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The Pope Can Stop The War

Mel | 07.03.2003 13:37

The Pope is probably the only person who could act as a human sheild and be taken serioulsy by the allies. He has denounced an war on Iraq, we know call on him to go to Iraq and remain there until a peacful solution is found.

This is a crazy idea, who knows if it will work but it's worth trying.


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
ofthousands 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. While the Pope has already formally denounced the proposed war, calling it a defeat for humanity, as well as sent his top
spokesperson to meet with Saddam Hussein, 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
word nation can commit themselves to identifying and implementing a
peaceful solution to this 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
surfacemail, 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 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.

3. At the close of the letter, type in your name, city and state--no need to include your address.

4. Either email, ( accreditamenti@pressva.va), FAX (from USA]
011-39-06698-85378 - from other countries drop the 011 prefix), or send a
hardcopy 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 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 internationalprefix.

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

>----------------------------------------------------------------------------

His Holiness John Paul II
Apostolic Palace
00120 Vatican City


"Father, why hast thou forsaken me?"

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
the people of Iraq
rest in your hands - as does the fate of the world.

With hope,



[Your name, city, state]



Mel

Comments

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Is it a bird? Is it a plane?

07.03.2003 14:52

No! Its Superpope!

Father Ted


blair can stop the war

07.03.2003 15:35

what about the humanatarian tony blair? he reckons there's a moral case for war, so surely he wouldn't mind going as a human shield to protect non-military targets.

last gulf war, sewage treatment and water purification plants were destroyed by bombs, which is a war crime.
this caused epidemics of fatal diseases cos of polluted water.

no-one would bomb a water plant if tony was chained to it, and he'd be proving that he really did care about the iraqi people

hk


Um...

07.03.2003 15:42

I know I sound inhumane, but I'd bomb an *orphanage* if Tony Blair was chained to it.

Or superglued to it by his eyelids.

I'm sorry but I really believe that what I'm doing is morally right ;-)

MM

Mad Monk


why not

07.03.2003 18:12

we've tried everything else! why not write to the Pope? what the hell.

jw nyc


To Immediately E-Mail The Pope

07.03.2003 21:31

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TO IMMMEDIATE E-MAIL THE POPE:
 http://la.indymedia.org/news/2003/03/33307.php
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k


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