American IED's

As you probably know, IED stands for “Improvised Explosive Device,” and it means any homemade bomb. A lot of the tactical creativity on both sides in Iraq revolves around the IEDs. The soldiers work on ways to detect or survive them, and the jihadis work out new ways to hide them. They’ve stuck bombs in dead dogs, hid them in curbs or buried them under streets, a whole bag of tricks. In each, concealment is key.

So, until recently, no one had ever deployed a hot pink IED, but now we have them in Washington, DC.

Each Friday night, members of “Code Pink” hold an anti-war protest at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, featuring signs with slogans like “Maimed for a lie” and “Enlist here and die for Halliburton,” and occasionally some flag-draped coffins. Choosing to do the no-blood-for-oil barking moonbat boogie mere yards from the beds of our wounded is despicable enough, but it gets worse. Walter Reed has a program that allows some of the soldiers to spend Friday night out at a steakhouse, and the protests are timed so that the troops will see them from the transport bus. The Code Pinkos aren’t protesting about wounded soldiers, they’re protesting at wounded soldiers. Kevin Pannell, who lost two legs in a grenade attack in Iraq, points out that many of the wounded suffer from survivor’s guilt, and the coffins are a painful reminder. Torturing wounded veterans? Just another Friday night for Code Pink.

John Gibson of Fox News described his conversation with one soldier this way: “I was doing Tony Snow's radio show Thursday and one soldier about to go back to Iraq said these protestors are America’s IEDs, roadside bombs set to go off and injure a soldier here just as certainly as IEDs in Baghdad are set to go off and blow off a soldier’s leg over there.”

And this activity is hardly an aberration. Code Pink recommends that protesters visit recruiting centers with signs calling troops “killers.” Their leadership is on record supporting the Iraqi “resistance”--you know, the guys who call themselves “Al-Qaeda in Iraq.” Perhaps most incredibly, they sent a “gift” of $600,000 dollars to “the other side” (their words, not mine) in Fallujah before the Marines went in. Supposedly it was meant to purchase medical supplies. Yes, I’m sure the terrorists followed all the rules!

Code Pink is also helping out the media’s latest darling, Cindy Sheehan. This came to light when Mark Matthews, a reporter for KGO TV in San Francisco looked into the funding sources for the growing Sheehan circus. As Matthews said in his report, “There is real reluctance to talk about who's paying, and the P.R. machine that's promoting Cindy Sheehan…” Matthews found that Sheehan’s background support consisted of four main radical organizations: Code Pink, True Majority, MoveOn.org and Democracy for America, the “progressive” group born out of Howard Dean’s presidential campaign and run by his brother James. It’s nice to know that the current DNC chair shares a common vision with people who mock men who shed blood for our country.

I know there are people who really do mean it when they say they support the troops but oppose the war. But folks, it’s time for a gut check. The anti-war movement is headed by people who don’t share those values. When they see a wounded soldier or a grieving mother, they either see a target, or a potential mouthpiece. They don’t just want the war to stop; they want us to lose it. When they see this country, they don’t see the land of the free and think “the Iraq thing is a bad idea,” they see the Fourth Reich, and they are glad to support the “resistance” killing our troops…and Iraqi troops…and Iraqi cops…and Iraqi kids getting a candy handout or riding the bus to school. They might even, as Sheehan has, call them “freedom fighters.”

Being an honestly patriotic member of the anti-war movement today is like going to Selma to march with Dr. King and finding out that the Klan will be at the front of the march, organizing the march, and giving most of the speeches.

No wonder there’s a backlash building. Code Pink was outnumbered four to one by counterprotesters last Friday night, and the soldiers on the bus never fail to salute the protesters with one finger. A pro-troop rally in Crawford on Saturday brought in at least 3,000 enthusiastic people, some of whom drove all the way from San Francisco. When the neo-hippies say “no more Vietnams,” they should listen to themselves more closely, because we aren’t having a rehash of their mistreatment of the Vietnam vets. They can keep their spit—and their roadside bombs—to themselves.

More tidbits to add.

Code Pink is also in BUSHCOMMISSION.ORG'S database for tracking events.

They also work WITH Islam, not friendly to US interests, groups.

