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![]() Large Delegation, Mostly Americans Launch Campain Urging Obama To Visit Gaza From Egypt
LARGE DELEGATION?MOSTLY AMERICANS--LEAVES CAIRO FOR GAZA;
CODEPINK, a women-led peace group, has led several delegations to Gaza to witness, firsthand, the devastation caused by the 22 day Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip that began in December, 2008. The group is particularly concerned about the children of Gaza, who make up more than half of the population. Approximately 400 children were killed during the 22 day attack and an estimated 1,346 Gazan children were left without one or both of their parents as a result of the recent Is
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LARGE DELEGATION—MOSTLY AMERICANS--LEAVES CAIRO FOR GAZA; When: Friday, May 29, 2009, 9am They will deliver the signatures to the U.S. Embassy during Obama’s visit, and hold a rally calling on the U.S. to stop funding Israeli war crimes. “If President Obama can, at the last minute, add a visit to Saudi Arabia to have a private dinner with the King, then he certainly can go to Gaza,” said Col. Ann Wright, co-leader of the delegation and a retired U.S. Army colonel and a former U.S. diplomat who resigned in 2003 in opposition to the Iraq war. CODEPINK, a women-led peace group, has led several delegations to Gaza to witness, firsthand, the devastation caused by the 22 day Israeli military attack on the Gaza Strip that began in December, 2008. The group is particularly concerned about the children of Gaza, who make up more than half of the population. Approximately 400 children were killed during the 22 day attack and an estimated 1,346 Gazan children were left without one or both of their parents as a result of the recent Israeli assault. The majority of the children in Gaza were traumatized by the attack and invasion.
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