Worldwide petition

2004-11-11T04:54:00.000-08:00

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IMPORTANT:
World Wide Petition against the Escalation in Iraq (E - FR - NL)An initiative of the BRussells tribunal
endorsed by the World Tribunal on Iraq

Stop The Escalation !
Worldwide petition against the escalation in Iraq. Friday October 29 2004.
Sign online ! first provisional list of signatories Letter from the People of Fallujah

Dear all, Prof. Jean Bricmont, a Belgian scientist, specialist in theoretical physics, and author on politics, who was member of the prosecution at the BRussells Tribunal, has written a short but strong statement "Stop the escalation" (see the text after this message, in English, French and Dutch). It has been signed already by several distinghuised people (see underneath).
We feel that we can't wait any longer to do something. We hope that you and/or your organisation will sign this letter, giving the call of prof Bricmont the resonance it deserves and he aimed at in writing it.
Now that we know, since the evening of 28th of October 2004, from an article in the Lancet, based on a survey by Johns Hopkins University that at least 100.000 Iraqi civilians died in the war, we feel this petition is urgent, so we send it out now.
We hope you join us in our outcry over the ongoing massacres by signing this petition against the escalation.
Yours in struggle for peace. Prof.Lieven De Cauter, Dirk Adriaensens, Hana Al Bayaty and Patrick Deboosere, on behalf of the BRussells Tribunal committee.(see www.brusselstribunal.org) This letter is being distributed with full support of the the World Tribunal on Iraq (see www.worldtribunal.org) of which the BRussells tribunal Committee is part. _____________________________________________________________________________
If you want to sign, PLEASE REPLY WITH “I SIGN” TO: Info@Brusselstribunal.org, please add your name, profession and country (and organisation if needed). (www.brusselstribunal.org) _________________________________________________________________________________ please spread as largely as possible.
STOP THE ESCALATION
"Excluding information from Falluja, a Lancet report of october 29 estimates that 100,000 more Iraqis died than would have been expected had the invasion not occurred. Eighty-four percent of the deaths were reported to be caused by the actions of Coalition forces and 95 percent of those deaths were due to air strikes and artillery."(Reuters, October 28, 2004)
Far from being over, the war in Iraq has only begun. The United States do not seem to be able to defeat the Iraqi resistance with the means they have been using. But neither can they accept their setbacks. The very arrogance with which the war was declared and waged has put all their prestige at stake in Iraq and, thereby, decades of efforts to assure their world domination. The stakes are even greater than in the Vietnam war. The United States cannot get out of Iraq unless they leave behind a friendly government, but today they have so few friends in that part of the world that no democratic election can produce such a government.
As a result, one must seriously anticipate a military escalation after the elections -- immediately in case Bush is returned to office, perhaps more gradually should Kerry win. But the Democratic candidate has no more intention than Bush of withdrawing from Iraq. The U.S. government will seek to defeat the resistance by all possible means. The effort is already underway to demonize the resistance in world opinion by associating it with abductions and murders condemned by virtually the whole spectrum of political organizations in the Arab world.
We demand that the United States face up to reality, unconditionally withdraw their troops from Iraq, and draw the necessary conclusions as to the unacceptable nature of preventive war. It is an illusion to ask that the U.S. forces remain until Iraq is pacified or stabilized, because their very presence is so hated that it constitutes the main obstacle to any sort of pacification.
Meanwhile, we affirm that we shall oppose by all peaceful and legal methods every attempt to crush the Iraqi resistance by a military escalation such as was attempted during the Vietnam war. We call on all governments to grant asylum to American military personnel refusing to serve in Iraq. We shall do our best to spread all available information to counter the war propaganda, and we shall try to mobilize world public opinion, as in 2002, to demand that the United States abandon their efforts to impose a military solution on Iraq. _________________________________________________________________________________
CONTRE L'ESCALADE
"excluant information sur Falluja, un rapport publié par The Lancet le 29 octobre estime que 100.000 Irakiens de plus ont mouru que expecté si l’invasion n’aurait pas eu lieu. 84 pourcent des morts sont rapporté d’être due aux actions des forces de la coalition et 95 de ces morts sont du a des attaques aeriens et d’ artillerie "(Reuters, October 28, 2004) Loin d’être finie, la guerre en Irak ne fait que commencer. Les États-Unis ne semblent pas arriver à vaincre la résistance irakienne avec les moyens qu’ils utilisent. Mais ils ne peuvent pas non plus reculer: l’arrogance même avec laquelle la guerre a été déclarée et menée fait en sorte que tout leur prestige est en jeu en Irak et, avec lui, des décennies d’efforts visant à la domination du monde. L’enjeu pour eux est encore plus considérable que lors de la guerre du Viêt-Nam. Les États-Unis ne peuvent quitter l’Irak qu’en laissant derrière eux un gouvernement ami, mais ils n’ont aujourd’hui que très peu d’amis dans cette partie du monde et aucune élection démocratique ne pourra produire un tel gouvernement.Par conséquent, il faut sérieusement s’attendre à une escalade militaire après les élections. Immédiatement si Bush est élu, plus lentement peut-être si c’est Kerry. Mais celui-ci n’a, pas plus que Bush, la volonté de se retirer d’Irak. Ils chercheront à vaincre la résistance par tous les moyens. On tente déjà de démoniser celle-ci dans l’opinion publique mondiale en l’associant à des enlèvements et des assassinats condamnés par la quasi-totalité des organisations politiques du monde arabe.