Sample:

[IslamCity] Mobilize for Nov. 2: Drive out the Bush regime

Wolfgang Geist
Tue, 25 Oct 2005 16:46:44 -0700

The World Can't Wait - Drive Out the Bush Regime!

Mobilize for November 2nd

It's 12 days till November 2nd, the beginning of the end of the Bush Regime. From the Call: “November 2 must be a massive and public proclamation that WE REFUSE TO BE RULED IN THIS WAY. November 2 must call out to the tens of millions more who are now agonizing and disgusted. November 2 will be the beginning — a giant first step in forcing Bush to step down, and a powerful announcement that we will not stop until he does so -- and it will join with and give support and heart to people all over the globe who so urgently need and want this regime to be stopped.”

New national developments in this movement:

1. Howard Zinn calls on students to join in - "November 2nd could be a turning point..." Listen to his statement at www.worldcantwait.org/media

2. New statement from the Black Law Students Association at Columbia University at www.worldcantwait.org/youthandstudents

3. Students at West Point military academy were ordered, by email, not to participate in actions on November 2nd.

4. The International Commission of Inquiry On Crimes Against Humanity Committed by the Bush Administration opens Friday in NYC. More info: www.bushcommission.org

5. Recent endorsers of the World Can't Wait Call include Cindy Sheehan, After Downing Street Coalition, Tom Morello, Code Pink, Ron Kovic, Cornel West, Howard Zinn...you can see the whole list and endorse the Call at www.worldcantwait.org

6. The encampment in front of the White House continues: http://encampmenttodriveout.blogspot.com

7. Ads on Air America have generated a tremendous response, but much money is needed to pay for these as well as plans to get ads on Hip Hop radio stations, as well as TV ads on Comedy Central's The Daily Show and Chappelle's Show. How much would you give to drive out the Bush Regime? Donate now and get everyone you know to at www.worldcantwait.org

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Not in Our Name project.

Not in Our Name are SDS.

They are SDS/Weatherman.

From FBI Files:

Weatherman or Weather Underground Organization, is a "revolutionary organization of communist men and women" formed by members of the Students for a Democratic Society or SDS. They were originally called the Revolutionary Youth Movement. They advocated the overthrow of our government and capitalism. They carried out a campaign of bombings, jailbreaks, and riots in 1969-1976.

The group derived their name from Bob Dylan's song lyrics from "Subterranean Homesick Blues", which were, "You don't need a weatherman to know which way the wind blows", I use to see that quote at the bottom of their periodical, New Left Notes, when I use to work at a periodical distribution company.

Their first event, in 1969, was the "Days of Rage" in Chicago. They blew up a statue dedicated to police casualties in the 1886 Haymarket Riot. They announced at a convention that they supported Charles Manson. The rally failed to draw as many participants (300) as they had hoped. They did lead a riot through Chicago's business district, smashing windows and cars. 6 were shot and 70 arrested. The conflict went on for a few days.

1970, after the shooting by police of Black Panther Fred Hampton, the group issued a Declaration of War against the United States government, changing its name to the "weather underground organization", adopting fake IDs, and pursuing covert activities only. These initially included plans for a bombing of a US military noncommissioned officers' dance at Fort Dix. But when three Underground members died in an accidental explosion while preparing the bomb in a Greenwich Village, New York City safe house, other cells re-evaluated their plans and decided to pursue only non-lethal projects.

This group released a number of manifestos and declarations, while conducting a series of bombings. These attacked the U.S. Capitol, The Pentagon, police and prison buildings, and the rebuilt Haymarket statue again, among other targets. The group took measures to avoid any loss of life as a result of these bombings, issuing warnings to evacuate the building ahead of time via phone. They also took a $25,000 payment from a drugs group called The Brotherhood of Eternal Love to break LSD advocate Timothy Leary out of prison, transporting him to Algeria. They remained largely successful at avoiding the police and the FBI.

In the mid-to-late 1970s, the group began dissolving, as many members turned themselves in to the police, and others moved onto other armed revolutionary groups. Very few served prison sentences, since the evidence gathered against them, by the FBI's COINTELPRO program, was inadmissable in court, due to the illegal methods used to obtain it.

Famous members of the Weather Underground include Kathy Boudin, Mark Rudd, Terry Robbins, David Gilbert, and the still-married couple Bernardine Dohrn and Bill Ayers.

