Call for U.S. Military to Abide by International Law and Stop the Bloodshed in Iraq!

This petition details the violent tactics of the U.S. military that are presently bringing heavy suffering to the citizens of Iraq (most recently in the city of Ramadi). It calls for these tactics to be ceased immediately, and cites the international treaties that they are clearly in violation of.

The petition (full text below) was written by the Iraq Hope Network, a Japan-based network of NGOs, aid workers, journalists, lawyers, university professors and volunteers who together sponsor projects in Iraq focused on humanitarian aid, reconstruction and human rights.

Visit our website at http://www.iraq-hope.net/english.htm for links to compelling correspondence including an open letter to U.S. citizens from an Iraqi citizen of Ramadi, an ongoing diary from Ramadi detailing on-the-ground conditons in the city, a letter from the sponsor of this petition (a female Japanese aid worker who was held hostage in Fallujah in 2004), and information from the Monitoring Net of Human Rights in Iraq.

Sign the petition...
http://www.thepetitionsite.com/takeaction/507914513

 

it sounds like these people have their stuff together..but i have a question, and i don't mean to sound cynical--but, what good is a petition going to do for the war in iraq at this point? Is there some kind of plan that coincides with this petition? who will it be given to? who will consider this petition as a justification for action?

but anyway, it sounds good enough. Its a good idea, i am just asking if there is something more to it than just a signing of a petition.

peace and love