Celebs Sound Off On Iraq

He plays a mild-mannered veterinarian on the NBC drama "Providence," and is also famous for his role on the Vietnam War era sitcom "M.A.S.H.," set in Korea, but in real life, actor Mike Farrell is known for expressing a point of view.

He and actress Anjelica Huston are to unveil Tuesday a letter signed by a long list of celebrities who are asking President Bush to stop his war rhetoric toward Iraq.

It's the first act of a new group called "Win Without War," which is described as a coalition that opposes President Bush's "war policy."

According to publicists representing the group, over 100 stars have signed the letter, including Kim Basinger, Matt Damon, Laurence Fishburne, Ethan Hawke, Uma Thurman, Samuel L. Jackson, Jessica Lange and Martin Sheen.

The text of the letter is to be made public at a Tuesday news conference in Hollywood.

President Bush has threatened military force against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein, saying the dictator has amassed weapons of mass destruction that pose a danger to the United States.

United Nations weapons inspectors are searching the Middle Eastern country for such devices but have turned up little so far.

Farrell previously compiled a celebrity-endorsed letter in June asking U.S. senators to vote against a plan to bury the nation's nuclear power waste at Nevada's Yucca Mountain.

Co-signers of that letter included Alec Baldwin and Tim Robbins, Rob Reiner, Barbra Streisand and Harry Belafonte.

On July 9, senators voted 60-39 in favor of the Yucca Mountain project.