FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
April 7, 2003

Contact: Julie Callahan, (408) 374-2668, (408) 981-4134
South Bay Mobilization to Stop the War, (408) 998-8504

WEAPONS INSPECTION AT HOME!

WHAT: South Bay and Mid-Peninsula residents to deliver a letter to Lockheed Martin Corporation to express their outrage and sorrow regarding the tools of genocide that Lockheed produces.

WHEN: Monday, April 7th, 4:00 pm

WHERE: Lockheed Martin, Sunnyvale
North Mathilda Avenue and Moffett Park Drive

WHO: Sponsored by Thinking Peace, South Bay Mobilization to Stop the War (SBMSW) and others

WHY: Demonstrators’ messages include:

• US arms sales are expected to reach over $14 billion this year – the largest total in almost two decades
• Lockheed Martin is the world’s largest weapons contractor
• They are the world’s largest arms exporting company
• Their products are being used in the war against Iraq to kill innocent people
• Use of their bombs containing depleted uranium devastates humans and the environment

On the Web: http://www.sanjosepeace.org

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