Someone finally found some weapons of mass destruction!
In February 2003, the international peace organization, Rooting Out Evil, pays a visit to an undisclosed US weapons facility. They could start almost anywhere - America is home to the world's largest concentrations of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
"We don't expect to be admitted, but we will make a public statement," says Rooting Out Evil organizer Christy Ferguson. They'll also hold a jammer's mirror up to the US administration and its pre-war rhetoric of "rogue nations." The group selected the US for inspection as its top priority, based on the Bush government's own criteria for dangerous states: a stockpile of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons; refusal to sign and honor international treaties; ignoring due process at the United Nations; and attaining power through illegitimate means.
"We want to highlight not only the hypocrisy of the Bush administration, but also the danger of it - that they are really posing a threat to global security," Ferguson says.
Over 12,000 people have signed up as honorary weapons inspectors on the coalition website. Not every supporter can play the role of Hans Blix at, say, the biological weapons storehouses of Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, but all are given updates and opportunities to participate as the campaign evolves.
"People sign up to say they're interested, they believe in what we're doing," says Ferguson. "And they believe that the United States should come under further scrutiny."
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In February 2003, the international peace organization, Rooting Out Evil, pays a visit to an undisclosed US weapons facility. They could start almost anywhere - America is home to the world's largest concentrations of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons.
"We don't expect to be admitted, but we will make a public statement," says Rooting Out Evil organizer Christy Ferguson. They'll also hold a jammer's mirror up to the US administration and its pre-war rhetoric of "rogue nations." The group selected the US for inspection as its top priority, based on the Bush government's own criteria for dangerous states: a stockpile of chemical, biological and nuclear weapons; refusal to sign and honor international treaties; ignoring due process at the United Nations; and attaining power through illegitimate means.
"We want to highlight not only the hypocrisy of the Bush administration, but also the danger of it - that they are really posing a threat to global security," Ferguson says.
Over 12,000 people have signed up as honorary weapons inspectors on the coalition website. Not every supporter can play the role of Hans Blix at, say, the biological weapons storehouses of Brooks Air Force Base in San Antonio, Texas, but all are given updates and opportunities to participate as the campaign evolves.
"People sign up to say they're interested, they believe in what we're doing," says Ferguson. "And they believe that the United States should come under further scrutiny."
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