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A Call to President Bush and Congress: According to news reports, 3,767 Afghan civilians were killed in the first 60 days of U.S. bombing. In the U.S., there is a frightening drive to repression. Foreign born residents have been arrested and jailed for months without criminal charges. There’s open talk of using torture to extract confessions. The so-called PATRIOT Act has given the police expanded powers to search our homes, tap our phones, and read our e-mail. We were shocked and horrified by the September 11 attacks, and we want to see the perpetrators brought to justice. But we do not want innocent people killed, and we do not want civil liberties weakened. We call on President Bush and Congress to (1) Immediately end U.S. military actions in Afghanistan and abandon any plans to expand the war. (2) Ask the U.N. Security Council to establish an international tribunal with the authority to apprehend and bring to justice those responsible for the 9/11 attacks. (3) Repeal the PATRIOT Act and rescind the directive authorizing military tribunals. (4) Shift priorities from the military to people’s needs. As Dwight D. Eisenhower said, "Every gun that is made, every warship launched, every rocket fired signifies in the final sense, a theft from those who hunger and are not fed, those who are cold and are not clothed." The people of Afghanistan are not the only ones being hurt by the war. The people of the U.S. are being hurt too. We say, end the war now! |
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John D. Bagley Rosette M. Bagley Charles V. Berger Scott Brechtel Sally G. Brown Rosemary Brunton John W. Bundy Sandy Bundy Cathy Campo Perry Cartwright Chicago DSA Elizabeth G. Clegg College of Complexes Tom Cordaro Bob Cordova Christina A. Cusumano Steve De La Rosa Deborah Dechinisto Stephanie Downs Hughes Peter G. Engstrom Kathy Foulser Fox Valley Pledge of Resistance Patricia E. Fraser Roger H. Fraser |
Shawna Gallagher Katherine C. Goetz Frank M. Goetz Jeff Guntzel Jane C. Heckman Therese A. Hoehne Eleanor Ixchel Charles M. Jenkins Elizabeth M. Johnson Howard R. Katz Janice Kingman Marta Knickrehm Amy Knickrehm Christopher Laughton Eileen M. Le Fort Paul F. Le Fort Brian Lemberger Kevin Lindemann Eleanor M. Lukazewski Barbara A. Marian Dave Martin Dee M. McBeath Jeanette L. McBride Joan S. McInnes David Meade |
Carol Montgomery-Fate Tom Montgomery-Fate Anthony Nicotera Kathy Pearson Ted Pearson Bettina Perillo Michael Pitula Jerome E. Powers Abdul Quddus Mark Rensenbrink Sean Reynolds Sheryl Reynolds Slack Michael Ross Norman Roth Mary Shesgreen Adam Shils Susan Simmons Sharon Stade Judy Stratman Dave Trippel Alice V. Uyttebrouck John Vidmar Mark Weinberg Bruce White John Whitfield Margot Worfolk |
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This call was drafted by the DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition and paid for by the individuals above. If you agree with this call and would like to support the DuPage Peace Through Justice Coalition, please send a contribution to PO Box 494, Winfield, IL 60190. For more information, please visit our web site (http://DuPagePeace.home.att.net/). |
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