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Sunday, May 16, 2004

MundiMuster! Don't Fund a Proliferation of "Useable Nukes"

[via True Majority] The multimillion dollar Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, designed for use against underground bunkers would have explosive power up to 70 times that of the Hiroshima bomb. Its supporters say it's a "clean" nuclear weapon because it penetrates the earth before detonating. In reality, if it were detonated in a city, tens of thousands of people could receive a fatal dose of radiation. More people would be killed or injured by the extreme pressures of the blast and thermal injuries. Still more would die from fires and buildings collapsing from the seismic shock. For more information visit www.wand.org.

See how spending on nuclear weapons could be better invested in your community, visit
http://database.nationalpriorities.org/cgi-bin/WebObjects/NPP.woa/wa/tradeoff

To make our nation more secure, we must eliminate all funds for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, also known as the bunker buster. New U.S. nuclear weapons will make us less safe by encouraging other countries to rely on nuclear weapons for their security. We need to reduce reliance on the most horrific weapons ever created and make global disarmament our priority.

Last year, TrueMajority and a whole group of other organizations urged Congress to stop funding the nuclear "bunker buster" bomb. The budget was cut in half. Now the Bush administration is trying to get it funded again.
Just click 'Reply' and 'Send' in your email program to tell Congress the answer is still NO. Or, click this link if you want to customize the message or if you have been sent this by a friend:
http://action.truemajority.com/index.asp?action=10170&ms=bunk1&ref=561318

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