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WAMM No Iran War Press Confernce

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By Bill Sorem , Free Speech Zone
July 20, 2008

WAMM had a Press Conference on the steps of the state capitol, July 9, on not attacking Iran. Many leading clergy and others were present to sign the petition and to speak

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KSTP was present, not sure if they had tape in camera, WCCO Radio showed up for a few minutes. No local press coverage.

There was a group of mideast journalists who just happened to be visiting the capitol. They didn’t know this was not news so they reported extensively on it (including a slide show):

http://www.islamonline.net/servlet/Satellite?c=Article_C&cid=12138717293...

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