Kucinich decries violence, U.S. policy in Iraq
The Democrat remains in the presidential race and will speak and attend fund-raisers in Portland today
Tuesday, April 06, 2004
DAN HORTSCH
The continuing deadly violence in Iraq makes it "absolutely urgent that this country take a new direction in Iraq," Dennis Kucinich said Monday in Portland.
Kucinich, the congressman from Ohio who remains in the Democratic presidential race, said the deepening cycle of violence emphasizes the need for the United States to "pick up the pieces of a shattered relationship between the U.S. and the U.N." and turn over peacekeeping duties in Iraq to the United Nations.
The United States, he said, should let Iraqis control their destiny. "Installing handpicked people" as leaders, he said, "may intensify the violence."
Kucinich, who had events scheduled Monday in Hood River, will appear in Pioneer Courthouse Square at noon today and has other Portland events set for later in the day.
At a Monday news conference in Terry D. Schrunk Plaza, Kucinich said he is continuing his primary campaign in Oregon to allow voters to "voice their concerns about this war" as well on issues such as health care, trade and the USA Patriot Act.
The goal, he said, is to...(Full Story)
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