Many former Weathermen have re-integrated into society, without necessarily repudiating their original intent. Bill Ayers, now a Distinguished Professor of Education at the University of Illinois, said in a September 11, 2001 New York Times profile "I don't regret setting bombs. I believe we didn't do enough."

SDS and Vietnam:

In the spring of 1992, he wrote a story about Clinton's conscience - wrestling about the draft while at Oxford. Theses stories by Talbott were big lies. Clinton rewarded Talbott by making him the number two person at the State Department. Sidney Blumenthal - The top White House spin master is a long time friend of the Clintons. Blumenthal is a former member of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS).

Look here, from From “Mutiny Does Not Happen Lightly: The Literature of the American Resistance to the Vietnam War”

The game of the rich has caught up to Pig America. The Vietnamese have kicked ass out of U.S. occupational troops. More and more G.I.’s will no longer listen to Pig Nixon’s orders and are turning their guns around on the real enemy. The Provisional Revolutionary Government in Vietnam (Viet Cong) has led the Vietnamese people to complete victory.

–Roxboro School SDS- Cleveland Heights – June 4, 1972

Recently many articles have appeared in the movement press expounding the virtues of deserting and going AWOL. “Come to Canada and be a man.” “Soldiers are pigs,” “To remain in the imperialist U.S. Army rather than leaving is comparable to being a Nazi.” Last year there were, by Pentagon counts,, 250,000 AWOL’s and over 53,000 deserters. This has not made much of a dent in the fighting strength of the U.S.Army. That dent has clearly come from the heroic struggle of the Vietnamese people under the leadership of the NLF and the Provisional Revolutionary Government.

–New York Regional SDS distributed at Boston University - Feb. 22, 1969

Students for a Democratic Society = SDS

Not In Our Name:

From the “Mutiny Does Not Happen Lightly: The Literature of the American Resistance to the Vietnam War”

Look at the major leaders of the anti-war movement:

· Al Hubbard - Vietnam Veterans Against the War - signed the People’s Peace Treaty of 1971

· Jane Fonda - actress - signed the People’s Peace Treaty of 1971

· Noam Chomsky, MIT

· Rev. William Sloan Coffin, Jr. Yale

· Rennie Davis, May Day Collective

· Rev. Daniel Berrigan,S.J.

· Dave Dellinger, People’s Coalition for Peace and Justice

· Daniel Ellsberg - MIT

· Richard Falk - Princeton

· Tom Hayden - Berkeley

· Abbie Hoffman - WPAX, NewYork

· Sidney Peck - People’s Coalition for Peace and justice

· Bobby Seale- Black Panther Party

· Benjamin Spock, doctor

· Gloria Steinem - author

· George Wald, biologist, Havard

· Cora Weiss - Women Strike for Peace

Many of the people who signed the various documents in “Mutiny Does Not Happen Lightly: The Literature of the American Resistance to the Vietnam War” appeared again as signers of the “Not In Our Name” ad that appeared in papers all over the country, denouncing Bush and the wars on terrorism and Iraq.

MORE HERE: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/1209454/posts

This is the letter that went out on IslamToday.com back in 2002 that shows militant Islam aligning with NION an ANSWER.

Special Report on NOT IN OUR NAMES| Amir Butler|

INTRODUCTION

To understand the blanket of intimidation that has been spread across the United States, one needs look no further than a recent incident at Ohio State University. When George W. Bush was invited to speak to the graduating class, the students were given clear instructions how to behave :

Immediately before class members filed into the giant football stadium, an announcer instructed the crowd that all the university's speakers deserve to be treated with respect and that anyone demonstrating or heckling would be subject to expulsion and arrest. The announcer urged that Bush be greeted with a 'thunderous' ovation."

Academic freedom is like the canary in the cage used by coal-miners to warn when the oxygen in the mine was running out or becoming contaminated. That the campuses of American universities - once the cradles of dissent and progressive thinking - have reached such a point, speaks volumes as to the conditions that all sections of American society now find themselves under.

