Date: Wed, 19 Dec 2001 23:11:05 EST
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Subject: [azpeace] Campaign of Conscience Update - 12/19/01
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Subj:    Campaign of Conscience Update - 12/19/01
Date:   12/19/01 4:39:09 PM US Mountain Standard Time
From:   PLems@afsc.org (Peter Lems)
To: AskAboutIraq@afsc.org (AskAboutIraq)

To: Campaign of Conscience List
RE: Sign the Peace Pledge, Letters to the Editor, Voices on Iraq

1. Sign the Peace Pledge
2. Letters to the Editor - samples and tips
3. Voices on Iraq updates

1. Sign the Peace Pledge

The Bush Administration is considering pursuing military action against as
many as 40 countries suspected of harboring terrorists.  Iraq remains a
prime target.  Join others pledging opposition to the war against Iraq.
Sign the new Campaign of Conscience Peace Pledge to Stop the Spread of the
War to Iraq.  The Peace Pledge has been endorsed by the AFSC, the Fellowship
of Reconciliation, the Episcopal Peace Fellowship, Voices in the Wilderness,
and Washington Physicians for Social Responsibility.

You can sign on-line at http://www.peaceresponse.org/pledge, and you can see
a list of other Iraq peace activism ideas at
http://www.peaceresponse.org/activism/iraqactivism.shtml .  You can also
print out the pledge to mail in at
http://www.peaceresponse.org/pledge/pledgetext.htm .

The House of Representatives is voting this evening (Wednesday) on HJRes.
75, which escalates the threat ofexpanding the "war on terrorism" to Iraq.
Our Congressional e-mail letter campaign (that we wrote about last week) has
already generated more than 1200 e-mails to Congress and President Bush.
You can still send the "Don't Invade Iraq" e-mail or write one of your own
by going to http://www.capwiz.com/afsc/home/ . 

2. Letters to the Editor - samples and tips

The Western Washington office of the Fellowship of Reconciliation provides a
variety of sample letters that can be sent to local newspapers.  The site
also features background and talking points on Iraq sanctions.
http://www.scn.org/wwfor/sampleletters.html . 

3. Voices on Iraq updates

In addition to updates from the Voices in the Wilderness delegation in Iraq,
our Voices on Iraq section ( http://www.afsc.org/iraq/voices/ ) features a
recent article by Hans von Sponeck, former United Nations Humanitarian
Coordinator in Iraq, spelling out alternatives in Iraq to military action.
It identifies the international institutions and structures that are
available for diplomacy.  he United States has consistently refused to open
direct dialogue with Iraq and has downplayed the efforts of the Arab League
and United Nations in establishing a legitimate forum for useful steps
towards resolution of this conflict.

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Peter Lems
Program Assistant for Iraq - Middle East Peace Education
    American Friends Service Committee
    1501 Cherry Street
    Philadelphia, PA. 19102
    Tel: 215/241-7170
    Fax: 215/241-7177
    http://www.afsc.org/conscience


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