November 22, 2004
Dear Donna,
Today, as CODEPINK was busily preparing a year-end humanitarian mission
to Iraq, we received an urgent message. It was from our dear friend Dahr
Jamail, an amazing American independent journalist who has been risking his
life to get the true story of Fallujah to the American public:
âI have just come from a refugee camp in Baghdad with families from Fallujah.
The suffering is beyond description. It's worse than anything you've read or
anything I've written so far.
This is a humanitarian crisis. They need medicines for their camp and the other
camps immediately. We have an organization set up of doctors who can distribute
the medicines and supplies. BUT WE NEED THEM NOW! THIS CANNOT WAIT!â
Solidarity,
Dahr
While George Bush was on the campaign trail talking about moral values, his
administration was busy preparing the assault on Fallujah that was launched
immediately after the election. The US military leveled virtually the entire
city, killed hundreds of desperate civilians, refused to let humanitarian aid
workers into the city, and has now left refugees without food, water and
medicines.
We didnât vote for this administration, but like it or not, we are
responsible for its actions. We MUST show the Iraqis and the world community
that there are indeed kind, compassionate Americans who are appalled by the
immoral behavior of our government and want to help - not kill - the Iraqi
people.
PLEASE HELP US GET MEDICAL AID TO THE PEOPLE OF FALLUJAH. We will send it
immediately to a team of doctors who are anxiously awaiting our response.
DONATE NOW securely online and challenge your friends, family and co-workers to
MEET or BEAT your donation. Please visit:
http://codepink.kintera.org/helpiraqis or send checks made out to Help
Iraqis/Global Exchange to 2017 Mission St. #303 San Francisco, CA 94110.
SPREAD this email to at least 10 of your friends, relatives or coworkers.
KEEP INFORMED and ACTIVE. Here are three links to update you on the current
crisis:
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/index.php Dahr Jamail reports on the assault on
Fallujah and mounting casualties.
Children Pay Cost of Iraq's Chaos -- Malnutrition Nearly Double What It Was
Before Invasion: http://occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7923
Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq:
http://occupationwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=13
Photographs of Fallujah under siege (Graphic):
http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_Falluja.shtml#photos
Thank you for helping the people of Iraq,
In peace and solidarity,
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange and CODEPINK
www.codepinkalert.org
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