THE ORIGINS OF THE MOVEMENT

It was against this backdrop that, on March 23rd, 2002, a group of American activists congregated in New York to initiate a project of resistance. It was a project that sought to reinvigorate a tradition of popular dissent in America, such as the great protests during the Vietnam War. Amongst the organizers of this project are some of the key protest organizers of the Vietnam era (such as Clark Kissenger who organized the marches on Washington in 1965) .

Out of this initial meeting, a letter was formulated, signed by the initiators and distributed throughout the country, outlining the proposal and calling people to action against what it described as an "unprecedented situation" . It read, in part:

The U.S. has commenced a series of wars, beginning with Afghanistan where they killed thousands of innocent civilians, and they now openly threaten unilateral war on Iraq, Iran, North Korea or any place else on the planet they decide. The government has targeted Arab and Muslim immigrants, rounding up over 1,000 and still holding hundreds in indefinite detention, refusing even to release their names. They have gutted longstanding civil liberties and unleashed police spying. The executive branch of government has seized vast new powers, unchecked by either the legislature or the judiciary. They have attempted to intimidate all dissenting voices, and tried to make critical thought itself suspect.

A vision of resistance was mapped out in the letter. People would come together to make a statement that they "will not let the US government pit the people of this country against the rest of the world". The movement, an alliance of sorts between various groups and individuals, would seek to be powerful enough to send a clear message to the people of the world that they stand with them against the war. In other words, that "we the people" are NOT part of the Bush "us" but are part of the world's "us." As Jeremy Pikser, one of the organizers, noted, the movement seeks to demonstrate to the rest of the world that there is dissent in America and not all Americans stand with the war .

According to the defining principals in this letter, the resistance would take many forms, and include school administrations pledging not to turn over the names of Arab and Muslim students. It would include Army Reservists pledging not to be part of occupying other countries or raining bombs on civilians. It would require community residents pledging to defend their neighbors "who wear turbans or head coverings or "look different" or express unpopular views". It would include all acts of solidarity for immigrants unjustly detained, and a pledge of support for all the writers, activities, artists and everyone comes under attack for breaking ranks and daring to dissent.

From this beginning, a movement was born, adopting the name "Not in Our Names" in reference to the various government actions being performed in the collective names of the American people.

On June 6, 2002, the project was launched by anti-war protests throughout the United States, including Georgia, Massachusetts, North Carolina, Ohio, Florida, Pennsylvania, Hawaii, SW Wisconsin, California, New York, and Washington. Reports posted on the Not In Our Name web page , suggest that the protests were well attended.

THE CALL TO RESISTANCE

The launch was accompanied by the release of a document entitled "The Call" that clearly articulates the objectives of the movement. It describes their unwillingness to stand silent in the face of an emerging police state, with the associated eradication of the rights of immigrants and foreigners.

The authors extend their hands to all those suffering from US policies, and affirm that the American citizen has a special responsibility to resist their government's actions whether it is military intervention or the supplying of arms to oppress populations in Palestine.

The Call describes, in some detail, the forms which this resistance should take:

"Resistance of critical thought, resistance by speaking out, resistance through creating powerful art, and resistance through finding ways to halt the machinery of war and repression. Resistance by individuals and resistance through mass action. There already have been inspiring examples of resistance, and we would hope the Not in Our Name project would inspire more things like:

Campuses erupting with debates and protests.
People uniting together to defend Arab, Muslim and South Asian immigrants who come under attack, working to free those detained and supporting those who are targeted.
Civilians supporting soldiers and reservists who resist illegal and unjust orders.
Support for writers, artists, activists and everyone who comes under attack for breaking ranks and having the courage to dissent.
We will not "watch what we say." We will dare to do what is necessary. "
A Pledge of Resistance was formulated ; a solemn oath to resist and to oppose the war and the accompanied usurpment of civil rights. It's intent was act as a "bridge between what people think and what they do" and to "help strengthen people's resolve to do the right thing."
The Pledge is a list of personal promises, with passages such as, "Not in our name will you wage endless war, there can be no more deaths
no more transfusions of blood for oil". Given its almost poetic qualities, it has been read by spoken-word artists on radio on the nationally-syndicated Democracy Now program, and featured in a variety of artistic events throughout the United States.

