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IDemo

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Mon Feb 27, 2012, 08:14 AM Feb 2012

'Bomb Iran' billboard's real message just the opposite

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By Steve Fidel, Deseret News
Published: Saturday, Feb. 25 2012 7:15 p.m. MST

WEST VALLEY CITY — A billboard along I-215 that says "Bomb Iran!" is meant to suggest just the opposite at a time when tensions between Iran and the West continue to escalate.

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"The war drums are beating very loudly," said bombiran.org organizer Connor Boyack, a 30-year-old Web designer in Lehi, who hopes the somewhat-confusing design of his billboard prompts people who see it to "pause, think about it, ponder it and go read about it."

Boyack is not suggesting a single, grand conspiracy is pushing the United States toward a war in Iran but believes the combined effects of propagandists and a diverse military-industrial complex could be. He said his objective is to push back.

"It's hard to see the unintended consequences," he said, pointing to the speed at which reports about Iraq's nuclear capabilities led to war before those threats were fully vetted, and later found to be without merit.

http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865550911/Bomb-Iran-billboards-real-message-just-the-opposite.html


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