Saturday, January 15, 2005

Fw: Fw: True inside story of Iraq- film from Jo Wilding - can you help?

Dear Friends,
 
Jo Wilding, a British woman, has been a friend of the Iraqi people for years.  Her reports from Iraq during the buildup to the invasion and its first few weeks were invaluable.  Please support this film.
 
In the name of the Prince of Peace,   Carol Wolman
----- Original Message -----
From: John
Sent: Saturday, January 15, 2005 4:06 AM
Subject: [peacemakersBiblestudy] Fw: Important film from Jo Wilding - can you help?

 
----- Original Message -----
From: Jo <gurneyernie@yahoo.co.uk>
To: <wildfirejo@yahoogroups.com>
Sent: Monday, January 10, 2005 1:04 PM
Subject: [wildfirejo] film appeal
Hi All
 
 Happy new year. This is just a short one - a request for help / pre-pay film orders from Julia, the independent film maker who's been with me through the Iraqi Dates case in 2002, to Iraq before and during the invasion and again during the occupation:
 

 Documentary Film news - 'A letter to the Prime Minister'
 
 Its nearly there, after two years in production, this epic story of the Iraq war from Jo's perspective is nearly finished.  It follows through the process of challenging sanctions in the UK courts, experiencing Iraq before the war, witnessing the destruction of the lives of ordinary people and the following neglect. How the 'Boomchucka Circus' Jo formed, worked with school children and refugees.   In April 2004 travelling into Falluja when even Al Jazeera had pulled out and being witness to targeting of civilians in the city by US forces.
 
 This film seeks to ask the most serious questions of politicians who have taken this course of action, and that the state Iraq has been left in is not forgotten.
 

 'A letter to the Prime minister' is now in need of funding to finish the final edit and production onto DVD and send it around the film festivals, maybe even persuade Tony to watch it.
 
 Your money could help make this happen, either through a supporting donation of £100, which will give you a credit on the film, a copy of the DVD. Only 30 of these donations are needed to finish this important film.
 
 Alternatively a pre-paid order of £15 + p&p would guarantee a DVD as soon as it is pressed.
 
 Please email juliaguest@burntmail.com for details on how to pay.
 
 

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remember right and wrong? by Carol Wolman

Dear Friends,
 
Do you remember Dr. Martin Luther King?  He was able to mobilize America to assure equal rights for black voters through the force of moral authority.  Dr. King's divinely inspired eloquence aroused the conscience of the nation.  The media told the truth, more or less, and the people were able to judge for themselves.  A mass movement arose to right a great wrong.  It wasn't that long ago, about 50 years ago.
 
It was the same sense of moral authority that eventually got us out of Vietnam.  The wrong was righted.
 
These days, morality is turned on its head.   Although a few stalwart souls, like Cobb, Conyers, Boxer, point out that voting machines were tampered with, voters of color were harassed and prevented from registering and voting, and the election was stolen again, the media turns its back and refuses to report the story.  The people don't know, and buy the lie.  Those who care are told to "get over it", and accused of "political paranoia". 
 
The parallels between Vietnam and Iraq are all too obvious.  Yet the current president got on TV the other day and said that the invasion was the right thing to do.  Who benefits?  Not the Iraqis, whose civil order has been destroyed, physically and socially.  Not the American people, whose children are being killed and whose pockets are being drained.  No, the big winners are Halliburton and Carlyle, the corporations of the vice-president and president.  If this isn't wrong, what is?
 
The very name of God has been usurped by the rulers, who claim to be anointed, as they destroy America's security, economy and ecology.  It was the same in the days of Jesus, when the Pharisees, collaborators with the oppressive Roman empire, claimed to represent God.  Jesus was crucified because He challenged the pious rulers.  MLK was assassinated because he did the same, over Vietnam.
 
God is on the side of the underdog, against oppressors.  He will give us the strength we need to right the wrongs of our day.  All we need to do is remember Him.
 
Do not forget the works of the Lord!
What we have heard and know,
and what our fathers have declared to us,
we will declare to the generation to come
The glorious deeds of the LORD and his strength.
Psalm 78: 3-4
 
In the name of the Prince of Peace,   Carol Wolman

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Fw: Bush: Iraq Invasion Worth It Despite No Trace of WMD

 
----- Original Message -----
From: A
Sent: Thursday, January 13, 2005 6:26 PM

Bush: Iraq Invasion Worth It Despite No Trace of WMD
Posted Jan 13, 2005 06:33 PM PST
Category: IRAQ
The invasion of Iraq, which ousted Saddam Hussein and has cost the lives of some 1,300 U.S. military personnel and billions of dollars, was "absolutely" worth it, despite the absence of any weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, President Bush told ABC News' Barbara Walters in an exclusive interview that will air this Friday.
 
Worth it to WHOM?????????????

No WMDs.
Iraq was NOT defying the UN.
Iraq was not supporting Al Qaeda 
Iraq had nothing to do with 9-11.
The US is spending $5 billion a month and getting back $150 million worth of oil for it.
According to Iraqis who have been prisoners of both Saddam and the US, the US tortures prisoners far worse than Saddam ever did.

Israel is happy as all heck that Iraq has been laid waste. Is that who thinks this war was worth it? Is Israel who our kids died for?

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