Message from Leonard Peltier - March 18, 2006 Third Anniversary of Iraq Invasion
Message from Leonard Peltier- Times Square New York
Third Anniversary of Iraq Invasion
In New York, demonstrators gathered near Times Square yesterday, to protest the third Anniversary of the United States invasion of Iraq. Protesters gathered on three lanes of Broadway south of 42nd street, and New York Police officers patrolled the avenue while dozens of police officers attempted to keep traffic moving on the street and sidewalk. The demonstrators, bundled against the cold and confined police fences to a two block stretch listened to various speakers from various organizations. Toni Zeidan, of the Leonard Peltier Defense Committee recited the following message from Leonard Peltier:
Message from Leonard Peltier:
"We heard weapons of mass destruction as a reason to attack Iraq and although the basis did not exist, We are still there. I admire our troops but can not sit here and allow our government to continue to use our loyal and courageous men and women. It is time for our troops to come home, to stop our government from withholding evidence, to stop their lies, while innocent people die. The government, in the name of national security, is fighting vigorously to keep long hidden FBI documents from my attorneys. In Buffalo, for example, government attorneys argued that it could not turn over five pages of the FBI file in Buffalo concerning me because disclosure could cause damage to the "national security and the war on transnational terrorism." I, Leonard Peltier will continue to fight to liberate all FBI documents that the government is withholding on national security grounds. Our government uses the words “ national security” and fighting the war on transnational terrorism as a smoke screen to cover up further crimes and misconduct by the FBI as in my case and in the senseless death of the Reservation Murders and those of our troops, children, and family members of innocent victims of the ongoing war in Iraq. I call on Congress and other government officials to bring our troops home and to abide by our Constitution regarding the withholding of documents for the past 30 years. "
Leonard Peltier
"We heard weapons of mass destruction as a reason to attack Iraq and although the basis did not exist, We are still there. I admire our troops but can not sit here and allow our government to continue to use our loyal and courageous men and women. It is time for our troops to come home, to stop our government from withholding evidence, to stop their lies, while innocent people die. The government, in the name of national security, is fighting vigorously to keep long hidden FBI documents from my attorneys. In Buffalo, for example, government attorneys argued that it could not turn over five pages of the FBI file in Buffalo concerning me because disclosure could cause damage to the "national security and the war on transnational terrorism." I, Leonard Peltier will continue to fight to liberate all FBI documents that the government is withholding on national security grounds. Our government uses the words “ national security” and fighting the war on transnational terrorism as a smoke screen to cover up further crimes and misconduct by the FBI as in my case and in the senseless death of the Reservation Murders and those of our troops, children, and family members of innocent victims of the ongoing war in Iraq. I call on Congress and other government officials to bring our troops home and to abide by our Constitution regarding the withholding of documents for the past 30 years. "
Leonard Peltier
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