Peace Takes Courage : Act NOW to Bring the Troops Home!



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Iraq: Bush Failed, You Try

http://www.islamonline.net/livedialogue/english/Browse.asp?hGuestID=cRgSRA


Name Ameri -

Question As an expert in managing crises of this kind, what do you think is the best solution to this crisis? Do you agree that this US-led war has not ever been justifiable.


Answer First of all, I personally was against the war (despite my many Iraqi friends who wanted to be rid of that very brutal regime), because I don't think you can solve crises in the Middle East by sending in American troops.



The record of the last four years shows how true this was. To find a solution at this late stage will be very difficult, perhaps impossible. But we owe it, not to the US, but to the people of Iraq who have suffered for too long, and indeed for the safety of the people in the region, to find a solution.



My organisation is calling for a multilateral effort including members of the Security Council and Iraq's six neihgbouring states to convene a conference of all principal Iraqi actors regardless of their outlook and bring them to compromise on the key issues that divide them: the nature of federalism, how to share oil revenues, de-Baathification, etc.


If this is done, there could still be hope (although it will be extremely difficult even then to stabilise Iraq).




And we must have hope. (Sorry: just lost electricity for a couple of minutes; I'm writing this in Kirkuk.)



Name Naf -



Question Not to sound pessimistic, but it seems there is very little the ordinary person can do, we have marched, protested and lobbied but still those in power have chosen not to head our warnings or advice.



We can keep trying, but at the end of the day the decision has to be made from the top (until the next election that is) – is their another strategy we can take?


Answer Very good question, and I can understand your frustration. Coming at it from a different corner, we have provided analyses and recommendations concerning Iraq from day 1, and all for nothing....


But the American electorate has started to punish Bush for his failures in Iraq, and perhaps the same thing will happen in the UK. Meanwhile, I wouldn't give up the protests and demonstrations, because we could be close to reaching "critical mass".



The real problem is that it is already too late for the many Iraqis who have died (for example, four carbombs here in Kirkuk today), and whatever solution may be constructed, it is going to take time.....

Name A.Rashdan



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Deputy Program Director, MENA
International Crisis Group

 
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10,000 Mother of a March


By Cindy Sheehan

The time for being polite to our war-mongering politicians and organizations which support them is over.


The time has been up for years now: over four to be exact. Women in Iraq are afraid to go to the market or send their children to school.




Our occupation has killed many babies and destroyed many Anglo-Christian families and brown Muslim families and, really, families of all color schemes and religious/non-religious persuasions.


......... join us on our “10,000 Mother of a March” on Congress on Monday, May 14th, 2007, which is the day after Mother’s Day.



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Jeannette Rankin continued to work for peace until her death in 1973 at the age of 92. The Jeannette Rankin Brigade of 5,000 women descended on Congress during the Vietnam War and she said:

“If we had 10,000 mothers willing to go to prison, we could end the war.”


........ The time has been up for years now: over four to be exact. Women in Iraq are afraid to go to the market or send their children to school. Our occupation has killed many babies and destroyed many Anglo-Christian families and brown Muslim families and, really, families of all color schemes and religious/non-religious persuasions.

We mothers have to stand up and put our bodies on the line for peace and humanity. We must look into the best parts of ourselves that make us mothers willing to care for and protect all children of the world, not just our own.



We need to access our hearts and souls to lead from a place of compassion and love not from war/fear mongering hatred and disgraceful threats and use of bullying force.

I am calling on a new Jeannette Rankin Brigade to rise up and have join us on our “10,000 Mother of a March” on Congress on Monday, May 14th, 2007, which is the day after Mother’s Day.



Marches on the weekends are not effective. We need to shut the city of DC down and we need to show people like Hillary Clinton and NOW that there are true women/mothers who want the needless and indiscriminate killing of our world’s children to end.



We need to surround Congress, demand an end to this evil occupation and refuse to leave until the Congressional leadership agrees with us, or throws us in jail!


I am calling on Mothers of the world to join us in DC, if they are able…or descend on US embassies all over the world that day.