The call of Not in Our Name has been met with support from some of the leading intellectual and artist minds in the United States. Respondents to the Not in Our Name call recently signed a "Statement of Conscience". Initially published in The Guardian (a British newspaper), but later published in other Left-leaning newspapers such as the Sydney Morning Herald , the statement is both a disavowal of current American policy and an impassioned call for action. It is interesting to note that the statement had to be published in a British newspaper. As at the time of writing, no major American newspaper has run the statement. It was signed by 69 prominent Americans, such as Noam Chomsky , Edward Said , William Blum , Gloria Steinem , Paul Chevigny , Martin Luther King III , Michael Albert , and Rev. George Webber .

The statement rejected completely US government claims of truly representing the American people in its pursuit of an endless war - describing the war as just the pursuit of revenge against people disconnected from the horrors of September 11. It expressed the opposition of the signatories to the rounding up and "forced disappearance" of over 1,000 mostly Muslim men and rejected the manner in which organizations have been classified as terrorist with "just the stroke of a presidential pen".

The Israeli "refusniks" were singled out for praise in the statement as a source of inspiration for their recognition that there are limits and their refusal to serve in continuing the occupation of Gaza and the West Bank.

The statement expressed the urgent need for action and concluded:

There is a deadly trajectory to the events of the past months that must be seen for what it is and resisted. Too many times in history people have waited until it was too late to resist. Bush has declared: "You're either with us or against us." Here is our answer: we refuse to allow you to speak for all the American people. We refuse to be party to these wars, and we repudiate any inference that they are being waged in our name or for our welfare. We extend a hand to those around the world suffering from these policies; we will show our solidarity in word and deed.

The next step in this program of organized resistance will be a day of Mass Resistance to take place in the fall, 2002. In the lead-up to that, the Pledge and the Call will be carried throughout America via religious congregations, concerts, poetry readings and gatherings of students and youth.
THE SIGNIFICANCE TO MUSLIMS

For Muslims, this resistance and the ideas it represents are significant. For those of us living in Western societies, particularly America, it is significant in that it represents one of the most coherent voices of opposition to the "forced disappearance" of over 1,000 mostly Muslim males, as well as the general curtailment of civil liberties. Those behind this campaign have pledged a commitment to defend us and to fight for our rights.

For Muslims in the Muslim lands, a popular movement opposing the war and opposing US foreign policy should demonstrate the fallacy of the notion that the non-Muslim world is a homogenous block, all standing firmly behind Bush's war on terror. On the contrary, there are many Americans, from all walks of life, who do not agree with the Bush administration's policies and are taking steps to oppose them. One of the objectives of Not In Our Names was to give these individuals strength and motivate them to action.

According to the organizers, it has met with a positive reaction from the American people. At least 60 people a day are reported to be emailing one of the organizers requesting their names to be added to the list . As such, the list of signatories is reported to be growing at a very rapid rate.

It should also be noted that this is not the only anti-war movement. There are already anti-war coalitions, such as International A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop the War and End Racism) that seem to have similar goals and objectives. International A.N.S.W.E.R. seems to be the more mature of the two groups, and likewise has a Pledge for Peace on their website . A distinction may be that Not in Our Name seems to be more focused on direct action, of which demonstrations are a small part, whereas A.N.S.W.E.R. seems to focus primarily on rallies.

Muslims must also keep in mind that, in essence, this movement (as with other anti-war and civil liberties movements) is working to defend our interests. The primary victims of the Bush administrations' actions are Muslims; whether those Muslims who end up in a legal twilight zone after being accused of terrorist links, or whether it is those Muslims in Iraq or elsewhere who may be bombed by American forces. As such, we should support them in those matters in which our religion does not find conflict, for we will be the ultimate beneficiaries of their successes.

Whilst it is too early to determine if this particular movement will reach the level that the anti-war movement during Vietnam did, there should be little doubt that popular dissent can and does make a difference. Vietnam provides an intriguing case study as to the effect of popular resistance in Western secular democracies. The Oxford Companion to American Military History notes:

The American movement against the Vietnam War was the most successful antiwar movement in US history. During the Johnson administration, it played a significant role in constraining the war and was a major factor in the administration's policy reversal in 1968. During the Nixon years, it hastened US troop withdrawals, continued to restrain the war, fed the deterioration in US troop morale and discipline (which provided additional impetus to US troop withdrawals), and promoted congressional legislation that severed US funds for the war. The movement also fostered aspects of the Watergate scandal, which ultimately played a significant role in ending the war by undermining Nixon's authority in Congress and thus his ability to continue the war. It gave rise to the infamous 'Huston Plan'; inspired Daniel Ellsberg, whose release of the Pentagon Papers led to the formation of the Plumbers; and fed the Nixon administration's paranoia about its political enemies, which played a major part in concocting the Watergate break-in itself.

