URGENT! let's all..

[Ferre]

This is an interestring and hopeful concept. Please

> READ THE INSTRUCTIONS

> CAREFULLY.

> Candy: Can you forward this to the SophiaSanctuary?

> Claudia: Can you forward this to the Friendly

> Neighborhood for Peace?

> Thank you

>

>

> Dear Friends,

>

> I write this appeal for your help as a pediatrician,

> a mother, and a

> grandmother -- and I am writing about the lives of

> tens of thousands

> of children.

>

> Although the current administration has demonstrated

> it has no

> reservations about slaughtering up to 500,000

> innocents in Iraq, there

> is one person whose life they absolutely will not

> risk. That person is

> Pope John Paul II.

>

> The Pope has already formally denounced the proposed

> war, calling it a

> defeat for humanity, and also has sent his top

> spokesperson.

> However, to stop the war, he now must take a

> historically

> unprecedented action of his own and travel to

> Baghdad. The Pope's

> physical presence in Iraq will act as the ultimate

> human shield,

> during which time leaders of the world's nations can

> commit

> themselves to identifying and implementing a

> peaceful solution to a

> war that the world's majority clearly does not

> support.

>

> To persuade the Holy Father to take this unusual but

> potent action, he

> must hear from you and millions of others around the

> world who

> have already been inspired to stand up and speak out

> for peace. A

> mountain of surface mail, email, faxes, and phone

> calls are our

> devices to inspire him.

>

> Please understand that your taking just a few

> minutes right now to

> communicate with him may ultimately spare the lives

> of thousands

> of innocent people who at this moment live in

> complete terror from the

> threat of an imminent U.S.-lead military strike on

> their

> homeland.

>

> So here is what you can do to be a part of this

> powerful final action

> to stop the march to war in Iraq.

>

> 1. Do not simply "forward" the letter below. Its

> power depends upon

> your sending it directly, as a personal

> communication to the Pope.

>

> 2. Simply cut and paste the letter below into a new

> email. Also cut

> and paste the Vatican email address we have

> provided,

> <mailto:accreditamenti@pressva.va">

> accreditamenti@pressva.va <<<<<<<<<<<TO EMAIL CLICK HERE!

> 3. At the close of the letter, type in your name,

> city and state--no

> need to include your address.

>

> 4. Either email,

> <mailto:accreditamenti@pressva.va">, FAX ([from USA]

> 011-39-06698-85378--from other countries drop the

> 011 prefix) -- or

> send a hard copy of this letter to the addresses in

> the letter below.

> DO NOT put "Italy" anywhere on the envelope, as this

> will send your

> mail

> into the Italian mail system which is separate and

> independent of the

> Vatican system. Should you wish to phone the Vatican

> directly, (from

> USA) dial 011-39-06-69-82--all other countries must

> use their

> appropriate international prefix.

>

> 5. Pass this original email on to as many people you

> can so as to

> assure a critical mass is reached in this action.

>

> 6. Note that as you and others begin sending your

> letters, faxes and

> emails, there will be a simultaneous effort to alert

> the media of this

> action, so as to be sure it is publicly known

> throughout the world.

>

> Thank you for participating in this formal request

> of the Pope. We

> just may stop this war in Iraq -- and save these

> childrens' lives.

>

> Dr. Helen Caldicott

>

>

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Sample letter:

 

 

His Holiness John Paul II

Apostolic Palace

00120 Vatican City State

Europe

 

Your Holiness:

 

I write to you today out of a sense of great

urgency. As you know the

United States of America is on the verge of

launching what may be

one of the most cataclysmic wars in history using

weapons of mass

destruction upon the Iraqi people, fifty percent of

whom are less than

15 years of age.

 

Conservative estimates are that such a war will

result in the death of

500,000 Iraqis. It seems clear that, at this time,

you are the only

person on Earth who can stop this war. Indeed, your

physical presence

in Baghdad, will prevent the impending slaughter of

hundreds of

thousands of human beings, and force the

international community of

nations to identify and implement a truly peaceful

resolution to

this unprecedented, preemptive aggression.

 

I implore you to travel to Baghdad and to remain

there until a

peaceful solution to this crisis has been

implemented. The lives of

the people of Iraq rest in your hands - as does the

fate of the world.

 

With hope,

 

our name, Your City, State, Country

[Guest bacchus]

interesting concept tboat...

must admit i haven't heard much from 'stop-the-rot' caldicott for a while...

let's give it a go, can't hurt can it?

[Ferre]

interesting concept tboat...

must admit i haven't heard much from 'stop-the-rot' caldicott for a while...

let's give it a go, can't hurt can it?

That's what I thought too bacchus, I did put in the subject line : Please stop this war on women and children!