I would love to see at least 10,000 Iraqi women marching on the Green Zone that day: marching in solidarity with us to end the slaughter of their children.



I believe millions of mothers around the world are tired of their children being used as cannon fodder and political tools in the games of war and killer sanctions.

Mothers united will never be defeated! It's time.

Please go The Camp Casey Peace Institute for more info.



Cindy Sheehan is the mother of Spc. Casey Sheehan who was killed in Bush's war of terror on 04/04/04. She is the co-founder and president of Gold Star Families for Peace and The Camp Casey Peace Institute.


Link to this page: http://www.ichblog.eu/text/content/view/1102/1


 


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Philosopher said:
Let the war go on. The longer the war the more Americans die.
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----so , it's the only solutions ?????? :confused: :uhwhat


why she is only asking mothers??? Why not call fathers to join , too ?

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The Crucifixion of Christ, American Style

By Jerry Ghinelli



Dressed in an orange jumpsuit and shackled at the wrists and ankles, he looked gaunt and sad at his circumstances.



08/29/05 "ICH" -- -- “For God so loved the world...” he returned his only begotten son to the land where he shed his grace on thee.


Vindication for the faithful, rejoicing for the true believers, it was the second coming of Christ—and he was coming to America. Not to bring Armageddon, but to save mankind from Armageddon.

...Looking much as he did two thousand years ago, the longhaired, bearded Jesus Christ, shabbily dressed in a robe and sandals, began to speak in a soft voice.

“Shalom, salaam and may peace be with you,” he offered.

“I, Jesus of Nazareth, use this sacred ground to symbolize where nearly four years ago, at this exact moment, man’s inhumanity to man was broadcast live for the entire world to bear witness to.



“Those who committed these barbaric acts thought of themselves as ‘believers,’ but only a believer in Satan could commit such a heinous act,” said Christ.




The applause rang out like booming thunder, echoing off the skyscrapers along the narrow streets of lower Manhattan, and down the section of Broadway known as the Canyon of Heroes. Shouts of “hallelujah, hallelujah” sent goose bumps up people’s arms.

The faithful were not crying; they were sobbing. Some people fainted.


Christ continued. “But I come before America today, for she is the greatest danger to world peace since Genesis.



“To suggest that God, our father, would ever be on the side of an America—or any country, for that matter—which attacks poor, defenseless, impoverished people out of revenge, fear, ignorance or greed, contradicts everything I stand for today and, more importantly, died for two thousand years ago.”


.....President Bush, speaking to new Marine recruits at Paris Island, praised the Lord Jesus and thanked him for his sacrifices. The President, who speaks to God regularly, insisted, however, that God also put him on this earth during these dangerous times to do his will.

“Christ is my brother,” Bush emphasized, “and brothers often have differences of opinion, that’s all. Christ believes in turning the other cheek; I prefer an eye for and eye. Or, as we say in Texas—dead or alive,” he said to applause from his troops.

“Semper fi,” shouted Bush.

Bush declared, “Jesus has never been elected to any public office. I come to work every day as your Commander–in-Chief with war on my mind. Christ speaks of peace this and love that… all kinds of dangerous messages in the post 9/11 world, when we have been attacked by the evildoers who can’t stand our freedoms,” Bush said, to a standing ovation.

Bush ended his speech by reciting his own version of “The Lord’s Prayer”:


Our Father, Who art in heaven,

Hallowed be Thy Name.

Thy Kingdom come.

Thy Will be done, on earth as it is in Heaven. Give us this day our daily bread.

And never forgive the terrorists,

who trespass against us.

And lead us not into appeasement,

and deliver the U.S. from evil. Amen.


http://www.ichblog.eu/text/content/view/1114/1
 
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"Sorry We Shot Your Kid, But Here's $500"

By Greg Mitchell

For the entire war in Iraq, the press has been kept largely in the dark concerning the number of civilians killed by our forces, and what happened in the aftemath.