Nous demandons que les États-Unis fassent preuve de réalisme, retirent leurs troupes d’Irak sans condition, et en tirent les conclusions qui s’imposent concernant le caractère inaceptable des guerres préventives. Il est illusoire de demander que leurs forces armées restent jusqu’à ce que l’Irak soit pacifié ou stabilisé, parce que leur présence est tellement détestée qu’elle constitue le principal obstacle à toute pacification. En attendant, nous affirmons que nous nous opposerons par tous les moyens pacifiques et légaux à toute tentative d’écraser la résistance irakienne par une escalade militaire, comme cela a été tenté lors de la guerre du Viêt-Nam. Nous demandons que tous les gouvernements accordent l’asile politique aux déserteurs américains. Nous nous efforcerons de diffuser toutes les informations permettant de contrer la propagande de guerre et nous tenterons de mobiliser l’opinion publique mondiale, comme en 2002, afin d’exiger que les États-Unis renoncent à chercher une solution militaire à la situation en Irak. _____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________
TEGEN DE ESCALATIE
“ Met uitsluiting van cijfers uit fallaja, een rapport gepubliceerd in The Lancet van 29 oktober stelt dat naar schatting 100.000 Irakezen meer zijn omgekomen dan het geval zou geweest zijn indien de invasie niet had plaats gevonden. 84 % van deze doden zouden volgens het rapport veroorzaakt zijn door acties van de coalitie troepen en 95 % ervan zijn te wijten aan luchtaanvallen en artillerie. “(Reuters, October 28, 2004)
De oorlog in Iraq is verre van voorbij. Hij is pas begonnen. De Verenigde Staten schijnen er niet in te slagen het Iraaks verzet te overwinnen met de middelen die zij nu inzetten. Maar ze kunen evenmin terug: de arrogantie waarmee de oorlog werd verklaard en gevoerd maakt dat hun prestige op het spel staat in Irak en daarmee ook decennia van pogingen tot werelddominantie. De inzet is groter dan in de oorlog in Vietnam. De Verenigde Staten kunnen Irak slechts verlaten als ze er een bevriende regering kunnen achterlaten, maar ze hebben in dit deel van de wereld vandaag de dag erg weinig vrienden en geen enkele democratische verkiezing kan een dergelijke regering voortbrengen.
Dus moet men zich verwachten aan een militaire escalatie na de verkiezingen. Onmiddellijk indien Bush wordt verkozen, iets trager misschien indien het Kerry wordt. Maar deze heeft, evenmin als Bush, de wil om zich uit Irak terug te trekken. Ze zullen proberen het verzet te overwinnen met alle mogelijke middelen. Men is reeds bezig om het verzet te demoniseren in de ogen van de publieke wereldopinie door het in verband te brengen met ontvoeringen en mooden die door zowat alle politieke organisaties van de Arabische wereld worden veroordeeld.

Wij vragen dat de Verenigde Staten zich realistisch opstellen, hun troepen onvoorwaardelijk terugtrekken en conclusies trekken omtrent het onaanvaardbare karakter van preventieve oorlogen. Het is een illusie om te vragen dat hun troepen blijven tot Irak zou zijn gepacificeerd of gestabiliseerd, omdat hun aanwezigheid zo erg verafschuwd wordt dat ze het belangrijkste obstakel vormt voor elke pacificatie.

In afwachting, bevestigen wij dat wij ons met alle vreedzame en legale middelen zullen verzetten tegen elke poging om het Iraaks verzet te breken door een militaire escalatie, zoals dat eertijds geprobeerd werd in Vietnam. Wij vragen dat alle regeringen politiek asiel toekennen aan Amerikaanse deserteurs. Wij zullen ons inspannen om alle informatie te verspreiden om de oorlogspropaganda tegen te gaan. En wij zullen proberen om de publieke opinie van de wereld te mobiliseren, zoals in 2002, om te eisen dat de Verenigde staten afzien van een militaire oplossing van de situatie in Irak.
