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Dear Friends: Many of you
have given generously to No More Victims in the past. Dan Kovalik
of Pittsburgh and Ashley Severance of
Orlando have all medical arrangements in place for two children to
receive extensive surgical and other medical treatment completely free
of charge. We are now raising funds for travel and
accommodations. Please visit the site and give what you
can. All donations are tax-deductible. If you prefer to
send a check by mail, address to the International Humanities Center/No
More Victims, P.O.
Box 923, Malibu, CA 90265
Sincerely,
Cole
Miller
Two war-injured Iraqi
children will soon travel to Pittsburgh and Orlando for medical treatment.
The children will receive
treatment for injuries sustained in US attacks on Fallouja and Al Qaim.
To see photographs of the children and learn about their medical
needs and the facts regarding their injuries:
www.nomorevictims.org/InjuredChildren.htm
Information
about other injured Iraqi children who need help has been posted at the
site and will be updated frequently. To learn what you can do,
visit www.nomorevictims.org.
Background
NMV was founded in
September 2002. We work to find medical sponsorships for war-injured
Iraqi children and to forge ties between the children, their families
and communities in the United States. We believe one of the
most effective means of combating militarism is to focus on direct
relief to its victims. We are committed to developing information and
strategies that empower local communities to engage in direct aid and
advocacy.
Nomorevictims.org, in
association with documentary photographer Alan Pogue, brought two
Iraqi children to the United States for medical care --
Asra'a Amir Mizyad and Mostafa Salah. To view CNN coverage of Mostafa
and his mother's visit to Los Angeles:
http://www.nomorevictims.org/video/um-haider-news-videos.mpeg
To read about Asra'a's
arrival in Houston:
http://www.chron.com/cs/CDA/ssistory.mpl/special/iraq/2792028
We now assist other
communities in implementing medical relief projects of their
own. After two years of US occupation, rudimentary
medical supplies are unavailable in many parts of the country. Injured
children are without access to clean water, pain medication,
antibiotics and other medicines, or access to surgical procedures that
can restore them to a modicum of health and well-being. You can make a
major difference in these children's lives.
And we also work
to connect communities with children whose injuries are beyond
medical remedy. In some instances the children were injured by the
unlawful use of cluster munitions in civilian neighborhoods, a practice
the Pentagon says it never employs. By advocating for an individual
child, you can help expose the ruthlessness of the Pentagon under
Rumsfeld, and petition elected officials and others to provide
compensation for the child's injuries.
We will also arrange for
you to be in direct contact with the child and his or her family. You
can learn first hand what the family has endured and develop your own
ideas for action and assistance. We do not have to wait around for a
government that is entirely unresponsive. We can take direct action
ourselves.
Cole Miller musicalcole@pacbell.net
For more information,
visit www.nomorevictims.org.
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