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IRAQ

Dear Colleagues and Friends,

We've launched an emergency petition from citizens around the
world to the U.N. Security Council. We'll be delivering the
list of signers and your comments to the 15 member states of
the Security Council on THURSDAY, MARCH 6.

If hundreds of thousands of us sign, it could be an enormously
important and powerful message -- people from all over the
world joining in a single call for a peaceful solution. But
we really need your help, and soon. Please sign and ask your
friends and colleagues to sign TODAY at:

http://www.moveon.org/emergency/

In the next week, the U.N. Security Council will likely meet
to decide on authorizing a war against Iraq. If the Council
votes to accept a second resolution, it'll be very difficult
to avert a war. But if the resolution doesn't get enough
votes, it'll be a major setback for the Bush Administration's
plans to invade and occupy Iraq.

In the United States and around the world, millions of us
oppose a war against Iraq. We believe that tough inspections
can disarm Saddam Hussein without the loss of a single life.
This week may represent our last chance to win without war.

The stakes couldn't really be much higher. A war with Iraq
could kill tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians and inflame
the Middle East. According to current plans, it would require
an American occupation of the country for years to come. And
it could escalate in ways that are horrifying to imagine.

We can stop this tragedy from unfolding. But we need to speak
together, and we need to do so now. Let's show the Security
Council what world citizens think. You can add your voice at:

http://www.moveon.org/emergency/

Then please ask your friends, family, colleagues,
acquaintances -- anyone you know who shares this concern -- to
sign on today. As the New York Times put it, "there may still
be two superpowers on the planet: the United States and world
public opinion."

Read more on this issue
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Vatican's Secretary of State: "We are against the war."	Jan 30, 2003
Pope Renews Opposition to War in Iraq	Dec 8, 2002
Iraq Crisis	Excellent Resource - Continuously Updated
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