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APRIL 2003 early : (EPIC aka "EDUCATION FOR PEACE IN IRAQ CENTER: LAUNCHES PETITION DRIVE TO TRY TO KEEP FUNDING FOR IRAQ HUMANITARIAN AID AND RECONSTRUCTION OUT OF THE HANDS OF THE US MILITARY - AND INTO THE HANDS OF THE STATE DEPARTMENT ) Another group, the Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) this week launched the latest of numerous online petition drives, calling on their supporters to flood Congress with e-mails calling on legislators keep funding for Iraq humanitarian and reconstruction out of the hands the US military. "The State Department, in partnership with the UN and our allies, is the appropriate authority for US funds related to post-war Iraq," EPIC said in an action email sent to supporters. - Source : Agence France-Presse, April 10, 2003

(* My note : EPIC was created by Erik Gustafson in 1998,)

Erik Gustafson is a veteran of the Gulf War and founder of the Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC). In 1997 and 2000, he witnessed firsthand Iraq's humanitarian crisis. In 1998, he founded EPIC, an organization that works to improve humanitarian conditions and human rights in Iraq. He has testified at congressional briefings, policy forums and has delivered lectures across North America on Iraq. His letters and opinion pieces have appeared in The New York Times, LA Times and USA Today ) - Source : "EPIC 2003 Iraq Forum Online," EPIC website

MAY 23, 2003 : (FORMER AMBASSADOR WILSON DONATES TO DEMOCRAT JOHN KERRY'S PRESIDENTIAL CAMPAIGN) Wilson, Joseph C 5/23/2003 $1,000.00 Washington, DC 20007 JC Wilson International Ventures/Bu -[Contribution] JOHN KERRY FOR PRESIDENT INC.- From Drudgereport - 404 posted on 09/29/2003 4:42 PM PDT by NYC Republican

JUNE 14, 2003 : (WASHINGTON, DC : EPIC : IRAQ FORUM EVENING KEYNOTE LECTURE "A STATE OF THE MOVEMENT ADDRESS" BY RAY MCGOVERN OF THE GROUP "VETERAN INTELLIGENCE PROFESSIONS FOR SANITY" AND FORMER AMBASSADOR WILSON)- Source : "EPIC 2003 Iraq Forum Online," EPIC website