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Statement of the Coordinating Council of the Green Path of Hope
Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Tue, 05/22/2012 - 9:55pm.Prof. Afshin Razani, who spoke at UJP's "A New War in the Middle East? A Teach-in on Iran" on April 28, forwarded this statement for UJP's information.
In the Name of God
The Green Movement of the People of Iran is a peaceful and civil movement that struggles for the realization of the Iranian people’s historical demands for freedom, justice, independence, development, peace and morality. As the detained leaders of the Green Movement, Mr. Mousavi and Mr. Karroubi, have emphasized in the Charter of the Green Movement, this movement calls for the elimination of tensions in international relations, a rational and honorable foreign policy for Iran based on constructive cooperation with the international community, rejection of adventurist diplomacy, and promotion of global respect for this great, historical nation.
Unwanted Missiles for a Korean Island
Submitted by ujpadmin1 on Mon, 08/15/2011 - 11:06am.By Christine Ahn - New York Times Opinion Contributor
August 5, 2011
SEOUL — Gangjeong, a small fishing and farming village on Jeju Island 50 miles south of the Korean peninsula, is a pristine Unesco-designated ecological reserve where elderly Korean women sea divers, haenyo, still forage for seafood. It is also the site of a fierce resistance movement by villagers who oppose the construction of a South Korean naval base on the island that will become part of the U.S. missile defense system to contain China.
South Korea’s president, Lee Myungbak, says the base is needed to protect Seoul from an attack from Pyongyang. The problem with that assertion is that the Aegis destroyers that Lee pledged to deploy at the base aren’t designed to protect South Korea from North Korean Taepodong ballistic missiles (TBM).
