St. Pete for Peace - Protest Raytheon, Syria & Iraq war profiteer, Largo FL, Oct. 17, 2014

Read article: "Florida activists resist Raytheon by the Party for Socialism and Liberation"

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big winner early in the war is Raytheon, who netted a big new Tomahawk
cruise missile contract because of all of the missiles the US has been
firing into Iraq and Syria.

Raytheon's missiles are already killing women and children in Syria & Iraq, including about a dozen innocent people on Sept. 23.

"The Obama administration has made little effort to conceal its real objectives in Syria. The fight against ISIS is merely a pretext for regime change. The fact that Major General Martin Dempsey, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and Chuck Hagel are angling for a no-fly zone over Syria exposes the "war against ISIS" as a fraud. Why does the US need a no-fly zone against a group of Sunni militants who have no air force?" points out writer Mike Whitney.

The administration must have realized people were on to them... so now Washington is considering a no-fly zone in Syria to 'protect civilians from airstrikes by the Syrian government'. Never mind that establishing a no-fly zone in another country is an act of war since it "would require warplanes to disable the Syrian government’s air defense system through airstrikes," according to Dempsey.

This is just more proof that the 'war on ISIS' is a smokescreen for a war on the Syrian government.

Raytheon doesn't care whether the supposed war on ISIS is actually a war on the government of Syria - as long as they get contracts to sell their weapons of death.

Speak out! People in the Tampa Bay area live in the neighborhood of some of those profiting from the new wars in Syria & Iraq. Come tell Raytheon that we know the truth: WEAPON MAKERS LOVE WAR!

There is plenty of parking around Raytheon - here's a map so you can get driving directions.

Military firms likely to benefit from airstrikes in Iraq, Syria

Chechen rebels leading ISIS?
A few articles are appearing stating that Chechen rebels are leading ISIS. Here's an article from al-Jazeera, and one from NY Daily News.

This is very interesting in the context of Russia's long battle with the Chechens rebels, and the US support of the Chechen rebels during the Bush years at least:

"In the US, the leading group which pleads the Chechen cause is the American Committee for Peace in Chechnya (ACPC). The list of the self-styled "distinguished Americans" who are its members is a rollcall of the most prominent neoconservatives who so enthusastically support the war on terror." Here's another good article on the topic.

It is unclear if the commitee (led by Zbignew Brzezinski with members Richard Perle, Larry Diamond, Caspar Weinberger, James Woolsey, Rober Kagan (Victoria Nuland's husband), Elliot Abrams, Geraldine Ferraro, William Kristol, Frank Gaffney, and Richard Gere (the actor) is still active.

Sponsored by St. Pete for Peace, ANSWER Suncoast, Progressive Democrats of America - Florida, Tampa Bay Greens, Poor People's Economic Human Rights Campaign, Freedom Road Socialist Organization, SDS at USF, Friends of Human Rights, Hernando Green Party, Naturecoast Coalition for Peace & Justice, the Refuge, Peace and Freedom Party of Florida, the Revolutionary Road Radio Show, the Revolutionary Caucus, Pinellas Greens, SDS at USF St. Pete, Block the Boat Tampa. Listen to radio interview with Brian Moore, one of the event organizers.

(One of Obama's allies in this 'fight against ISIS' is Saudi Arabia, a country that beheaded 23 people in August, and does not allow women to vote, drive, or go out in public without being accompanied by a man (read "Eleven things women in Saudi Arabia can't do") and then laugh at the hypocrisy of them being part of Obama's "coalition" to stop ISIS from beheading people and imposing Sharia Law.)

PROTEST at RAYTHEON
Friday Oct. 17, 4:00pm-6:00pm
Bryan Dairy & Belcher Rd.
Largo, FL