{news} GP RELEASE Greens mourn Tom Fox

[Justine McCabe]

> GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
> http://www.gp.org
> 
> For Immediate Release:
> Monday, March 13, 2006
> 
> Contacts:
> Scott McLarty, Media Coordinator, 202-518-5624,
> mclarty at greens.org
> Starlene Rankin, Media Coordinator, 916-995-3805,
> starlene at greens.org
> 
> 
> Greens mourn Tom Fox, peaceworker and hostage murdered
> in Iraq
> 
> 
> WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party members expressed
> sorrow and anger over the death of Tom Fox.
> 
> Mr. Fox, who was in Iraq working as a member of the
> Christian Peacekeeper Teams (CPT)
> <http://www.cpt.org>, was also a member of the Green
> Party of Virginia.  He was murdered after having been
> abducted in Baghdad in November along with three other
> CPT members.
> 
> "Tom's dedication to nonviolence was absolute," said
> Kirit Mookerjee of the Green Party of Virginia.  "His
> life is a model for Green Party members and for all
> Americans who value peace, justice, and the principles
> of nonviolent resolution of conflict.  His death was
> senseless, but it also reflects the senselessness of
> the war on Iraq, which Tom, like the Green Party,
> passionately opposed.  Greens join Langley Hill
> Friends Meeting, a peace group in northern Virginia to
> which Tom Fox belonged, in their appeal for peace in
> Iraq."
> 
> Greens expressed their condolences to Tom Fox's family
> and friends, and also joined CPT in their plea for the
> safe release of Harmeet Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman
> Kember, and all other hostages held in Iraq.
> 
> The Green Party of the United States has called for
> immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq.  Tens
> of thousands of Iraqi civilians, over 2,300 U.S.
> servicemembers, and 54 foreign hostages have been
> killed as a result of the U.S. invasion, and Iraq is
> now on the brink of civil war.
> 
> 
> 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
> 
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