
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Indiana
Gubernatorial Democratic Primary Candidate Senator
Vi Simpson (right) with "Inspector"
Doloris Cogan |
