{news} Fw: GREEN RELEASE Greens condemn attacks on London

[Tom Sevigny]

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> GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
> http://www.gp.org
> 
> For Immediate Release:
> Friday, July 8, 2005
> 
> Contacts:
> Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
> mclarty at greens.org
> Nancy Allen, Media Coordinator, 207-326-4576,
> nallen at prexar.com
> 
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> GREENS CONDEMN ATTACKS ON LONDON
> 
> The July 7 bombings were consistent with warnings that
> the invasion of Iraq would fuel anti-West anger and
> make the world less secure from terrorism, say Greens.
> 
> 
> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party leaders condemned the
> July 7 attacks on the London transit system, and
> expressed sympathy for the families of the murdered,
> for the hundreds of people injured, and for all those
> shaken by the bombings.
> 
> "We deplore all violence -- even more so when directed
> against civilians," said Jody Grage Haug, co-chair of
> the Green Party of the United States and a member of
> the Green Party's Peace Action Committee.  "Greens
> reject the use of violence for political ends.  Green
> Party members who live in the New York City and
> Washington, D.C. metropolitan areas and who acutely
> remember the pain of 9/11 know the terrible sense of
> sadness, loss, and disruption that the British people
> feel right now.  All Greens share the same sense of
> tragedy, outrage, and compassion for the victims and
> their loved ones."
> 
> Greens called Thursday's attacks consistent with
> predictions -- from CIA analysts as well as opponents
> of the war -- that the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan
> and especially Iraq, which had no connection with 9/11
> and virtually no al-Qaeda presence before 2003, would
> lead to further terrorism.
> 
> "The invasion of Iraq didn't impede terrorism.  On the
> contrary, it fueled resentment in the Muslim world
> against western nations, increased support for
> fundamentalist Islamic leaders who seek to turn their
> nations into repressive theocracies, converted Iraq
> into a training ground for groups like al-Qaeda, and
> distracted from the need to bring Osama bin Laden and
> the kind of thugs who struck in London to justice,"
> said Peggy Lewis, co-chair of the Green Party of the
> United States.  "Mr. Bush and Mr. Blair have made the
> world less, not more, secure from terrorism."
> 
> Greens drew a connection between the civilians killed
> in attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon,
> Bali, Madrid, and now London and the civilians killed
> in the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq -- tens of
> thousands who were supposed to be liberated, but were
> instead killed by American bombs and bullets.
> 
> "Let us not forget that what Londoners experienced on
> Thursday morning is being experienced by Iraqi
> citizens on a daily basis," said Joe Lombardo, New
> York Green, member of the Green Peace Action
> Committee, and co-founder of Bethlehem Neighbors for
> Peace.  "It's time to end the military occupation of
> Iraq, not because we're intimidated by threats from
> violent religious militants, but because the invasion
> of Iraq was wrong and was based on oil, empire, and
> Bush and Blair administration deception.  The murder
> of innocents always deserves our revulsion and
> condemnation."
> 
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> MORE INFORMATION
> 
> Green Party of the United States
> http://www.gp.org
> 1700 Connecticut Avenue NW, Suite 404
> Washington, DC 20009.
> 202-319-7191, 866-41GREEN
> Fax 202-319-7193
> 
> Green Party Peace Action Committee
> http://www.gp.org/committees/peace
> 
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