First provisional list of signatories
Jean Bricmont, prof. of theoretical physics, author and political publicist, writer of this petition, Belgium
Noam Chomsky, author, USA
Margarita Papandreou, former First Lady of Greece
Hans C. von Sponeck, Un Humanitarian Coordinator for Iraq (1998-2000), Geneva
Ken Coates and Tony Simpson, Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation (UK)
Jayan Nayar, Law Academic, Malaysia, Peoples' Law Programme Lelio Basso International Foundation
Scott Ritter, former UN weapons inspector, writer, peace activist, USA
François Houtart, Centre Tricontinental (Cetri), Belgium
Edward S. Herman, Professor Emeritus of Finance, Pennsylvania , economist and media analyst, USA
Michael Parenti, author, USA
William Blum, author of books on US foreign policy, Washington, DC
Nawal El Saadawi, writer, Egypt
Sabah Al-Mukhtar, President Arab Lawyers Association (UK )
Immanuel Wallerstein, Dept. Of Sociology, Yale University, USA
Susan George, author, Attac France
Edy Korthals Altes, former ambassador of the Netherlands and Honorary President Religions for Peace (WCRP)
Admiral Vishnu Bhagwat, former Chief of the Naval Staff , India
Lieven De Cauter, prof. philosophy, Belgium
Patrick Deboosere, demographer, Belgium
Hana Al Bayaty, film maker, Iraq/France
Dirk Adriaensens, SOS Iraq , Belgium
The BRussells Tribunal Organising Committee
Ayse Berktay, WTI organiser, Turkey
Abdul Ilah Al Bayaty, author, Iraq/France
Haifa Zangana, Iraqi-Kurdish novelist and journalist, Irak/UK
Ghazwan Al-Mukhtar, Engineer, Baghdad Iraq
Dr. Haithem Alshaibani, Prof. of Physics, UAE
Tareq Aldelaimi, writer and political activist, Iraq
Salah Omar Al Ali, Chief Editor of Al Wifaq Al Democraty, Iraq
Mundher Al Adhami, Research Fellow at Kings College London, UK/Iraq
Gilles Munier, Secrétaire général des Amitiés franco-irakiennes (France)
Richard Plunz, professor urban design, New York
Pierre Galand, Senator, PS, Belgium
Caroline Lucas, Member of the European Parliament, Green Party, UK
Giulietto Chiesa, Member of the European Parliament, Alde Group
Jean-Pierre Viseur, retired parlementarian, Belgium
Pierre Klein, Professeur droit international, Université libre de Bruxelles, Belgique
Karen Parker, attorney, USA
Amy Bartholomew, Law professor, Canada
Tom Barry, Policy Director, Interhemispheric Resource Center (IRC), USA
John Saxe-Fernández, Professor, Mexico
Michel Collon, author/journalist, Belgium
Joachim Guilliard, journalist, Germany
Saul Landau, writer, film director, professor, fellow of the Institute for Policy Studies, USA
Jeffrey Blankfort, Radio host and journalist, San Francisco/Ukiah, California, USA
Taco Ruighaver, director Amnesty International Film Festival – Amsterdam
Jaime Ballesteros, Président d'OSPAAAL, Espagne
Pol De Vos, coordinator of Stop.USA anti-war movement
Ludo De Brabander, Vzw Vrede, anti-war movement Belgium
Sara Flounders, Co-Director of International Action Center, USA
Carlos Varea and Loles Olivan, Coordinators Spanish Campaign against Occupation and for the Sovereignty of Iraq
Jan Fermon, lawyer, Brussels, initiator of the plaint against Gen. Tommy Franks
April M. Hurley, MD, Iraq Peace Team, Voices in the Wilderness
Carol Brouillet, Women's international League for Peace and Freedom, Co-Founder 9-11 Truth Alliance
Bruno Vitale, physicist, Geneva ( Switzerland )
Anton Regenberg, former director of the Brussels Goethe Institute
Maria José S. R. Arthur, Lecturer at university, Feminist and activist from WLSA (Women and Law in Southern Africa), Mozambique
Ramsés Ancira, México, Jorunalist, member of "Not In Our Name Mexico"·
Adriana Hernandez Alarcon Mexico, Doctor, member and founder of the organization "Not in Our Name México"
Anthony Alessandrini, New York University Students for Justice in Palestine , USA
Ozlem Altiok, Peace Action of Denton , Texas , USA
Claudine Ajeti, Past President, Women Educators, Calif. USA
Junko Abe, Japan , University Lecuturer, Representative of The Flame of Hiroshima
José Medhina Awad , Argentina , journaliste
Kai Ando Boston, MA - International Socialist Organization
Catherine Aymar, Production Co-ordinator, U.K
Leena Abraham, Researcher Tata Institute of Social Sciences, India
Hanna Ackermann, philologist, Germany
Silvio Atanes, Journalist, Brazil
Julia M. Allen, Ph. D., Professor Emerita, Sonoma State University , USA
Janet Abu-Lughod, Professor Emerita, Department of Sociology, New School University , USA
Julie Abraham, Professor, Sarah Lawrence College, Bronxville, New York , USA
S. E. Anderson, Educator, Activist, Author, Brooklyn , NY
Ross Adams, Berlage Institute, Rotterdam, NL
Susan M. Akram, Associate Professor, Boston University School of Law , USA
Professor A. Almaini , Scotland , UK
Dr. Hazim Awbi, Wokingham, United Kingdom , university academic
Tony Andreani, Professeur émérite de sciences politiques, Paris, France
Robert Alpern, Coordinator ,Action for Nuclear Disarmament , California , USA
Umberto Albarella, Department of Archaeology, University of Sheffield , UK
Danica Anderson, Forensic Psychotherapist, Founder & Developer The Kolo: Women's Cross Cultural Collaboration, Washington , USA
Paolo Amati, Professor of Molecular Genetics, Roma, Italy
Daniel Amit, Professor, Rome, Jerusalem
Rana Allam, Egypt , Editor-in-Chief
Saleem Azzouqa, Palestine
Appeltans Ludwig , Scotland , For Mother Earth Scotland
Anthony Arnove, Editor, Iraq Under Siege
Nicolas Boulanger, Chercheur en Physique Théorique, Belgium
Xavier Bekaert, theoretical physicist, Paris
Alycia A. Barr, artist, USA
Atilio Borón, sociólogo argentino y politólogo, secretario ejecutivo de CLACSO (Consejo Latinoamericano de Ciencias Sociales)
George Banziger, Vice President for Academic Affairs at Blackburn College , USA
James Burdick , USA , Poet
Doug Bullock, 1st Vice President-- Albany Central Federation of Labor
Dr. Michael Bradburn-Ruster, USA , Writer/Professor
Marc Belderbos, Architect, Professor St Lucas- Brussels
Asami Bee , Japan , Editor, The Nablus News
Jon Brunberg , Sweden , Artist
Charles Braam, Amsterdam, Holland, Filmmaker/Cameraman
Anthony Barthelemy, usa , professor
Prof. Charles Bazerman, Professor of Education, University of California , USA
George Bernard, editor, Singapore
Paul E. Bender, Asst. Prof. of English, USA
Victoria Bawtree, writer, Alpes de Haute Provence, France
Bert Beyens, dean RITS, Erasmushogeschool Brussels
Crystal Bartolovich, University Professor, Syracuse , NY ( USA )
Mordecai Briemberg , Canada , Radio producer
Dana Briggs , U.S.A. , Veterans for Peace
William J. Brennan, S.J. Member of Society of Jesus, Roman Catholic Religious congregation, USA .