Now several hundred files posted online reveal some of the true horror while raising questions about lack of compensation.

http://www.ichblog.eu/text/content/view/1176/1

Number Of Iraqi Civilians Slaughtered In America's War On Iraq - At Least 655,000 + +


http://tinyurl.com/usq4x
 
Greetings and peace be with you Muslim Woman;

And never forgive the terrorists,

who trespass against us.

And lead us not into appeasement,

and deliver the U.S. from evil. Amen.
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I don't see the news very often but if President Bush really made this prayer, it is in direct contradiction to the Lords prayer. At some point he will have to stand before God, and justify this.

In the spirit of praying for forgiveness,

Eric
 


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Eric H said:
Greetings and peace be with you Muslim Woman;
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--same to u :statisfie



I don't see the news very often but if President Bush really made this prayer.....
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----no , it's the imagination of the author. But , though Bush did not utter these words , he is proving all these/more than that in his actions.


Bush is not only killing criminals ( i doubt , how many terrorists are really killed in war against terrorism ) ; all i see--thousands & thousands of dead bodies of innocent civilians .


At some point he will have to stand before God, and justify this.
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--- i m eagerly waiting for that Day , i would love to see how Bush , Blair , Zionists leaders , Laden ( if he really is responsible for 9/11 ) will be judged ? Ya , i know , we all be judged on that day but surely ( God Willing ) , we will be in better position than them .



In the spirit of praying for forgiveness,
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--may God bless us all.




 
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Iraq For Sale: The War Profiteers

When: 12th May

Time: 7pm for a 7.30pm start


Cost: $15 per person


$10 per Al-Ghazzali Centre student (on presentation of Student Card)
Cost includes entry and cafe quality coffees, teas and refreshments

Iraq for Sale: The War Profiteers is the story of what happens to everyday Americans when corporations go to war.



Acclaimed director Robert Greenwald (Wal-Mart: The High Cost of Low Price, Outfoxed and Uncovered) takes you inside the lives of soldiers, truck drivers, widows and children who have been changed forever as a result of profiteering in the reconstruction of Iraq.


Iraq for Sale uncovers the connections between private corporations making a killing in Iraq and the decision makers who allow them to do so.





Join us for a film night for some serious consideration about the ongoing tyranny in Iraq, and elsewhere in a socially warm atmosphere of family, friends and colleagues.

For more information about this movie, go to of the movie.



Online registration is essential. To register go to http://alghazzali.org/register/xpresso_movie_night_2










http://www.hilalplaza.com/catalog/the_islamic_view_of_jesus_2939664.htm
 


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Cindy Sheehan - They Can't Kill Love: Video:

Cindy Sheehan calls for nonviolent revolution, encourages activists and shares her emotions about the senseless killings of Iraqis and US soldiers due to this war.


This is a must watch question and answer session


http://www.traprockpeace.org/traprock_video

 
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The Measure of a Life, in Dollars and Cents

By Walter Pincus

What's an Iraqi life worth? How about an Iraqi car? - For the U.S. military in Iraq, it may be roughly the same.



http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17899.htm



What Every American Should Know About Iraq

By David Michael Green

While many can imagine political leaders making mistakes, most Americans find it inconceivable that an American president could actually put personal or political interests ahead of the national interest or the welfare of the troops, especially on so grave an issue as war and peace.




http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17891.htm

A cry for justice from a good man who expected us to protect his son

By Robert Fisk

I had seen British military brutality in Northern Ireland - I had even been threatened by British officers in Belfast - but I somehow thought that things had changed, that a new, more disciplined army had emerged from the dark, sinister days of the Irish conflict.

But I was wrong.

Baha Mousa, Daoud's son, had died from the injuries he received in British custody, a young, decent man whose father was a cop, who did nothing worse than work as a receptionist in a Basra hotel.



http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article17897.htm



Verse of the day –

Be patient (O Muhammad (p ) of what they say,
and remember Our slave Dâwûd (David), endued with power.

Verily, he was ever oft-returning in all matters and in repentance (toward God ). ( 38 : 17 )
 

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