> >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >STOP NATO: NO PASARAN! - HTTP://WWW.STOPNATO.COM > >Anti-Intervention Networkers and Friends, >There are important national events against the sanctions on Iraq >planned for August 5-7 in Washington, DC. Please visit the Voices in >the Wilderness Website to get a copy of the flyer to get the word out >in your area. Also, please respond to this e-mail ([EMAIL PROTECTED], >attention: Margo) if there's any chance that you may attend. We would >like to send an Anti-Intervention Network contingent to DC to >contribute to these historic actions. >Sincerely, >Margo, AIN, Seattle >___________________ > >Why Protest the Economic Sanctions on Iraq? > >"We are destroying an entire society. It is as simple and terrifying >as that." -Denis Halliday, former UN >Assistant Secretary General and Oil for Food Coordinator in Iraq > >Approximately 200 Iraqis die EVERY DAY due to the effects of sanctions. >"There is an excess of 90,000 Iraqi civilian deaths per year, >compared with pre-sanctions studies done in >1989" -UNICEF April 1998 > >50% of rural people have no access to potable water and waste water >treatment facilities no longer >function in most urban areas. -WHO > >"After nine years of trade sanctions ... the situation of the >civilian population is increasingly desperate. >Deteriorating living conditions, inflation, and low salaries make >people's everyday lives a continuing >struggle." -International Committee of the Red Cross report to >Security Council, February 2, 2000 > >Sanctions at a Glance Originally imposed as a way to force Iraqi >withdrawl from Kuwait, the US backed, >UN Security Council imposed economic sanctions have resulted in the >most comprehensive economic >blockade in modern history. > >******************************************************************** > >Schedule of Events For More Information > >Saturday, August 5th *About >endorsing, participating or Teach In >helping organize the weekend >Benefit Concert >"Pedal Pushers for Peace" arrive from across >the country *on >connecting with the >bikers traveling to DC > >Sunday, August 6th > >Interfaith Vigil *on >local organizing or to >receive "March and Rally at Layfette Park" > > an organizing >packet, >Nonviolence Trainings > >Monday, August 7th > >Nonviolent Direct Action Contact: >Danny Muller, Voices In >the Wilderness > > >773-784-8065 > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Kate Reuer, Fellowship of Reconciliation > > >914 358 4601 > > >bsp@forusa >Current Involved Organizations > >American Friends Service Committee, Fellowship of Reconciliation, >Institute for Policy Studies, >Education >for Peace in Iraq Center, American Arab Anti-Discrimination >Committee, Friends Committee on >National Legislation, Voices in the Wilderness, Coordinating Council >of Muslim Mosques, Adams >Youth Center, Bruderhof, Mennonite Central Committee, Peace Action. >Anti-Intervention Network (AIN) >c/o VVAW AI >PO Box 21604 >Seattle, WA 98111 >(206) 374-2215 ph/fx >http://www.oz.net/~vvawai/ain-home.html > > __________________________________ KOMINFORM P.O. Box 66 00841 Helsinki - Finland +358-40-7177941, fax +358-9-7591081 e-mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.kominf.pp.fi ___________________________________ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subscribe/unsubscribe messages mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ___________________________________
