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Your Voice in a World where Zionism, Steel, and Fire, have Turned Justice Mute
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Your Voice in a World where Zionism, Steel, and Fire, have Turned Justice Mute
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Dear Sir/Madame Join The Rebuilding of Baghdad Library Campaign The National Mobilization Committee for the Defense of Iraq (NMCDI) in Jordan has initiated an academic book collection Campaign for Iraq. The goal of this campaign, which has been dubbed "the rebuilding of the Baghdad Library", is to provide Iraqi students, academics and intellectuals with scientific and academic books and references that have been prohibited entry to Iraq for the past ten years. The excuse used is that these items are considered to be "double usage items". Thus Iraqi's have been denied the right to learn which is and internationally recognized and protected right. NMCDI, which has initiated this campaign, is a Jordanian popular committee that includes political parties, many civil society institutions, unions, organizations and independent personalities. This committee was established for the sole aim of raising local, regional and international public opinion regarding the need to lift the comprehensive economic sanctions that have been imposed on Iraq for since 1990. The NMCDI believes that the sanctions, which according to the UN have directly resulted in the death of at least 1.5 million Iraqi civilians and have caused a near total breakdown in the economic, social, educational and health sectors are a crimes against humanity. The book campaign is an attempt among many serious attempts carried out by the NMCDI to challenge the sanctions that have crippled a nation of 22 million. We believe that we can succeed in bringing people from all over the world together in unison to stop this atrocity which has denied ordinary Iraqis from the right to live learn and develop. Politics aside, we simply believe that it is immoral to deny 22 million Iraqis the gift of knowledge. Iraq's historical legacy is that it is the cradle of civilization and it gave humanity the first form of script and the first legal doctrines. In our time, Iraq was able was able to offer free education from kindergarten through university. However, after the destruction of the Iraqi economy as a result of the sanctions and the severe UN restrictions imposed on Iraq , its legacy and achievements have been reduced to day to day survival. The NMCDI has already announced this campaign in Jordan and work has begun in the book collection plan. However, to achieve our set goals, and to make this ambitious campaign a global effort, the NMCDI will be working with the Mariam Appeal organization based in London and led by British MP George Galloway. Information about the campaign can also be found on the Mariam Appeal Web Site: http://www.mariamappeal.com Our major goal is to collect and forward to Iraq the 8000 academic and scientific references needed by Iraqi universities and academic institutions, in an effort to replenish the their empty libraries. Therefore, our committee is contacting as many institutions, organizations and individuals as possible to participate in our campaign. With this letter we would like to officially invite you, your organization, your company to participate in this humanitarian campaign and help give back to Iraqis the gift of knowledge. If you choose to contribute to our campaign, please send us a return email choosing one or more of the following options for participation:
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