Angelo Baracca, Professor of Physics, University of Florence , Italy
Ken Baker, St Jerome Publishing Ltd, Manchester , UK
Thomas Bender, Historian, New York City
Michael Bawtree, Retired professor, Nova Scotia , Canada
Ayse Bugra, Professor of Economics, Bogazici University , Istanbul
Alice Bséréni, auteur, France
Mona Baker, Professor of Translation Studies, University of Manchester , UK
Dr. Dan Bishop, Colorado, USA, Retired Chemistry Professor, President IDUST (International Depleted Uranium Study Team)
José Mario Branco, musician, Portugal
Ms. Sue Blackwell, Lecturer in English Language, Department of English, Birmingham University , UK
Père Jean-Marie Benjamin, Prêtre catholique français résident en Italie à Assise
Mikael Bidault, editor, France-Paris
Mohammed Boukourna, Député fédéral, Member of The House of Representatives, Belgium
Danielle Bleitrach, writer, France
Tahar Bekri, poète tunisien
Valeria Bacchelli, associated professor, Politecnico di Milano , Italy
Brian A. Barton, Président, Comité de solidarité de Trois-Rivières
Jan Burgess, Editor ROAPE Publications (Review of African Political Economy), England
David R. Bassett, M.D., Associate Professor of Internal Medicine, (Emeritus), University of Michigan , USA
Aracely Cortes Galan, Mexico, member and founder of the organization "Not in Our Name México"
Federico Campbell, México, Journalist, member and founder of the organization "Not in Our Name México"
Ayca Cubukcu, Ph.D. student, Columbia University , WTI- New York organizer, New York
Michele F. Cooper, writer, Rhode Island, USA
Ben Chappell, anthropologist, Assistant Professor of Sociology/Cultural Studies, Virginia, USA
Walter Comins-Richmond, Assistant Professor, Department of German, Russian and Classical Studies Occidental College, Los Angeles, USA
Dr. med. angelika Claussen, Bielefeld-Germany, board member IPPNW Germany
David Lawrence Cade, USA, writer and artist
Cláudio Roberto Cabral, Publicist, Recife – Brazil
Stephan Cohen, USA, Assistant Professor, Lesley University
Santanu Chacraverti,Senior Lecturer, History, India
Isham Christie, philosopher, U.S.
Karen Capel, medical/science editor, Illinois, USA
John Catalinotto, International Action Center , USA
Andrew Clement, Professor, Faculty of Information Studies, University of Toronto , Canada
Louis Cancelmi, United States, Writer/Actor
Marcello Cini, Emeritus Professor, Università di Roma, La Sapienza
Mourad Cheikh, réalisateur cinématographique. Tunisie
Sandi E Cooper, Prof of History, College of Staten Island and The Graduate School - CUNY ( New York , USA )
John M. Cammett, Professor emeritus of History, John Jay College and The Graduate School, CUNY (New York , USA )
Elena Choleris, Gulph, Ontario, Canada, University Professor
Sheila Collingwood-Whittick, Senior Lecturer, Université Stendhal, Grenoble 3, France
Ahmet Cakmak, prof. of economics, Turkey
Elise Christensen, Peace Council, Norway
Silvia Cattori, Journaliste, Suisse
Shelley Cook, USA , College Professor, Artist
Anne Chapman , England , City Councillor
Flaviano Mario Coletta, Italy , Physical Chemistry researcher (now retired), Italy CNR
Pascal Durand, Québec, chercheur, Centre justice et foi
Danièle Dufour, professeur d'histoire géographie, retraitée, France
Tsuneo Dengo , Japan , Publisher
Prof. George Dutton, UCLA, Los Angeles , CA USA
Maria Margarida de Sousa Salema de Araújo, Professora Universitária, Portugal
Adam Dabrowski, Poland , musician
Michael Dietler, Associate Professor of Anthropology, University of Chicago , USA
Drewski Bruno , France , University teacher
Ravi Duggal, Health Research and Advocacy, Centre for Enquiry into Health and Allied Themes (CEHAT), India
Frank De Clerck, Professor in Mathematics, Ghent University ( Belgium )
Anne Teresa De Keersmaeker, choreographer, Dance Company Rosas , Belgium
Lawrence Davidson, Professor of History, West Chester University, USA
Dr. James Dickins, lecturer in Arabic, University of Durham , UK
Bruno de Meulder, university professor, TU Eindhoven/Netherlands
Ada Donno, president of WILPF Italy
Nanette Danckaarts - financial manager, producer and filmmaker - Utrecht, the Netherlands
Dr. Bert De Belder, Coordinator, intal/Medical Aid for the Third World, Belgium
Alain de Benoist, Ecrivain, philosophe (Paris).
