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From: "Kathy Guthrie" <kathyguthrie@fcnl.org>
To: "Miriam Vieni" <miriamvieni@optonline.net>
Sent: Thursday, July 07, 2005 5:23 PM
Subject: London Bombings--War Is Not the Answer--FCNL
Today, the people of London have experienced what the people of Bagdad
and many other Iraqi cities have been experiencing almost daily for
more than a year: a brutal, violent attack on innocent civilians. Our
thoughts and prayers go out to the people of London, today, as we
continue to pray for the peoples of Iraq, Afghanistan, the Sudan, and
elsewhere who daily face the continuing violence, horror, fear, and
disruption of war and terror.
Yet, more war is not the answer to the London bombings. After more than
three years of the U.S.-led "war on terror" and two years of
war in Iraq, the world is no safer, and in many respects it has become
even more dangerous because of these wars to make the world safe from
terror.
Today’s attacks in London, the undiminished violence in Iraq,
and the intensified fighting in Afghanistan reveal how U.S. war
policies have fueled more violence and suffering. Exacting an "eye
for an eye" will only make everyone blind with hatred. Violence
and suffering will only escalate and intensify from retaliation
policies – especially in a world armed with nuclear,
biological, and chemical weapons.
We call upon the governments of the United States and the United
Kingdom to take the first, courageous steps to end the cycle of
violence by exercising uncommon restraint in their response to the
London bombings. Let the moral depravity of the attacks stand alone for
the peoples of the world to condemn and unite against. Do not compound
the moral outrage of the mass killings in London with further U.S.-UK
military attacks that will put at risk still more innocent civilians
and fuel further hatred. Those responsible must be held accountable
under the rule of law.
We call upon President Bush and Congress to change course now to
address the root causes of violent extremism and war, to pursue
alternatives to war such as those suggested in the Smart Security
legislation introduced by Representative Lynn Woolsey (CA),
http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OJYMEVXBXV/HAUKEVXCBY/ and to take
political steps to reduce the level of violence in Iraq such as
declaring that it is U.S. policy to remove all U.S. troops and military
bases from Iraqi soil.
ACT NOW
On recess now, members of Congress who are visiting constituents in
their home states this week need to hear that responding to these
attacks in London with new violence is not the answer. Contact the
local offices of your members of Congress, let them know that you will
support them if they have the courage to search for new approaches that
can break the spiral of violence. Go to
http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OJYMEVXBXV/DEFJEVXCBZ/ enter your zip
code, and click on the picture of your members to get office phone
numbers.
BACKGROUND
"Finding Safety in the Age of Terrorism: Reflections on September
11, 2001", by Bob Burnett, available at
http://capwiz.com/fconl/utr/1/OJYMEVXBXV/GNIVEVXCCA/ Program for the
Peaceful Prevention of Deadly Conflict
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