[Peace-discuss] Fwd: [HumanRights] What can you do about the assault on Falluja?

[Morton K.Brussel]

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> From: "Mazin Qumsiyeh" <qumsi001 at hotmail.com>
> Date: November 9, 2004 9:09:20 AM CST
> To: Mazin.qumsiyeh at lists.riseup.net
> Subject: [HumanRights] What can you do about the assault on Falluja?
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> Dear Friends:
>
> The ongoing massive onslaught on the Iraqi city of Falluja has been 
> very costly so far and is only expected to get worse.  Already, the US 
> Occupation forces destroyed one emergency hospital and occupied 
> another preventing adequate provision of medical care to civilians 
> (the rational is that if civilians do not get to hospitals they will 
> not be counted and would lessen the outrage).  Already large sections 
> of the city (including whole apartment buildings, power stations, and 
> a train station) were leveled by 2000 pound bombs and artillary 
> barrages.  Electricity and water was cut for the civilian population 
> (80-100,000 remaining) who are now subjected to 24 hour curfews.  US 
> army generals explained to the media that armored bulldozers are 
> cutting swaths into the city through built-up areas to avoid going 
> through alleys and streets that might be booby trapped (these are 
> techniques "borrowed" from the Israeli tactics that left one fourth of 
> the Jenin Refugee Camp destroyed, see http://www.searchingjenin.com/). 
> Our taxes paid for both.
>
> What can you do?  You can speak out to your media and your elected 
> representatives. You can demonstrate and you can engage in civil 
> disobedience.  You can make sure those in power do not get away with 
> these war crimes.  You can also invite the Wheels of Justice bus tour 
> to your area schools, houses of worship, and community centers.  Below 
> is a description of WOJ from the group:
>
> A project of Voices in the Wilderensss, Middle East Children Alliance, 
> Al-awda, and the International Solidarity Movement, the Wheels of 
> Justice tour (http://justicewheels.org), bring our nonviolent witness 
> to war and occupation in Iraq and Palestine to your community.  We 
> wish to spend January and February in SC, GA, and FL (please check 
> with us for other area availability before and after). We are looking 
> for individuals and organizations to host and organize events in these 
> states.
>
> There are a number of ways to put us to work, and we suggest some of 
> the following:
>
> - daytimes (weekdays) at school: tabling and classroom presentations 
> (religion, history, poli-sci, mideast studies, peace studies, 
> sociology). a solid on-campus host, faculty or student group, is 
> absolutely necessary
> - if at a university with a large resident community, evening 
> presentations on campus
> - “merchants of death” workshop
> an in-depth look at the corporations of war and occupation
> - weekends are better for afternoon educational events or evening 
> social/edutainment events, like a musical concert, poetry slam event 
> or movie showing. at events such as these, the wheels speakers offer 
> spoken word between performers or lead discussions after a short movie
> - media activism workshop. dr. mazin qumsiyeh is one heck of a media 
> expert
> - meeting with editorial boards of media outlets
> - a program/appearance at a local bookstore (see qumsiyeh and stohlman 
> bios on the website)
> - presentations to faith communities, especially if the choir can draw 
> from the larger interfaith/faith communities
>
>  What we need from our hosts/local coordinators:
>
> - stuff to do
> - a place to park the bus overnight
> - if schools are hosting us, we ask for an honorarium (but no 
> stipulations)
> - a place for 5 people to spend the night (we like floors)
> - media outreach and support (especially advance interviews, 
> especially with radio stations, prior to our arrival in your town)
>
> Contact Ceylon at ceylon at vitw.org or 917-567-5048 to arrange bookings
>
> END Description of WOJ
>
> Silence is complicity.
>
> For reports from an Independent Journalist in Iraq, see
> http://dahrjamailiraq.com/weblog/
>
> Mazin Qumsiyeh
> http://qumsiyeh.org
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