Ortwin de Graef, English Literature and Literary Theory, KUL, Belgium
Richard B. Du Boff , Professor of Economics Emeritus, Bryn Mawr College
Ozlem Dalkiran, Istanbul, Turkey, director
Barbara Delcourt, Professeure-assistante, Institut d'études européennes, Faculté des sciences sociales, politiques et économiques, ULB, Belgium
Prof. Ernesto Dedo', Dipartimento di Matematica, "Francesco Brioschi", Politecnico di Milano
Ivan Dhondt, lecturer Rits, Erasmushogeschool Brussels, researcher VUB
Maria Rosaria Damasso, doctor, Italy – Milan
Marc Estrin, author, USA
Harry A Eggink, USA , Architect –Professor
Eric Entemann, professor, USA
Dina Ezzat, Egypt, journalist
Nomi Erteschik-Shir, linguist, Israel
Juno Sylva Englander, President Global Mothers Initiative für Umwelt und Frieden, Wien
Astrid Essed, journalist, The Netherlands, Amnesty International and ''Stop the Occupation'' of Ms. Gretta Duisenberg
Fritz Edlinger, Secretary General of Society for Austro-Arab Relations, Vienna/Austria
Maria Luiza Franco, Jornalista, Rio de Janeiro-Brasil
Shingo Francis, USA, Artist
James H. Fetzer, Professor of Philosophy , USA
Anabela Fino, jornalista, Portugal
Dr. Lucy H. Ford, Sr. Lecturer in International Relations, Dep. of Politics and International Relations, School of Social Sciences and Law, Oxford
Ramón Fernandez , Archeologue, Espagne
Omar Faris , Poland / Palestine , Polish-Arabic Culture Ass.
Jeanne Feder, USA, writer, JFP Communications
James A. Fujii, Associate Professor of Japanese Literature and Culture, University of California , USA
James C. Faris, Director Emeritus, University of Connecticut Program in Middle Eastern Languages and Area Studies.
Diana Francis (Dr.), Author, UK
Jane Franklin, Historian, New Jersey, USA
Donald Gaudard, Professor of Law Emeritus , USA
Maria Gilardin, founder of TUC Radio , USA
Anne Gibbons, Artist, USA
Jody P. Garthwaite, Policy Specialist & Communications Coordinator Pain & Policy Studies Group, University of Wisconsin
Cy Grant, actor/artist, UK
Elisabeth Gardiner, USA, scientist
luc guérard, artist, Canada
Ketil Grøtting , Norway , Conductor, Musician
Philip Gasper, Professor of Philosophy, Notre Dame de Namur University, Belmont, California, USA
Phyllis Ann Good, USA , Artist and Peace Activist
Hermann Glaser - Baur, journalist, Dungiven, N. Ireland
Pierre Gillis, physicien, professeur à l'Université de Mons-Hainaut, Belgium
Rachel Giora, Professor of Linguistics, Tel Aviv University
Zahia Gonon, Juriste, Droit International Public, co-présidente CRI pour l'IRAQ
Philippe D. Grosjean, Membre du conseil d'administration des Amis du Monde diplomatique-Belgique
Professor Sherna Berger Gluck, USA
Stephen Gowans, Writer, Canada
Victor Grossman, writer, New York and Berlin
Dr. Daniele Ganser, Senior Researcher, Center for Security Studies (CSS) at ETH, Switzerland
Rosa García, México, member and founder of of the organization "Not in Our Name México"
Yuta Harago, Japan, Associate Professor Meiji Gakuin University
Hayashi, Hirfoumi , Japan , Professor University in Yokohama
Stephanie Hiller, publisher/editor, Awakened Woman e-Magazine, The magazine for a foreseeable future!, USA
Kanichi Hidemura , Japan , Associate Professor Kyoto Women's University
Mary Hamilton, writer, Wisconsin , USA
Nina-Huang, Specialist, International Affairs Department of Peacetime Foundation , Taiwan
Richard Hindes, England, Nottingham Student Peace Movement
Ursula Hawlitschka, Ph.D., Art Historian, New York
Kerry Hart, author, U.S.A.
Karine Hérion, professor, Brussels, Belgium
Hideyuki Hirakawa, Japan , associate prof of science studies
Ria Hills, artist, USA
James Holstun, Professor of English, SUNY Buffalo
Lydia Howell, USA, Journalist, KFAI Radio
Adrienne Carey Hurley, Stanford Institute for International Studies, USA
Jos Hennes, Uitgeverij EPO Publishers, Belgium
Pol Hoste , writer, Belgium
Rev T. Ronald Haney, priest, poet, novelist and editor
Ted Honderich, Grote Professor Emeritus of the Philosophy of Mind and Logic, University College London
Michael Harris, Professor of Mathematics, Universite Paris 7
Professor Martin Haspelmath, Max-Planck-Institut fuer evolutionaere Anthropologie, Leipzig , Germany
Fredrik S. Heffermehl, Hon. President, Norwegian Peace Alliance, Vice President, International Peace Bureau
Marta Harnecker, escritora chilena
Klaus Hartmann, Offenbach (Germany), Chairman of German Freethinkers Association, Vice-President of World Union of Freethinkers
John Harte, Professor of Energy and Resources, UC Berkeley, USA
Michael J. Huft, Attorney, Glenview , Illinois , USA
Rev. James Hornsby, licsw, MA, USA
Hideo Iwasa, Japan, lawyer, japan lawyers association for freedom
James Iffland, Professor, Boston University
Zafar Iqbal, Associate Professor, NU-FAST, Lahore , Pakistan
Ron Jacobs, writer and library worker, Vermont , USA
Rebecca Jennison, Japan , Professor Kyoto Seika University
Adam Johannes, UK , Cardiff Stop the War Coalition
John Jefferies, Journalist, Cork, Ireland
Estelle Jelinek, writer, Berkeley, CA, USA
Karine Jansegers, ABVV /FGTB, Trade Union, Département International, Belgium
Piet Joostens, writer and editor of the literary journal Yang, Brussels , Belgium
Rania Jawad, Graduate Student, New York City
Kobayashi Kunihiko , Japan, Professor Nagoya University
Ohga Kouichi, Japan , Lawyer (Attorny at Law), Japan Lawyers Association for Freedom
Leah Kidwell, USA , educator specializing in conflict management