CONCLUSION

This is clearly a positive step and one that Muslims should find encouraging. If nothing else, it is demonstrative proof that there is resistance to the Bush administration's actions, and it would be unjust to paint all of American society with a single brush. The characterization of American society as homogenous and completely supportive of American policies is a common misconception, and one which this movement seeks to address.

Whilst there had been pockets of dissent in the past, the organization of efforts under a common set of objectives promises to improve the effectiveness of the anti-war movement in the United States. The signing-up of prominent intellectuals such as Howard Zinn, Noam Chomsky, Edward Said and others gives credibility to the movement, and the experience of the organizers in organizing anti-Vietnam War protest means that the movement has the requisite grounding in mounting successful campaigns of resistance against government. Likewise, the inclusion of artists, musicians and other figures from American popular culture will ensure that a wide audience is reached. These are all factors which may contribute to its future effectiveness.

Ultimately, the success of the movement will largely depend upon whether it is able to develop the critical mass needed to effect change on policies. That is impossible to predict at this very early stage. However, the recent revelations of government incompetence prior to September 11 have affected public perceptions of the government and may contribute positively to a growth in the anti-war movement. In addition, the increasing realization that the American public is being manipulated through a campaign of fear-mongering is also likely to increase support. If the threat that has been used to justify the war becomes seen by the American people as being non-existent or disproportionately small compared to the US response, it will lead to a reduction in popular support for the war which may convert into an increase in opposition. Finally, unless the United States is able to sustain a climate of fear from an immediate threat, then it is doubtful that the American people will continue to support the "War on Terror" over the long-term.

Muslims will be the ultimate beneficiaries of whatever success the movement achieves in fighting the government's actions domestically or with regards to its foreign policies and war against terror. As such, it is a movement that we should support in as much as what they are working for and the manner in which they are doing it, is consistent with Islam.

And Allah knows best.

Link to the "Not In Our Name" original article!

Bush urges 'culture of service' to graduates at Ohio State commencement, Lawrence Knutson, Associated Press, 14/6/2002, http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/ap/20020614/ap_to_po/bush_7
US Artists Damn 'War without Limit', Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 14/6/2002
Our History, Not in Our Name, http://www.notinourname.net/history.html
US Artists Damn 'War without Limit', Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 14/6/2002
www.notinourname.net
The Call, Not in Our Name, http://www.notinourname.net/the_call.html
The Call, Not in Our Name, http://www.notinourname.net/the_call.html
Pledge of Resistance, Not in Our Name, http://www.notinourname.net/NIONcall.pdf
We believe ... we must oppose the injustice being done in our names, Sydney Morning Herald, 17/6/2002, http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/16/1023864378288.html
Professor Noam Chomsky is a scholar of linguistics at MIT, author and arguably the most prominent thinker of the Left.
Edward Said is a prominent Palestinian-American academic and author.
William Blum is a former diplomat, who left the employ of the government in 1967 in protest of the Vietnam War. In 1969, he wrote an expose of the CIA, naming over 200 active agents. He also maintains the foreign policy section for Z magazine (www.zmag.org). He is also the author of Killing Hope, Rogue State.
Gloria Steinem is an American journalist and feminist, most famous for found Ms magazine. She was named Woman of the Year by McCall magazine in 1972.
Paul Chevigny is a prominent Professor of Law at New York University (NYU).
Martin Luther King III is the eldest son of slain civil rights campaigner, Rev. Martin Luther King. In 1997 he was elected leader of the Southern Christian Leadership Conference, the civil rights organization his father founded.
Michael Albert is the editor of Z Magazine (www.zmag.org)
George Webber is professor emeritus at the NY Theological Seminary.
US Artists Damn 'War without Limit', Duncan Campbell, The Guardian, 14/6/2002
http://www.internationalanswer.org/
http://www.internationalanswer.org/Pledge.pdf

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