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From: Rania Masri <rrmasri@unity.ncsu.edu> Date: Fri, 20 Nov 1998 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Please Distribute Widely ADC ACTION ALERT REP. CYNTHIA MCKINNEY CRITICIZES U.S. POLICY ON IRAQ Please Send Letters of Appreciation/Ask Your Representatives to Do the Same Background: Rep. Cynthia McKinney (D-GA) issued a statement this week criticizing the U.S. "policy by crisis" on Iraq. Calling UN sanctions a "weapon of mass destruction" and citing data from UN agencies indicating more than one million civilian deaths, she stated that "the suggestion of sanctions in perpetuity is unconscionable." She criticized the Clinton administration for the lack of a policy review on Iraq since the Gulf War. U.S. policy has been "all stick and no carrot." She called on the U.S. to "spell out what exactly it takes to relax and then lift sanctions; otherwise there is no incentive to cooperate." She also criticized "Republican Rambos" in Congress who have advocated the assassination of Saddam Hussein. Rep. McKinney has been one of the leaders of congressional opposition to U.S. policy on Iraq. She opposed bombing in February and was an early signer of Rep. John Conyers' (D-MI) letter to President Clinton calling for the delinking of economic sanctions against civilians from military sanctions. The letter had 43 signers. Action: Please contact Rep. McKinney and thank her for her strong and courageous defense of the Iraqi people. Let's show her the support she deserves. Rep. Cynthia McKinney House of Representatives Washington, DC 20515-1004 (202) 225-1605 (fax) 226-0691 cymck@mail.house.gov Contact your representatives. Ask them to issue similar public statements in opposition to any bombing and in support of lifting the economic sanctions against Iraqi civilians. Your Representative Your Senator House of Representatives U.S. Senate Washington, DC 20515 Washington,Dc20510 You can reach any member of Congress through the congressional switchboard at (202) 224-3121. ______________________________________________________ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To be removed/added, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk, NOT the whole list. Archived at http://linux.clare.cam.ac.uk/~saw27/casi/discuss.html