Masakazu Kitanaka, Japan, journalist
Yamano Keiko , Japan , TV Director
Shihoko Kato, Japan, Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center
Sugioka Kotoku , Japan, Author
Mujeeb R. Khan, Dept. of Political Science, University of California-Berkeley
Dr. Graciela Karmon, Child Psychiatrist Physicians For Human Rights, Israel
David Kuehn, musician, USA
Mr. C. Isa Kocher, educator, Fulbright Fellow, artist, writer, Dean- Socrates Foundation, USA
Dr. Mary Keller, Ph. D., Adjunct, Religious Studies Program, University of Wyoming , USA
Tomis Kapitan, Professor of Philosophy, Northern Illinois University , USA
Margaret A. Kane, Esq., Attorney USA
Jerzy Kochan , Poland , philosopher, professor
Steve Krevisky, Professor of Mathematics, Middlesex Community College , USA . Congress of Connecticut Community Colleges
Susan Koger, Ph.D., Professor Willamette University , Salem , USA
Assaf Kfoury, Professor Boston University , USA
Davy King, writer, UK
Christel Kvant, writer, Sweden
Megumi Karube, Japan, painter
Lester Kurtz, Professor of Sociology, University of Texas
Suzy T. Kane, writer, El Prado , NM, USA
Akio Kikai, Japan, philosopher
Seth Kahn, English Professor, USA, Rhetoricians for Peace
Edward Kindermann , USA , College Professor
Todd Lavoie, USA , writer
David Lorimer, author, UK
María Yépez Lasso, Professor, Quito-Ecuador
Michel Leclerc, Brussel, bedrijfsadviseur, dichter, iranist
Sam Lacey, Musician, Mount Desert, Maine
Richard B. Lee, Professor of Anthropology, University of Toronto, Canada
Fred Louckx, Professor of Sociology, VUB, Brussels
G. R. Lalumia, writer, USA
David Lyons, Professor of Law & of Philosophy, Boston University , USA
Peter R. Lewis, MD, Department of Family & Community Medicine, Penn State College of Medicine , USA
Yael Lotan, writer, Israel
Ibrahim letaief, Film director, Tunesia
Jean Marie Lecuire, Professeur université de Metz, France
Dr. José Lages, Theoretical Physicist, Université de Toulouse, France
Yitzhak Laor, Tel Aviv, writer
Frank Land, Emeritus Professor in the Department of Information Systems, London School of Economics
Annie Lacroix-Riz, professeur d’histoire contemporaine à l’université Paris 7
Barbara Lubin, Executive Director Middle East Children's Alliance , USA
Neil Leach, Architect and Theorist, Cambridge , UK
makiko matsumoto, japan, Asia-Japan Women's Resource Center
Dr. Judith Martin, SSJ, Associate Professor, Religious Studies, Executive Director, Ohio Valley Committee on US-Arab Relations
Yolande Mousseau-Gershman, Consultant in Health Services, Egypt
Haruko Moritaki , Japan , NO DU Hiroshima Project
Ali Abdel Moniem Mansour, Egypt, Editor
William Mann, USA, Actor
Kudo Masahiro, Japan, novelist
Darlene Morton, college professor, Canada
A. Murray, USA., Writer
Fawzy Mansour, Professor of Political Economy, Ain Shams University , Cairo , Egypt
Juan Masia, Spain , Catholic theologian, University of Comillas
curtis Maynard, usa , Historian, University Idaho
Dr. Richard Marsden, Centre for Integrated Studies, Athabasca University
Saleh Mamon, U.K. , Sutton for Peace and Justice
Howard Meyers, USA, Film/Television Writer
Jan Maenhout, Prof. Architect and Urbanist, Brussels, Belgium
Catherine Montondo, scriptwriter, film director, Belgium
Barbara Murdoch, writer, British Columbia, Canada
Jaroslaw Milewczyk, Poland, Journalist
Ruchama Marton M.D., Founder & president Public Health Research Institute, USA
W. Robynne McWayne,M.D., USA, anesthesiologist, author
José Luis Moragues, Université Paul Valéry Montpellier III, France
Moeglin Colette, Directrice de Recherches CNRS, Paris
Flavio Manieri, Prof. of Educational Psychology, Psychoanalyst, Dir. of Laboratory of the Formation Clinics, Università di Roma Tre
Dr. Dirk Martin, historian, SOMA Centre for the study of War and contemporary Society , Belgium
Bella Mody, Professor, USA
Magdalena Mosiewicz , Poland , co-president of Green Party "Zieloni 2004"
Dr. Shane Mulligan, University of Victoria , Canada
Martin Melkonian, Professor,USA
Ali Mili, Professor, Newark NJ (USA)
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Paul Mendes-Flohr, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem /The University of Chicago
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Martha Mundy, Reader in Anthropology, London School of Economics , UK
Michael Mandel, Professor, Osgoode Hall Law School, York University, Toronto , CANADA
Grigor McClelland, professor of business administration, Newcastle upon Tyne , UK
Terri MacKenzie, educator, USA , Society of the Holy Child Jesus
Francis McCollum Feeley, Professor of American Studies, Director of Research, Université Grenoble 3 France
Akira Maeda, Professor of Tokyo Zokei University , Japan
Hisashi Mitani , Japan , Prof. of theoretical physics, Fukuoka University of Education
Paola Manduca, Genetics Professor, Italy
Biju Mathew, Professor, USA
Takafumi Nakanishi, Japan, novelist
Teruo Naka , Japan , writer
Toshio Nagasawa , Japan , Editor, Word of Life Press
Ng Sauw Tjhoi, Journalist, Belgium
Don Nash, poet/writer, USA , Desert Foundation for Peace
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Djamel Noune, Journaliste caricaturiste, Algeria
Sérgio Nazar David - Professor / Writer – Brazil
Saugata Mukherji, Retired Professor and Dean, Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Kolkata , India
Ismail Ibrahim Nawwab, Retired university professor, Saudi Arabia
Christopher Norris, Professor of Philosophy, Cardiff University, Wales UK
