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The message: “Yes to humanitarian aid, but no bombing, no new Iraq war and no to U.S. war in Syria!”
 

A few weeks ago, you helped us send a strong message to policy-makers in Washington when the House of Representatives passed H. Con. Res. 105 stating clearly there is no legal authority for U.S. military involvement in Iraq without express Congressional approval. The message from the American people couldn’t be more clear – NO NEW WAR IN IRAQ!
The people stopped a planned bombing of Syria almost a year ago when President Obama and John Kerry threatened an attack based on alleged chemical weapons attack. NO US WAR IN SYRIA!
As the Islamic State militants (sometimes also called ISIL or ISIS) have consolidated control over oil and gas fields in northern Iraq and northeastern Syria, they horrified much of the world by publicly executing a captured American journalist and apparently threatening future attacks.
no attack on SyriaUnfortunately, the U.S. is falling back into the old habit of military intervention, which will only give the IS what it wants -- a war with the West. U.S. planes have already bombed Iraqi targets numerous times under presidential orders, and "scouting missions" by drones and manned aircraft have begun for possible air attacks in Syria. That violates the sovereignty of Syria, whose government is also struggling against the Islamic State.
We should respond through the U.N. to the huge, growing humanitarian crisis.  But U.S. military intervention under any pretext will only worsen the suffering and increase the conflagration.

Shelagh Foreman For peace,
Shelagh Foreman
Program Director


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