Major Delegation to challenge U.S./UN Sanctions Against Iraq For Immediate Release Attention Assignment Editor Press Contact: Malcolm Cannon April 14, 1998 Ramsey Clark & Bishop Thomas Gumbleton to Lead the Largest U.S. Delegation to Travel to Iraq with Medical Aid A large delegation of religious leaders, medical professionals and anti-war activists will travel to Iraq from May 6 through May 13, 1998 to bring in badly needed medical supplies. Ramsey Clark, former U.S. Attorney General, will head the Iraq Sanctions Challenge Delegation as it travels to Iraq. Others on the delegation include, Bishop Thomas Gumbleton of Detroit, Rev. Lucius Walker of Pastors for Peace, Christoph Arnold (author and Elder of the Bruderhof Community), Sara Flounders, Gloria La Riva and Brian Becker of the International Action Center, Clayton Remy of Fellowship of Reconciliation, Kathy Kelly of Voices in the Wilderness, Kadouri Al Kaysi of the Committee in Support of the Iraqi People, Rania Masri of Iraq Action Coalition, Sonya Ostrom of Metro NY Peace Action, Attorney Michael Tarif Warren, Dr. Barbara Nimri Aziz (Anthropologist), and Manzoor Ghori of the American Muslims for Global Peace and Justice. PJ Park, a 17 year high school student who attends Sidwell Friends school, is among those going from the DC area. "The U.S./UN sanctions against Iraq have killed over 1.5 million people since their imposition," said Ramsey Clark. "It's the clearest form of genocide and it's the U.S. government who insists upon the sanctions. It is incumbent upon us to challenge the sanctions and to bring medicine to the people of Iraq. They deserve this and so much more. The only way to stop the human tragedy is to completely lift the sanctions." "This delegation represents the hundreds of thousands of people from across the country who oppose these devastating sanctions," said Sara Flounders of the International Action Center. "We will bring back first-hand information about the effects of the sanctions. This awareness will help build a massive, concerted effort to end the sanctions." More details about the sanctions and the Iraq Sanctions Challenge are available on the web site: http://www.iacenter.org/irachallenge --30--
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