March 12, 2002
Australian Peace, Environment and Social Justice Organisations Condemn US Nuclear Posturing
Medical Association For The Prevention Of War,
Global Justice Inc,
Nuclear Free Australia,
Australian Peace Committee,
South Movement,
Australian Anti-Bases Campaign,
Friends Of The Earth Australia,
A broad range of peace and social justice organisations today condemned the US Government's nuclear posturing and urged the Australian Government to distance itself from any US nuclear war fighting plans. The Los Angeles Times released last week details of a classified US military document which foreshadows the use of nuclear weapons against countries including Russia, China, Iraq, Iran, North Korea, Libya and Syria. It also flagged the idea of using nuclear weapons in the Israel-Arab conflict.