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<DIV><FONT face=Arial size=2>Conservative estimates of Afghani civilian
deaths<BR>outnumber civilian deaths in the September 11 attack<BR>by several
hundred. As of December 6, 2001:<BR>September 11 civilian deaths:
3,122. <BR>Afghani civilian deaths: 3,767<BR>The Afghani
death toll continues to rise, especially<BR>when deaths by starvation are
included.<BR><BR>Eyewitness accounts accuse Americans of bombing<BR>civilian
facilities such as homes, schools and<BR>hospitals. Nor are America's allies any
cause for<BR>pride. In the months since the Northern Alliance was<BR>given
control of the nation by American support, its<BR>soldiers have pursued
campaigns of terror against<BR>other ethnic groups, including gang rapes of
girls as<BR>young as 10 years old. Deliveries of food and medical<BR>supplies
from America intended for the civilian<BR>population have been seized by
military groups for<BR>their own use. At the same time, many
Northern<BR>Alliance soldiers have become bandits in recent weeks,<BR>apparently
because their commanders have not paid or<BR>fed them. America, in other
words, supports corrupt<BR>and ineffective military leaders while turning a
blind<BR>eye to a rabble of local terrorists with<BR>personal/ethnic agendas
that have nothing to do with<BR>American security. <BR> <BR>Warring nations
say that collateral damage is<BR>regrettable but unavoidable.<BR><BR>"Collateral
damage" is a euphemism for the killing of<BR>non-combatants as a side effect of
attacks on military<BR>targets. We declare that the loss of even
one<BR>innocent life is an unacceptable price to pay for any<BR>political
goal.<BR><BR>Let the world's leaders know that you demand peace and<BR>justice
now! <BR>USA: President George W. Bush:<BR><A
href="mailto:president@whitehouse.gov">president@whitehouse.gov</A>, Fax:(202)
456-2461 <BR>Secretary of State Colin Powell: <A
href="mailto:secretary@state.gov">secretary@state.gov</A> ,<BR>Fax:
+1-202-261-8577<BR>Senator Patty Murray: phone 206-553-5545, email<BR><A
href="mailto:senator_murray@murray.senate.gov">senator_murray@murray.senate.gov</A><BR>Senator
Maria Cantwell: phone 206-220-6400, email<BR><A
href="mailto:maria@cantwell.senate.gov">maria@cantwell.senate.gov</A><BR>Israel:
Prime Minister Ariel Sharon: email<BR><A
href="mailto:webmaster@pmo.gov.il">webmaster@pmo.gov.il</A>, fax:(+972-2)
566-4838 <BR>Defense Minister Binyamin Ben-Eliezer: <A
href="mailto:sar@mod.gov.il">sar@mod.gov.il</A>,<BR>Fax: ++972-3-696 2757
<BR>Foreign Minister Shimon Peres: <A
href="mailto:sar@mofa.gov.il">sar@mofa.gov.il</A>,<BR>fax:+972-2-5303704<BR>United
Nations Secretary General Kofi Annan: email<BR><A
href="mailto:ecu@un.org">ecu@un.org</A>, <A
href="mailto:coi@un.org">coi@un.org</A><BR>Mary Robinson, High Commissioner for
Human Rights:<BR><A
href="mailto:webadmin.hchr@unog.ch">webadmin.hchr@unog.ch</A><BR>Terje Rod
Larsen. Representative in Palestine:<BR><A
href="mailto:unsco@palnet.com">unsco@palnet.com</A>, Fax: + 972 8 282 0966
<BR><BR>**************<BR>Women in Black is an international network of
vigils<BR>calling for peace, justice and non-violent solutions<BR>to conflict.
Begun in 1988 by Israeli and Palestinian<BR>women using the model of the
Argentinean Mothers of<BR>the Disappeared, it has spread to conflict areas
all<BR>over the world. </FONT></DIV></BODY></HTML>