Dear KCITF supporters -

This Action Alert is being forwarded to you from CODEPINK - Women for Peace to ask for your action to address the dire conditions in Fallujah.

Today, as CODEPINK was busily preparing a year-end humanitarian mission to Iraq, we received an urgent message. It was from our dear friend Dahr Jamail, an amazing American independent journalist who has been risking his life to get the true story of Fallujah to the American public:

“I have just come from a refugee camp in Baghdad with families from Fallujah. The suffering is beyond description. It's worse than anything you've read or anything I've written so far.

This is a humanitarian crisis. They need medicines for their camp and the other camps immediately. We have an organization set up of doctors who can distribute the medicines and supplies. BUT WE NEED THEM NOW! THIS CANNOT WAIT!”

Solidarity,
Dahr

While George Bush was on the campaign trail talking about moral values, his administration was busy preparing the assault on Fallujah that was launched immediately after the election. The US military leveled virtually the entire city, killed hundreds of desperate civilians, refused to let humanitarian aid workers into the city, and has now left refugees without food, water and medicines.

We didn’t vote for this administration, but like it or not, we are responsible for its actions. We MUST show the Iraqis and the world community that there are indeed kind, compassionate Americans who are appalled by the immoral behavior of our government and want to help - not kill - the Iraqi people.

Thank you for helping the people of Iraq,

In peace and solidarity,
Medea Benjamin, Global Exchange and CODEPINK
http://www.codepinkalert.org
 

1. PLEASE HELP US GET MEDICAL AID TO THE PEOPLE OF FALLUJAH. We will send it immediately to a team of doctors who are anxiously awaiting our response.

DONATE NOW securely online and challenge your friends, family and co-workers to MEET or BEAT your donation. Please visit: http://codepink.kintera.org/helpiraqis  or send checks made out to Help Iraqis/Global Exchange to 2017 Mission St. #303 San Francisco, CA 94110.

2. Write a brief letter to the editor (up to 150 words) to letters@kcstar.com or write Kansas City Star, Letters, 1729 Grand Blvd., KCMO 64108. Include your name, address and daytime phone number. Or call (816) 234-4497 to leave a 30-second commentary. Leave your name, address and daytime phone number.

3. SPREAD this email to at least 10 of your friends, relatives or coworkers.

4. Send an email to kcmediawatch@yahoo.com to let us know you acted on this alert.

 

KEEP INFORMED and ACTIVE. Here are links to update you on the current crisis:

Dahr Jamail reports on the assault on Fallujah and mounting casualties.
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/index.php

Children Pay Cost of Iraq's Chaos -- Malnutrition Nearly Double What It Was Before Invasion:
http://occupationwatch.org/article.php?id=7923

Humanitarian Crisis in Iraq:
http://occupationwatch.org/article.php?list=type&type=13

Photographs of Fallujah under siege (Graphic):
http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_Falluja.shtml#photos