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I have just returned from Iraq. I am a Canadian artist and I had the opportunity to join a delegation of doctors taking medicines to Iraqi hospitals. I took a very simple line drawing with me of a child held in it's mother's hands.This image was laid out on the ground in the gardens of the AL Rasheed Hotel in Baghdad. I used stones to form the image and more stones will be added over time to make the image even more pronounced. I am pursuing efforts to have this image laid out in the desert on a huge scale so that the pilots may realise that they are bombing more then just empty buildings and green blobs on their radar screens. I wanted to do something positive that would recognize the rights of the Iraqi children. These rights are guaranteed under various international law and have clearly have been ignored. I am starting the process towards having our Prime Minister in Canada and our Foriegn Affairs Minister, tried for crimes against humanity. If you would like to see photos from my trip, please go to http://coastnet.com/dhouston/ Thank you Deryk Houston dhouston@coastnet.com 250 598-9908 Deryk Houston dhouston@coastnet.com Victoria, B.C. Canada -- voice: (250) 598-9908 Web Page http://coastnet.com/dhouston/ -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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