3 December 2005

Dear Friend–

We are Quakers and admirers of Tom Fox, kidnapped in Iraq with three other

peaceworkers on Nov. 26. Please join us in taking action aimed at helping free

them, safely and soon. Joining together through the web, we can keep their

plight and innocence before the world, and their captors.

To this end, we have put up a new website:

http://www.freethecaptivesnow.org/

We believe that the most help those outside Iraq can be to these prisoners

is to make clear to the world, and especially their captors, that they were in

Iraq NOT as spies, military contractors, or even missionaries, but as

unarmed advocates of peace, justice, and reconciliation.

They have done no wrong, and deserve to be free and safe. We call on their

captors to let them go, now.

If you agree, here are the specific steps we advocate. Time is of the essence:

1. Visit the website: http://www.freethecaptivesnow.org/ There you can sign a special petition page, aimed at the captors.

You can also link there to Tom Fox’s Iraq blog.

2. Hold a public vigil or prayer service focused on the call, expressed in

your own words, to release the captives, end the occupation and stop torture.

Join with like-minded groups, and invite the media to attend and report on

your action.

3. Write to newspapers, call in to radio shows, and tell them of the

innocence of these peaceworkers and your support for their immediate release.

Mention the website!

4. Send emails to the feedback pages of media such as Al-Jazeera, Al Arabiya

and other major national and international media, especially in the Gulf

region (any other links??), repeating the call to free the captives.

(There is an article Al-Jazeera at

http://english.aljazeera.net/NR/exeres/F4158730-C9B7-40D5-A097-ECAB2DB7FE25.htm)

5. If you are part of a group or church with a peace and justice emphasis,

ask them to join this effort in whatever public way is appropriate to their

polity.

6. Let us know what you are doing.

7. VERY IMPORTANT – Pass this message on! Tell your friends about the

http://www.freethecaptivesnow.org/ website, petition, and action suggestions..

With your email help, we can quickly reach supporters of peace and justice

throughout the world. Together our voices can make a powerful chorus for

freeing the captives and ending the war.

As this urgent effort continues, we’ll be updating the site. They have done

no wrong, and deserve to be free and safe. We call on their captors to let

them go, now.

Thank you and Peace,

Chuck Fager & John Stephens

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