2004-07-13 9:39 PM +0800
The Iraqi Solidarity Campaign (ISC) is an alliance of political blocs and organizations founded last April 19, 2004 after the outbreak of widespread uprising in Iraq. It calls for the ending of the US-led occupation and the withdrawal and evacuation of Philippine troops and workers from Iraq. It also endeavors to support the Iraqi people's resistance.
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ISC has spearheaded a number of actions to pressure the Philippine government to withdraw its troops. It vows to continue to educate the public on the situation in Iraq and mobilize for the withdrawal of troops and against the occupation.
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Such actions deprive the Iraqi people of their legitimate right to self-determination. Mary Foster of the Iraq Solidarity Project from Montreal, Canada, appealed to the President, to consider the consequences. The stakes are very high.
For one man, Angelo de la Cruz, and his family, everything is at stake. For your own country and yourself, it is a question of whether you will stand up against pressures which have, for far too long, played out their destructive violence on the lives of people in the Philippines
. These are just four of the messages that the Iraq Solidarity Campaign; Philippines (ISC) has been receiving by e-mail from around the world after news broke out of the abduction of the Filipino worker. The ISC is a coalition of Filipino individuals and organizations calling for the ending of the occupation of Iraq. It has links with the anti-war organizations from all over the world that mobilized the historic 15-million march against the war on Iraq last February 15, 2003; the biggest coordinated global demonstration in history.
The messages are coming from all corners of the world. This is an indication that Filipinos are not the only ones who are very worried about dela Cruz's fate, said Herbert Docena, an ISC member. ณIt also shows that the demand to end the occupation and to pull out Philippine troops is not just being made by dela Cruzนs abductors but also by Iraqis and by the majority of people from around the world.
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Another American wanted to share what she learned from having a family member who served in Iraq as a member of the US Army Reserve. We know firsthand how misguided and immoral the war is and urge all governments to withdraw from Iraq now,said Laura Costas, also from the US.
OMG! ugh!
Huh, where have I been...I didn't even know of the Iraqi Solidarity Campaign...
so this is where Cindy gets her "talking points" that the terrorist that killed her son and other Americans are "freedom fighters"?
Good group to get talking points from, Cin!