MIchio Ohno , Japan , Tokyo Area Fellowship of Mennonite Churches
Carl Olsen, Canada , writer
Ootomi Akira, Japan, editor, Chechennews
Henk Oosterling, professor of philosophy, Rotterdam Netherlands
Rosemary Oetojo, Australia , Lecturer, Politics of International Law Macquarie University
Jacquie O'Brian , USA , Healer, Filmmaker
Daniela Peluso, Anthropologist, Canterbury , UK
Cecile Pineda, American novelist, Oakland , California
Luc Pien, filmmaker, Belgium
Ana Prata, Law professor, Lisbon, Portugal
Graham I.K.Pollock university lecturer, United Kindom
Csaba Polony, USA, artist/writer/editor, Left Curve Publications
Joseph Parko, professor emeritus, Georgia State University, Atlanta , GA USA
Jean Pestieau, Professor at the Catholic University of Louvain, Belgium
Jeanne Posner, Professor, USA
Pierre Piérart, Prof., 'Comité Surveillance OTAN', Belgium
John L. Powell, USA, Citizens for a Legitimate Government
Richard S. Pressman, Ph.D., Professor of English, St. Mary's University, San Antonio , USA
Albertino Pinto, professor, Portugal
Leo Parascondola, Lehman College , City University of New York , USA
Vincent D. Puma, Ph.D., Professor, English, Florida, USA
Arthur B. Powell, professor of mathematics and mathematics education, USA
Dr Padma Prakash, Sociologist, Academic Journalist, Mumbai, India
Jacques Pauwels, (Historian, author of The Myth of the Good War , Canada )
Anne Provoost, author, Belgium
Leo Platvoet, Eerste Kamerlid/Senator, The Netherlands
Paola Pisi, redazione Uruknet.info , Italy
Prof. Dr. Norman Paech, Prof. of Public Law, Hamburg University of Economics and Politics
David Peterson, Writer and Researcher, Chicago , USA
John Price, Associate Professor, Department of History, University of Victoria , Canada
Murat Paker, Ph.D., M.D., clinical psychologist; Peace Initiative/Turkey (USA); New York , USA
Pierre Py, Dictionnaire Historique de la Suisse
Janine Tillmann Py, Switserland
Johanne Poirier, Senior Research Fellow, Center for Public Law, ULB, Belgium
Bill Quigley, Professor of Law, Loyola University New Orleans , Louisiana US
Syksy Rasanen , United Kingdom , Physicist
Gabriel Perez Rendon, Mexico, Doctor, member and founder of the organization "Not in Our Name México"
Sally Redondo , Great Britain, World Alliance of Reformed Churches
Marcelo Porto Rodrigues - Auditor – Brasil
Andrew Richards, Australia , Musician
Rebecca Romani, USA , KUSI-TV, Zazouproductions
Vincent Rivasseau, Professor of Physics, Universite Paris-Sud XI
Antonio Maira Rodríguez, Redactor revista digital, España
Robert Rivard , Canada , Artist
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Peter Rozing , USA , writer
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Hilary Rose, Emerita Professor, University of Bradford UK
Carl Rosenberg, Editor, Canada
Hans-Peter Richter, German Peace Council
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Mary Ratcliff, Editor, San Francisco Bay View newspaper
Lynn J. Rozanski, United States of America , Chemist
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Karine Ancellin Saleck, journalist, Belgium
Sandra Shattuck, professor, U.S.A. , Rhetoricians for Peace
Prof. Dr. Gregor Schirmer, Jurist, Deutschland
Richard Steele , United States , Film Editor
Gar Smith, Editor Emeritus, Earth Island Journal, Co-founder, Environmentalists Against War
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Patrick Sandefur - U.S.A. , Filmmaker, North Carolina School of the Arts
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Linda Sperling, Staff Representative, Federation of Post Secondary Educators of BC, Vancouver , Canada
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Prof. Néstor A. Suleiman, Presidente Centro Cultural Argentino Iraquí
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Jerzy Szygiel , Poland , journalist, RSF (Reporters Without Borders) Poland
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Magdy Said, Editor & Writer, Egypt
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Robert L. Rabin Siegal, Director, Vieques Historic Archives, Director, Fort Count Mirasol Museum, Institute of Puerto Rican Culture
Peter Snowdon, Filmmaker, UK
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Jean Salmon, Professeur émérite Université libre de Bruxelles
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Dr. Michael D. True, International Peace Research Association Foundation , USA
dr Marin Terpstra, Department of Philosophy, University of Nijmegen , Netherlands
Yoshiko Tsukui, Japan, Amnesty International Japan section
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100,000 Iraqi Deaths
By EMMA ROSS, AP Medical Writer
LONDON - A survey of deaths in Iraqi households estimates that as many as 100,000 more people may have died throughout the country in the 18 months after the U.S. invasion than would be expected based on the death rate before the war. There is no official figure for the number of Iraqis killed since the conflict began, but some non-governmental estimates range from 10,000 to 30,000. As of Wednesday, 1,081 U.S. servicemen had been killed, according to the U.S. Defense Department. The scientists who wrote the report concede that the data they based their projections on were of "limited precision," because the quality of the information depends on the accuracy of the household interviews used for the study. The interviewers were Iraqi, most of them doctors.
