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October 28, 2005 --
E-greetings fans are being treated to a new trick this Halloween: they can personalize an online Halloween, Guy Fawkes Day, or Veterans Day e-greeting card at www.peaceweek.net.
“This is quick, fun and for everyone who is worried about the war,” says Peace Week promoter John Leonard. “Recent polls show most Americans agree the Iraq war was a mistake.”
Then on Saturday, Nov. 5th, comes the 400th anniversary of Guy Fawkes Day, a big holiday in Britain, and cross between July 4th and Halloween.
400 years, but it's still news to most Brits that they got the wrong guy when they hanged Guy Fawkes for the Gunpowder Plot. The real "fox" was not Fawkes but the Lord Chancellor, who lured Guy and his gaggle of foolish "fowls" to try to blow up Parliament - and provoke the war on Spain which the power behind the throne wanted.
The lesson is as up-to-date as can be, with the late lies about WMD that got both the US and the UK into Iraq.
So the message at the www.peaceweek.net site is: we need to catch on to the old trick of fake terrorism to avoid even more dangerous wars. To help remind us, supporters can sign a petition to observe Peace Week every Nov. 5th to Nov. 11th - Britain's Guy Fawkes Day to America's Veterans Day.
The website includes a Media Center for adding events to the calendar, posting press releases, and background about authors available for interviews on such topics as:
Peace Week - promoter and publisher John Leonard
Guy Fawkes, Veterans Day history: Bush Sr. biographer and intelligence expert
Webster G. Tarpley (available until Nov. 9th)
WMD, Plame case: Bush Jr. biographer and prosecutor William J. Cox.
Motto: " To know more about war means no more wars."