<div dir="ltr"><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr"><div><div data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><br></div></div></div></div><div class="gmail_quote">---------- Forwarded message ----------<br>From: <b class="gmail_sendername">Kate Gould, FCNL</b> <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:fcnlinfo@fcnl.org" target="_blank">fcnlinfo@fcnl.org</a>></span><br>Date: Thu, Sep 8, 2016 at 2:08 PM<br>Subject: Block Bombs to Saudi Arabia<br>To: Robert Naiman <<a href="mailto:naiman.uiuc@gmail.com" target="_blank">naiman.uiuc@gmail.com</a>><br><br><br><u></u>
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<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0">Dear Robert Naiman,</p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0">I’m writing because your senators are particularly crucial in the vote later this month to block the $1.15 billion arms sale to Saudi Arabia. Just today, Senators Chris Murphy (CT) and Rand Paul (KY) have introduced a bill to block the arms sale. FCNL is teaming up with other organizations across the country for a national call-in day to generate cosponsors for this bipartisan initiative.</p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0"><strong>Will you call your senators and urge them to block the arms sale to Saudi Arabia? </strong></p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0">If you haven’t heard about this bomb sale, you’re not alone. There hasn’t been much attention to this massive bomb sale the Obama administration has planned, even though the announcement comes in the midst of news of the Saudi-led coalition bombing another school, and a fourth Doctors Without Borders hospital in Yemen.</p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0">While Saudi Arabia is dropping the bombs, the U.S. is often supplying the bombs and providing other support for the war. As Senator Chris Murphy pointed out, “there’s an American imprint on every civilian life lost in Yemen.”</p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0"><strong>Please call the Capitol Switchboard at 1-855-86-NO WAR <a href="tel:%281-855-686-6927" value="+18556866927" target="_blank">(1-855-686-6927</a>) to urge both of your senators to join Murphy and Paul in blocking bombs to Saudi Arabia. </strong>Here are some talking points to help you make your call:</p>
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<li style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">Hello, my name is [NAME] and I’m a voting constituent calling from [CITY, STATE].</li>
<li style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">I’m calling to urge the senator to join the bipartisan Murphy-Paul bill to block the $1.15 billion arms deal to Saudi Arabia.</li>
<li style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:12px;margin-top:0">Saudi’s war in Yemen is a humanitarian catastrophe and the U.S. shouldn’t be rewarding the killing of civilians by sending more bombs.</li> </ul>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0">Once you're done with your call, make sure to follow up with <a href="https://fcnl.org/r/E/NTE0Mjk4/Mzc1NzU/0/0/bmFpbWFuLnVpdWNAZ21haWwuY29t/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5jYXB3aXouY29tL2Zjb25sL2lzc3Vlcy9hbGVydC8_YWxlcnRpZD03MzYwNDY0MSZ0eXBlPUNPIyEjIQ/8480/1" style="color:#0365b5" target="_blank">a message to your senators and representative</a> urging them to block the deal.</p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0">Thanks for all you do for peace,</p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0"><img align="left" src="http://fcnl.org/images/about/who/staff/kate--48.jpg" style="margin:0 1em 1em 1em"></p>
<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0">Kate Gould<br><span>Legislative Representative<br>Middle East Policy</span><br>
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<p style="color:#222222;font-family:georgia,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:1.2em;margin-bottom:1em;margin-top:0"><span>P.S. For more background on the U.S. supported Saudi-led war in Yemen, see </span><a href="https://fcnl.org/r/E/NTE0MzAy/Mzc1NzU/0/0/bmFpbWFuLnVpdWNAZ21haWwuY29t/aHR0cDovL3d3dy5ueXRpbWVzLmNvbS8yMDE2LzA4LzE3L29waW5pb24vc3RvcC1zYXVkaS1hcm1zLXNhbGVzLXVudGlsLWNhcm5hZ2UtaW4teWVtZW4tZW5kcy5odG1sP19yPTAjISMh/8480/1" style="color:#0365b5" target="_blank">the <em>New York</em> <em>Times</em> editorial</a><span> calling on Congress to block the arms deal. You can also check out the bipartisan </span><a href="https://fcnl.org/r/E/NTE0MzA1/Mzc1NzU/0/0/bmFpbWFuLnVpdWNAZ21haWwuY29t/aHR0cHM6Ly9saWV1LmhvdXNlLmdvdi9tZWRpYS1jZW50ZXIvcHJlc3MtcmVsZWFzZXMvY29uZ3Jlc3NtYW4tbGlldS1sZWFkcy1iaXBhcnRpc2FuLWVmZm9ydC1wb3N0cG9uZS1hcm1zLXNhbGUtc2F1ZGktYXJhYmlhIyEjIQ/8480/1" style="color:#0365b5" target="_blank">House letter</a><span> that FCNL supported, which calls on President Obama to delay the arms sale to Saudi Arabia. You can also <a href="https://fcnl.org/r/E/NTE0MzA4/Mzc1NzU/0/0/bmFpbWFuLnVpdWNAZ21haWwuY29t/aHR0cHM6Ly96b29tLnVzL3dlYmluYXIvcmVnaXN0ZXIvNTNhZjE3ZDI1YjI5ODgyOTY2ODU4YTUxMmJlNTEyM2EjISMh/8480/1" style="color:#0365b5" target="_blank">join a webinar</a> on the war in Yemen hosted on Mon Sept 12 featuring Yemeni journalist Nawal al-Maghafi and our partners at Oxfam, Human Rights Watch, Oxfam and Win Without War.</span></p>
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