Designed and conducted by researchers at Johns Hopkins University, Columbia University and the Al-Mustansiriya University in Baghdad, the study is being published Thursday on the Web site of The Lancet medical journal. The survey indicated violence accounted for most of the extra deaths seen since the invasion, and air strikes from coalition forces caused most of the violent deaths, the researchers wrote in the British-based journal. "Most individuals reportedly killed by coalition forces were women and children," they said. The report was released just days before the U.S. presidential election, and the lead researcher said he wanted it that way. The Lancet routinely publishes papers on the Web before they appear in print, particularly if it considers the findings of urgent public health interest.
Those reports then appear later in the print issue of the journal. The journal's spokesmen said they were uncertain which print issue the Iraqi report would appear in and said it was too late to make Friday's issue, and possibly too late for the Nov. 5 edition. Les Roberts, the lead researcher from Johns Hopkins, said the article's timing was up to him. "I emailed it in on Sept. 30 under the condition that it came out before the election," Roberts told The Asocciated Press. "My motive in doing that was not to skew the election. My motive was that if this came out during the campaign, both candidates would be forced to pledge to protect civilian lives in Iraq (news - web sites). "I was opposed to the war and I still think that the war was a bad idea, but I think that our science has transcended our perspectives," Roberts said. "As an American, I am really, really sorry to be reporting this."
Richard Peto, an expert on study methods who was not involved with the research, said the approach the scientists took is a reasonable one to investigate the Iraq death toll. However, it's possible that they may have zoned in on hotspots that might not be representative of the death toll across Iraq, said Peto, a professor of medical statistics at Oxford University in England. To conduct the survey, investigators visited 33 neighborhoods spread evenly across the country in September, randomly selecting clusters of 30 households to sample. Of the 988 households visited, 808, consisting of 7,868 people, agreed to participate in the survey. At each one they asked how many people lived in the home and how many births and deaths there had been since January 2002. The scientists then compared death rates in the 15 months before the invasion with those that occurred during the 18 months after the attack and adjusted those numbers to account for the different time periods.
Even though the sample size appears small, this type of survey is considered accurate and acceptable by scientists and was used to calculate war deaths in Kosovo in the late 1990s. The investigators worked in teams of three. Five of the six Iraqi interviewers were doctors and all six were fluent in English and Arabic. In the households reporting deaths, the person who died had to be living there at the time of the death and for more than two months before to be counted. In an attempt at firmer confirmation, the interviewers asked for death certificates in 78 households and were provided them 63 times. There were 46 deaths in the surveyed households before the war. After the invasion, there were 142 deaths. That is an increase from 5 deaths per 1,000 people per year to 12.3 per 1,000 people per year — more than double.
However, more than a third of the post-invasion deaths were reported in one cluster of households in the city Falluja, where fighting has been most intense recently. Because the fighting was so severe there, the numbers from that location may have exaggerated the overall picture. When the researchers recalculated the effect of the war without the statistics from Falluja, the deaths end up at 7.9 per 1,000 people per year — still 1.5 times higher than before the war. Even with Falluja factored out, the survey "indicates that the death toll associated with the invasion and occupation of Iraq is more likely than not about 100,000 people, and may be much higher," the report said. The most common causes of death before the invasion of Iraq were heart attacks, strokes and other chronic diseases. However, after the invasion, violence was recorded as the primary cause of death and was mainly attributed to coalition forces — with about 95 percent of those deaths caused by bombs or fire from helicopter gunships. Violent deaths — defined as those brought about by the intentional act of others — were reported in 15 of the 33 clusters. The chances of a violent death were 58 times higher after the invasion than before it, the researchers said.
Twelve of the 73 violent deaths were not attributed to coalition forces. The researchers said 28 children were killed by coalition forces in the survey households. Infant mortality rose from 29 deaths per 1,000 live births before the war to 57 deaths per 1,000 afterward. The researchers estimated the nationwide death toll due to the conflict by multiplying the difference between the two death rates by the estimated population of Iraq — 24.4 million at the start of the war. The result was then multiplied by 18 months, the average period between the invasion and the survey interviews. "We estimate that there were 98,000 extra deaths during the postwar period in the 97 percent of Iraq represented by all the clusters except Falluja," the researchers said in the journal.
"This isn't about individual soldiers doing bad things. This appears to be a problem with the approach to occupation in Iraq," Roberts said. The researchers called for further confirmation by an independent body such as the International Committee of the Red Cross, or the World Health Organization (news - web sites). The study was funded by the Center for International Emergency Disaster and Refugee Studies at Johns Hopkins University and by the Small Arms Survey in Geneva, Switzerland, a research project based at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva.
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