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To support the Iraq Solidarity Project

The Montreal local group of the Iraq Peace Team has renamed itself the Iraq Solidarity Project - Projet Solidarite Irak (ISP-PSI). Under this name, we are about to launch a new project to monitor the occupation forces and the reconstruction of Iraq and possibly to provide international accompaniment to Iraqis under the occupation. If all goes according to plans, the ISP-PSI will link with the international initiative "Occupation Watch" (www.occupationwatch.org), providing a Quebec/Canadian component to pay special attention to Canadian participation in the occupation and plunder of Iraq.

ISP-PSI was recently endorsed by Echec a la guerre, the Montreal coalition which mobilised hundreds of thousands of people to march in opposition to the invasion of Iraq this past year.

Our first step will be to send a small fact-finding team to Iraq to make contacts and test the desire for an international solidarity presence in Iraq. If the group returns with a positive reply, ISP-PSI will begin sending delegations in mid- to late September.

In order to send this initial team, we need your support. If everyone on this list sends $10, we will be secure enough to proceed with the initiative independently of any large funding source. (Sending more would of course be even more helpful!)

Checks can be made out to "Objection Conscience - Voices of Conscience" (and sent care of 8166 Henri-Julien, Montreal QC H2P 2J2). They need to be clearly marked "for Iraq Solidarity Project".

As you know, the situation in Iraq has been deteriorating. The anti-war/peace movement has not been responding with the kind of unity and energy that the situation demands. We are hoping that this initiative can help to build a new solidarity movement with the people of Iraq.

in solidarity,

Lisa Ndejuru Raymond Legault Randah Taher Amar Al Allaq Mary Foster Francois Godbout

for the Iraq Solidarity Project

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