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----- Original Message ----- From: David Mcknight <david@milwr.freeserve.co.uk> To: <just-peace@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Thursday, January 30, 2003 9:41 AM Subject: [Aftermath] Oxfam: Iraq urgent action > > Dear Friend, > > War in Iraq is getting closer every day your voice is needed before it > becomes a disaster for Iraq's people. Take action now to prevent this > crisis: > > Email Prime Minister Tony Blair at: > www.oxfam.org.uk/iraqaction > > The people of Iraq are still suffering the effects of bombing during the > 1991 Gulf War. Twelve years of economic sanctions, and their own > government's policies, have made things worse. > > Nearly two-thirds of Iraqis - more than 15 million people - depend entirely > on food rations distributed by their government. Any attack, particularly if > it destroys roads and bridges, could stop the food reaching those people. > They would go hungry. > > When Oxfam aid workers first entered Iraq at the end of the 1991 Gulf War, > they found a public health disaster. There was sewage in the streets because > air strikes had destroyed the electricity supplies which powered sanitation > and water systems. Twelve years later, much of that damage has still not > been repaired. Similar attacks now could make things even worse. > > Those who propose war have not yet shown that any threat from Iraq is so > imminent that it justifies the risk of so much human suffering. For more > information see: > www.oxfam.org.uk/iraqaction > > Take action now: > > 1. Email Prime Minister Tony Blair at: > www.oxfam.org.uk/iraqaction > 2. Forward this email to 15 or more friends, family or colleagues > > Thank you for your support, > > Barbara Stocking > Director > Oxfam GB > > PS - We realise you may have received other emails from Oxfam recently, but > because this is such a critical issue we felt it was important to contact > you again. > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------ > > If you've had this passed to you by a friend and want to receive email > updates yourself, visit: www.oxfam.org.uk/iraqaction > > If you have any questions, please call 01865 312 610 or e-mail > campaigning@oxfam.org.uk In the subject line, please write "Iraq" and we > will get back to you as quickly as possible. > > The email address you registered with us is david@milwr.freeserve.co.uk. > > If you would like to receive emails from Oxfam in text only, change your > preferences here: > http://www.processrequest.com/quickstart/switchformat.asp?c=ZbjijeibjeFD > > If you wish to know more about Oxfam's email privacy policy, please visit: > www.oxfam.org.uk/privacy/ > > If you do not wish to receive future emails, or if you have received this > message in error, please accept our apologies and simply click here to > unsubscribe. > > Oxfam works with others to find lasting solutions to poverty and suffering. > Oxfam is a company limited by guarantee and registered in London No. 612172. > Registered office 274 Banbury Road, Oxford, United Kingdom OX2 7DZ. > Registered Charity No. 202918. Tel: +44 (0) 1865 312610. > > > > TO UNSUBSCRIBE just send an email to: > Aftermath-11-September-2001-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.co.uk > > The ARROW website is http://www.justicenotvengeance.org > > > > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://uk.docs.yahoo.com/info/terms.html > > _______________________________________________ Sent via the discussion list of the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq. To unsubscribe, visit http://lists.casi.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/casi-discuss To contact the list manager, email casi-discuss-admin@lists.casi.org.uk All postings are archived on CASI's website: http://www.casi.org.uk