For those with cable...

["Eli Stephens" <elishastephens@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

C-Span to broadcast A.N.S.W.E.R. event:
IRAQ - GEORGE W. BUSH'S "VIETNAM"?
Panel Discussion on the National Campaign to End the Occupation and Bring
the Troops Home Now

Today - Wednesday, September 3 - the A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition held a Panel
Discussion/Press Conference entitled Iraq: George W. Bush's "Vietnam"? at
the National Press Club in Washington DC. The panel featuring former U.S.
Attorney General Ramsey Clark, Catholic Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, family
members of U.S. GIs, and other leaders of the anti-war movement discussed
the growing mood in the United States to bring U.S. troops back from Iraq
and to end the occupation. Mr. Clark and others called on the people of the
United States to come together in massive numbers at the October 25 National
March on Washington, D.C.

*C-SPAN COVERAGE*

C-Span plans to broadcast this event several times. You can look at C-Span's
schedule at http://inside.c-spanarchives.org:8080/cspan/fullschedule.csp for
broadcast times (you should press "refresh" or "reload" on your browser to
make sure you have the current schedule).

It is currently scheduled to run at approximately 6 am EST (3 am PST) on
C-Span 2 on Thursday 9/4 (tomorrow). Please check the full schedule
regularly for additional planned broadcast times and note that the schedule
is subject to change.

The program is called "U.S. Policy Toward Iraq" sponsored by Act Now to Stop
War & End Racism (A.N.S.W.E.R.) and featuring Ramsey Clark and Thomas
Gumbleton.

*REUTERS COVERAGE*

American Casualties in Iraq Stir U.S. Peace Movement
By Laura MacInnis

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Peace activists said on Wednesday that increasing
concerns about American casualties in Iraq had spurred the U.S. anti-war
movement back into action after months of relative quiet.

The ANSWER Coalition, headed by former U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Clark,
said it planned to stage a protest in Washington on Oct. 25 to demand the
withdrawal of American troops from Iraq.

More U.S. soldiers have died occupying Iraq since President Bush declared
major combat over on May 1 than were killed during the war itself. Hundreds
more have been wounded.

"That is affecting the mood of the country," ANSWER spokeswoman and civil
rights lawyer Mara Verheyden-Hilliard told a Washington press conference.
"It is creating this very strong sentiment in the United States of people
saying, 'That's enough. It has got to end now."'

President Bush, responding to growing concerns over the failure to bring
security to post-war Iraq, this week began a campaign to involve the United
Nations more deeply in the task, hoping for more foreign money and troops.

Clark, who served as U.S. attorney general under President Lyndon Johnson,
said he wants the United States to pull its troops out of Iraq. "On October
25, let's be together and say 'bring those troops home in Iraq,"' he said.

ANSWER, which stands for Act Now to Stop War and End Racism, organized a
series of demonstrations in Washington, San Francisco and other U.S. cities
before the U.S. invasion in March, drawing hundreds of thousands of people
to the streets.

Organizers declined to predict how many people would attend the Oct. 25
demonstration, but said more than 100 groups had endorsed the event.

*ASSOCIATED PRESS COVERAGE*

Anti-War Protest Planned for Washington

WASHINGTON - Protesters plan to return to the nation's capital next month to
oppose the presence of U.S. troops in Iraq, demonstration organizers said
Wednesday.

The International ANSWER coalition, whose name stands for Act Now to Stop
War and Racism, brought thousands of anti-war protesters to Washington in
January, March and April.

Organizers predict the Oct. 25 march from the Justice Department to the
White House and the Pentagon will attract tens of thousands of people. The
group is seeking a protest permit for 10,000 people, the National Park
Service said.

"We're getting people never touched by politics, but who are agonizing over
the occupation" of Iraq, said Brian Becker, co-director of the International
Action Center, one of the groups in the protester coalition. He said the
families of the troops in Iraq are "so angry and so upset that we expect
they and many members of their communities will be joining us to say, 'Bring
the troops home.'"

Organizers said at least 50 buses will bring people to Washington from
around the United States and Canada.

*INTERNATIONAL PRESS COVERAGE*

International press in attendance included media from Sweden, Germany,
Japan, Canada and Turkey among others. Also check for local and other
national coverage.

*SPEAKERS AT THE PRESS CONFERENCE*

- Ramsey Clark, former U.S. attorney general
- Bishop Thomas Gumbleton, Auxiliary Bishop, Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit
- Gloria Jackson, mother of U.S. soldier stationed in Iraq
- Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, attorney and co-founder, Partnership for Civil
Justice; A.N.S.W.E.R. Coalition Steering Committee
- Mahdi Bray, Executive Director, Muslim American Society Freedom Foundation
- Brian Becker, Co-Director, International Action Center; A.N.S.W.E.R.
Coalition Steering Committee
- Peta Lindsay, A.N.S.W.E.R. Youth & Student Coordinator, Howard University
student
- Omar Matadar, spokesperson, Muslim Student Association
- Efia Nwangaza, Not in Our Name Project
- Teresa Gutierrez, Co-Director, International Action Center; A.N.S.W.E.R.
Coalition Steering Committee
- Caneisha Mills, Howard University student, Youth & Student A.N.S.W.E.R.
- Chuck Kaufman, National Co-Coordinator, Nicaragua Network; A.N.S.W.E.R.
Coalition Steering Committee

PHOTOS of the press conference will be available soon at:
http://www.internationalanswer.org

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