Heading back

Greetings everyone,

Our team has decided that I and my teammate Stewart Vreisinga will return
to Baghdad this weekend to re-assess conditions for the rest of our team
to return and resume work. Our friends in Iraq are telling us they are
overwhelmed with human rights testimonies to record. Please pray for our
safe travels, the well-being of all civilians, especially the Iraqi
children in Fallujah and Najaf; and that the U.S. stands down from its
sieges of Fallujah and Najaf. Our soldiers are dying only for the
stubborn pride of our administration. Pray also for their families who
struggle with the loss.

There are far less violent and deadly ways to arrest those wanted for the
killing of the four U.S. armed security guards, or Sadr, who is wanted on
a murder conspiracy charge. What if we used the same tactics every time a
person was wanted on a murder charge in New York City?

For those of you who feel led to speak out further against the violence,
you may wish to use the recent CPT releases I have sent you to write a
letter to the editor of your local paper. Many people who feel that all
U.S. uses of violent force in Iraq are justified will still resonate with
the suffering of soldiers and their families. Speak to those what they
will hear.

waiting, working, searching for peace,
Le Anne