Mara Verheyden-Hilliard, a Washington attorney, planned to join the protests.
"Iraq doesn't pose a threat to the United States," she said. "Everyone knows they have nothing to do with Sept. 11. The threat that the world is feeling right now is coming from the Bush administration."
The statement from the 70 former lawmakers, all but four of them Democrats, cited failing support from traditional allies, concern for innocent Iraqis who may be killed by U.S. bombs and the potential for more terrorist attacks and instability in the Middle East as reasons for their opposition to war.
"The opposition of the former members of Congress here is based on moral, religious and strategic reasons," said former Rep. Robert Drinan, D-Mass. "It is the wrong war at the wrong time and for the wrong reasons."
There is growing speculation that they will skip the second Security Council vote and launch war at the time they have wanted it for months - this coming week.
In fact, it is clear all the diplomatic maneuvering has been a smokescreen for the buildup of U.S. heavy forces which was estimated to take about six months back in September.
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