Call for sanctions against Iraq to be lifted ABC news Mon, 31 Jul 2000 3:25 AEST http://www.abc.net.au/news/newslink/weekly/newsnat-31jul2000-19.htm Hollywood stars have joined peace activists in a call to the United States to lift economic sanctions imposed a decade ago on Iraq, claiming the measures are killing innocent children. The stars include Susan Sarandon, Martin Sheen and Richard Gere. In an advertisement in The New York Times, they say that military sanctions on Iraq should continue, but economic sanctions do not work. The US State Department maintains that the sanctions are necessary to pressure Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein to abandon efforts to produce weapons of mass destruction. Iraq has found an unusual new supporter in its attempt to have the sanctions dropped. Former US intelligence officer and UN arms inspector Scott Ritter, who is now in Baghdad making a TV documentary, no longer believes Iraq's weapons program is a menace. The advertisement will appear in the New York Times on or near August 6th. (TEXT FOLLOWS) Are the Children of Iraq Our Enemies? Ten years ago, on August 6, 1990, the U.S. imposed economic sanctions on Iraq. Since then, over one million Iraqis, mostly children under five, have died. 10 years is enough! The military sanctions on Iraq should continue, but the economic sanctions not only do not work, they are killing innocent Iraqi children. We say, the time has come to stop killing innocent Iraqi children. Lift the economic sanctions on Iraq now! Susan Sarandon Tim Robbins Martin Sheen Liam Neeson Rosie O'Donnel Jeremy Irons Robert Altman Bonnie Raitt Sr. Helen Prejean Mike Farrell Joan Baez Rev. William Sloane Coffin Ed Asner Jackson Browne Bishop Thomas Gumbleton Natasha Richardson Pete Seeger Rev. Daniel Berrigan, S.J. Sinead Cusack Casey Kasem Philip Berrigan Richard Gere John Densmore Arun Gandhi Maguire Maguire (Nobel Peace Laureate) Jose Ramos Horta (Nobel Peace Laureate) Adolfo Perez Esquivel (Nobel Peace Laureate) Rev. James Lawson Rabbi Douglas Krantz Sr. Joan Chittister Noam Chomsky Richard Dreyfuss Howard Zinn Todd Oldham David Dellinger Ramsey Clark Dennis Halliday Dr. Helen Caldicott Dr. Patch Adams Elise Boulding Rev. John Dear (FOR Executive Director) and the Fellowship of Reconciliation, the largest, oldest interfaith peace organization in the US. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ____Send me information about the "Campaign of Conscience with the Iraqi people." ____Send me information about FOR's work to promote the United Nations' "Decade for a Culture of Peace and Nonviolence for the Children of the World, 2001-2010." ____Send me information about the Fellowship of Reconciliation. ____Enclosed is my contribution to support FOR's work for peace & justice: _____$25 _____$50 _____$100 ______$250 _____Other NAME___________________________________________________________________ ADDRESS________________________________________________________________ CITY_______________________________________STATE___________ZIP_________ PHONE_________________________________E-MAIL__________________________ Mail to: Fellowship of Reconciliation, Box 271, Nyack, NY 10960. (914) 358-4601. Check our website: www.FORUSA.org -- Leftlink - Australia's Broad Left Mailing List mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.alexia.net.au/~www/mhutton/index.html Sponsored by Melbourne's New International Bookshop Subscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=subscribe%20leftlink Unsubscribe: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Body=unsubscribe%20leftlink
