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Dear Friends,

While the Divine Strake Test has been **postponed indefinitely,** it has not been canceled.  There is now talk of moving the test to a privately owned limestone quarry in Southwestern Indiana, or to Los Alamos in New Mexico.

The only sure way to cancel this test is to cut off its funding.  These funds currently paid out to profiteering companies such as Bechtel, would be much better spent cleaning up sites contaminated by nuclear and other weapons testing.  We call upon peace and disarmament activists to pressure their congressional delegations to rescind the funding for Divine Strake, and allocate the funds for cleanup of weapons contamination.

On our Alert Page, http://www.shundahai.org/action_alerts.htm we have posted a pair of “Stop Payment” graphics for you to use in actions at congressional and war profiteer offices.

Print out these checks, and write your own messages to your congressional representatives and to local officials at companies such as Bechtel.  For increased impact, assemble groups all bearing these checks, and visit your congressional representatives during the recess, which extends from August 7 to September 4.  This is an election year, and an excellent time for constituents to use the power of the ballot.

Thanks for all you do,
Shundahai Network
http://www.shundahai.org
P.O. Box 1115
Salt Lake City, UT 84110
Phone- 801.533.0128
Fax- 801.533.0129
shundahai@shundahai.org

CANCEL THE DIVINE STRAKE! STOP WEAPONS TESTING ON ANY LAND! END NUCLEAR PROLIFERATION!

Divine Strake weapons test postponed for further study
Nevada site may be out for the blast test–
Delayed again: Director of Pentagon agency to assess other locations
Divine Strake postponed until 2007
Divine Strake explosion delayed, possibly moved

….and from HEAL Utah:

The ditch has already been dug. The 700 tons of ammonium nitrate and fuel oil to fill it have already been purchased. But thankfully, the concerned voices of downwinders have delayed again the Pentagon’s intent to resurrect 10,000-foot mushroom clouds on our horizon.

The Department of Defense announced yesterday that the Divine Strake test would be delayed until at least “several months into 2007,” but that it would proceed at that point if it is determined that the blast can comply with the National Environmental Policy Act and there is a favorable ruling in the lawsuit brought by the Western Shoshone and Downwinders.
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