March 14, 1998 The Seamless Garment Network, Inc., an organization committed to a consistent ethic of life from conception to natural death, calls for an end to continuing threats of U.S. military strike in Iraq and for an immediate cessation of United Nations/United States economic sanctions against the people of Iraq. We support diplomatic, peaceful resolutions and are encouraged by U.N. Secretary General Kofi Annan's negotiations, but know there will be no true resolution under the continuing threat of war.         The Seamless Garment Network, Inc. does not condone Iraq's possession of weapons of mass destruction, but an even greater outcry is required against the United States, which possesses more weapons of mass destruction than any other country on earth. Furthermore, only the U.S. has ever used nuclear weapons. The U.N./U.S. economic sanctions against Iraq are a weapon of mass destruction. Back in December of 1995, the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization reported that over 1,000,000 Iraqis have died, 567,000 of them children, as a direct result of the sanctions. UNICEF reports that 4,500 Iraqi children under the age of five are dying each month from disease and starvation. The sanctions prevent Iraq from engaging in the commerce necessary to provide the Iraqi people with adequate food, clean water, medicine, and supplies to rebuild the country's infrastructure. The people of Iraq are our brothers and sisters in the human family. The Seamless Garment Network, Inc. calls for an immediate lifting of U.N./U.S. sanctions and for an end to continuing threats of U.S. military strike in Iraq! Back to Our Library...                     |  home  |  action  |  research  |  our library  |  members  |  our video  |  products  |  join  |  contact us  |  our links