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To kidnappers: please let the Bridges to Baghdad workers go!

Posted by Habibi (Guest) - Thursday, September 9 2004, 15:53:13 (CEST)
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Dear Friends,

Here on Carmen Avenue, ten of us gathered this morning for a reflection, as we've done each day of the fast. It was a tearful time. Cathy Breen and Cynthia Banas recounted their most recent conversations and correspondence with Ra'ad Ali, one of the four Bridges to Baghdad humanitarian workers kidnapped from the group's Baghdad office yesterday.

We remembered how relieved we felt when we learned that Ra'ad and his family were safe, following the worst of the "Shock and Awe" bombardment. We've each quoted him, often, when speaking about Iraq with groups in the U.S. Ra'ad, a University professor and engineer, studies astronomy as an avocation. When the lights went out all across Baghdad, Raad went to his rooftop where he set up a telescope, knowing he could study the stars as never before.

Voices has worked with Bridges to Baghdad since we began traveling to Iraq in 1996. They have maintained a steady presence in Iraq, since 1991, and we relied on them for advice and insights whenever our delegations traveled to Iraq. Their vision and witness has provided peace activists worldwide with an inspiration to resist the economic sanctions and each of the wars waged against Iraq.

In 2002, when we were notified of a $20,000 fine imposed on us for bringing medicines to Iraq, we raised $20,000 and contributed it to Bridges to Baghdad's Sinbad Clinic which they operated in Basra to assist women and children afflicted with water-borne diseases.

We write today, aggrieved and concerned, asking you, urgently, to sign the statement which follows. Please help circulate this statement widely. The statement can be found below and at http://vitw.org/unponteper.html

Simona Toretta, Simona Pari, Ra'ad Ali Abdulaziz and Mahnaz Bassam have long recognized the grievances of people throughout Iraq who have endured ongoing siege and war. Their work compels us to recognize that no country should ever be held hostage to the greed and dominance of others.

As we yearn for their liberation, we pledge ourselves to work toward a fair and peaceful future for the people they've served.

Sincerely,

Kathy Kelly and companions on Carmen Avenue

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To kidnappers: please let the Bridges to Baghdad workers go! Habibi - Thursday, September 9 2004, 15:53:13 (CEST)
- more on that Habibi - 09/09 15:55
- I disagree parhad - 09/09 16:38
  - read about the workers Habibi - 09/09 18:09
    - Re: read about the workers parhad - 09/09 18:28
      - Re: read about the workers Habibi - 09/09 19:23
        more about Ra'ad and another hostage Habibi - 09/09 19:24
        
        Re: read about the workers parhad - 09/09 19:46
        Re: read about the workers Habibi - 09/09 20:17
        
        Parhad Habibi - 09/09 20:37
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/09 23:10
        Re: Parhad Habibi - 09/10 00:04
        wrong word Habibi - 09/10 00:05
        
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/10 01:13
        Re: Parhad Habibi - 09/10 03:28
        Not 2 Iraqi "guys," but an Iraqi man and an Iraqi woman... Habibi - 09/10 03:42
        
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/10 03:47
        Re: Parhad Habibi - 09/10 15:39
        Re: Parhad parhad - 09/10 15:58
        well Habibi - 09/10 18:35
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 18:41
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 18:47
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 18:55
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 22:29
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 22:32
        
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 22:18
        Re: well Habibi - 09/10 22:30
        Re: well parhad - 09/10 23:31
        Re: well Habibi - 09/11 05:07
        furthermore Habibi - 09/11 05:14
        Re: furthermore parhad - 09/11 05:26
        Re: furthermore Habibi - 09/11 06:47
        
        Re: well parhad - 09/11 05:22
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