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Below is an important message from Cindy Sheehan, a fearless champion for peace who lost her son Casey in combat in Iraq last year. Cindy has offered to deliver all of the signatures we have collected on our OutOfIraq.org petition so far – including your signature. Please forward this message to your friends so Cindy can deliver 100,000 signatures to George Bush on Saturday.

Bob Fertik

Dear Friends and Supporters,

George Bush said speaking about the dreadful loss of life in Iraq in August: (08/03/05): “We have to honor the sacrifices of the fallen by completing the mission.” “The families of the fallen can be assured that they died for a noble cause.”

In reaction to these two assinine and hurtful statements, members of Gold Star Families for Peace (GSFP) are going to George’s vacation home in Crawford, Tx this Saturday, August 6th at 11:00 am to confront him on these two statements.

1) We want our loved ones’ sacrifices to be honored by bringing our nation’s sons and daughters home from the travesty that is Iraq IMMEDIATELY, since this war is based on horrendous lies and deceptions. Just because our children are dead, why would we want any more families to suffer the same pain and devastation that we are?

2) We would like for him to explain this “noble cause” to us and ask him why Jenna and Barbara are not in harm’s way, if the cause is so noble.

3) If George is not ready to send the twins, then he should bring our troops home immediately. We will demand a speedy withdrawal.

GSFP will be joined by members of Veteran’s for Peace (VFP), Military Families Speak Out (MFSO), Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), Code Pink, and Crawford Peace House.

We GSFP members will not leave until we get answers from George Bush. We deserve and expect him to welcome us with answers to as why our loved ones are dead.

Every worker for peace, every worker for justice, every person who wants our country back are welcomed to join us on Saturday. Show George Bush that we mean business. Be there to support us family members who have already been through so much. We are fighting for our country, our world, especially the children.

Crawford is about 2 hours from Dallas where the VFP Convention is being held this weekend. There will be car pools from the convention.

HONOR OUR LOVED ONES’ SACRIFICES: BRING OUR TROOPS HOME NOW!!!!

Bring water and hats…we plan on staying until we are arrested or satisfied with the answers. (I am betting on jail).

Please pass this email on to your friends, lists, and media.

Cindy Sheehan

Help us collect 1 million signatures to tell George Bush it’s time to get

Out Of Iraq.

Thanks to the Downing Street Memos, we now know George Bush’s invasion of Iraq in 2003 was based entirely on lies. Iraq had no stockpiles of WMD’s or Al Qaeda ties, and Bush knew it. And Bush had no plans to rebuild Iraq after his invasion.

Two years later, Iraq is a bloody quagmire:

• U.S. soldier deaths are nearing 2,000, over 13,000 have been maimed, and 30% of returning combat troops have serious mental health problems
• At least 24,685 Iraqi civilians have been killed, possibly over 100,000
• U.S. taxpayers have been burdened with $200 billion more in debt 
• Torture approved by the White House has made the world hate us
• The war has tripled global terrorism, not reduced it
• Military retention and recruitment are down, making America weaker

Because of these huge costs, the American people now oppose the war by 59%-39%. But George Bush stubbornly refuses to discuss a timetable for withdrawal – ignoring a request by 103 Iraqi Members of Parliament!

On Thanksgiving Day 2003, Bush snuck into Iraq to deliver a fake turkey to our troops. On Thanksgiving Day 2005, Bush should end his “turkey” of a war by starting to bring our troops home.

Help us collect 1 million signatures to tell George Bush it’s time to get Out Of Iraq.