Path: ccsf.homeunix.org!ccsf.homeunix.org!news1.wakwak.com!nf1.xephion.ne.jp!onion.ish.org!onodera-news!newsfeed.media.kyoto-u.ac.jp!hammer.uoregon.edu!arclight.uoregon.edu!wn13feed!wn11feed!worldnet.att.net!bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Mary Jo Drager" Newsgroups: fj.news.config,fj.news.group,fj.news.group.archives,fj.news.group.comp,fj.news.group.misc Subject: Petition Reaches 250,000 Lines: 45 X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1158 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1165 Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 1684e62f2f27006e124d4634b1f2803e X-Complaints-To: abuse@worldnet.att.net X-Trace: bgtnsc04-news.ops.worldnet.att.net 1067493000 1684e62f2f27006e124d4634b1f2803e (Thu, 30 Oct 2003 05:50:00 GMT) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 05:50:00 GMT Organization: AT&T Worldnet Date: Thu, 30 Oct 2003 05:50:00 GMT Xref: ccsf.homeunix.org fj.news.config:11 fj.news.group:178 fj.news.group.comp:262 fj.news.group.misc:16 If you haven't yet signed this petition and sent it on, jump on the bandwagon now! http://www.petitiononline.com/bombings/petition.html Scholars for Peace War Crimes Petition Amasses 250,000 On Way to 1,000,000 For Immediate Release: Contact: Edward S. Beck President Scholars for Peace in the Midde East www.spme.net 717.576.5038 Howard Marx of California was the 250,000th signer to the Scholars for Peace in the Middle East Petition www.spme.net to Call for the UN and World Leaders to Prosecute Organizers of Suicide/Homicide Bombings Against Civilians as War Criminals at http://www.petitiononline.com/bombings/petition.html on October 25, 2003. The Petition which has over 252,000 names as of Monday continues to average about 1,000 signatures per day and is gaining international attention as Scholars for Peace in the Middle East seeks to raise 1,000,000 signatures. " As the world becomes aware that the United Nations, The Red Cross and other targets other than the United States and Israel are targets it is becoming clearer to more and more people world wide that terrorists are war criminals with no regard for humanity or the sacredness of human life...." explained Dr. Edward S. Beck, President of Scholars for Peace in the Middle East and author of the petition. " We have been encouraged with the receptivity to the concept that it is time to hold those who perpetuate and support suicide bombings accountable as war criminals and put them in the glass booth as was done with Adolf Eichmann, Slobadan Milosovic and others. It is time the evidence be placed in front of the court of world opinion for all to see." The petition which originally was published earlier this year languished on the internet and sputtered about the internet collecting about 50,000 signatures. However in August, when the terrorist bombings appeared to be directed at the UN and non-Israeli and American targets, it became clearer that no one was safe from terror. Signatures started flooding from Indonesia and the Philippines and other parts of the world. "We hope to have the 1,000,000 signatures by the end of the year..." Beck expressed. "We hope to present the petition to the UN and to World Leaders, but we know they are aware of it and are watching it closely. It measures the pulse of people's feelings about these horrific acts."