Subject: Petition to prevent war

Dear friends,
You may already have received this, but in case not. This is being widely
circulated on many lists today. I urge you to at least go to the site and
sign the petition and send it to everyone you know, even those outside the
US, ASAP. Very important to do it as soon as
possible. Click on the link below and you will get to the petition.

- mitko

Please sign The Petition at
<http://home.uchicago.edu/~dhpicker/petition>
which appeals to world leaders to be level-headed and, wherever possible,
peaceful in their response to the recent attack against the United States.
PLEASE FORWARD THIS MESSAGE TO AS MANY PEOPLE AS POSSIBLE, AS QUICKLY AS
POSSIBLE. The signatures logged by the website above will be forwarded to
leaders around the world. It is imperative that we act quickly to prevent
war!!!

The Petition
What follows is a petition that will be forwarded to President Bush, and
other world leaders, urging them to avoid war as a response to the terrorist
attacks against the World Trade Center and the Pentagon this week. Please
read it, sign below, and forward the link to as many people as possible, as
quickly as possible. We must circulate this quickly if it is to have any
effect at all, as the Congress of The United States has already passed a
resolution supporting any military action President Bush deems appropriate.

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We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of the United States of America
and of countries around the world, appeal to the President of The United
States, George W. Bush; to the NATO Secretary General, Lord Robertson; to
the President of the European Union, Romano Prodi; and to all leaders
internationally to use moderation and restraint in responding to the recent
terrorist attacks against the United States.

We implore the powers that be to use, wherever possible, international
judicial institutions and international human rights law to bring to justice
those responsible for the attacks, rather than the instruments of war,
violence or destruction. Furthermore, we assert that the government of a
nation must be presumed separate and distinct from any terrorist group that
may operate within its borders, and therefore cannot be held unduly
accountable for the latter's crimes.

It follows that the government of a particular nation should not be
condemned for the recent attack without compelling evidence of its
cooperation and complicity with those individuals who actually committed the
crimes in question. Innocent civilians living within any nation that may be
found responsible, in part or in full, for the crimes recently perpetrated
against the United States, must not bear any responsibility for the actions
of their government, and must therefore be guaranteed safety and immunity
from any military or judicial action taken against the state in which they
reside.

Lastly and most emphatically, we demand that there be no recourse to
nuclear, chemical or biological weapons, or any weapons of indiscriminate
destruction, and feel that it is our inalienable human right to live in a
world free of such arms.

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Regards,

Harry Corsover


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