[CIMC-working] Voices ITW press release-new delegation leaving

Garth Liebhaber garthliebhaber at hotmail.com
Tue, 25 Feb 2003 15:55:06 -0600



>Dear friends,
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>We have been in touch with the teams in Iraq, and received word that our
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>most recent delegation has arrived safely. The next IPT delegation is
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>scheduled to leave Chicago on March 6th.  Below you will find:
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>1)      Press Release from the Iraq Peace Team in Iraq, on their way to the
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>Demilitarized zone on the border of Iraq and Kuwait
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>2)      Iraq Peace Team's Encampment Statement of Purpose
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>Members of the Iraq Peace Team are available for interviews. Please
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>contact us at 773 784 8065/ info@vitw.org. Please continue to visit
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>www.iraqpeaceteam.org for updates and writings from the IPT.
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>Voices in the Wilderness is encouraged by the call from IPT in Iraq, that
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>"people of conscience all over the United States conduct a massive,
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>preemptive sit-down for peace."
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>We encourage the formation of US peace teams to challenge the forces of
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>war on multiple fronts. The Iraq Peace Team envisions preemptive
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>nonviolent action to coincide and highlight the presence of the three dozen
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>IPT members who are planning to stay in Iraq indefinitely.
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>Peace Teams in the US can consist of people committed to taking
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>preemptive nonviolent action at the centers of defense contractors,
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>government offices, weapons production plants, and civilian infrastructure
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>sites.  We ask peace teams to consider conscientious objection and refusal
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>to finance war.  We can offer assistance and collaboration in forming these
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>teams with over 150 returned IPT delegates.  Call or write Voices in the
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>Wilderness, and see our list of IPT delegates at www.iraqpeaceteam.org
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>We are also putting out a paper mailing. Please send your mailing address
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>to info@vitw.org if you would like to receive a copy and you are not 
>already
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>in our database.
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>peace,
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>voices in the wilderness chicago
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>danny muller        jeff guntzel        stephanie schaudel
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>1)Contacts in Baghdad: Charlie Liteky, Kathy Kelly or Mike Ferner 718-8007
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>Room 509
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