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Operation: Shock and Awe

By Carla Hitz, Military Families Speak Out of Utah & Laura Bonham, UT PDA Genesis Chapter
September 1, 2007, Salt Lake City, UT

This campaign is directed at the members of Congress who have continued to fund the Occupation of Iraq. Our goal is to move those members to vote to authorize funds only for the purpose of redeploying our troops out of harm’s way in the upcoming vote on the 2008 Iraq Appropriations bill.

It’s easy to participate:

1. Select photos from the list of sites below,
2. Print them out one by one—enlarge the image to fill the page.
3. Write your own message on each picture, or use phrases like “Stop funding the occupation of Iraq” or  “Bring our troops home now,”
4. Sign it and include your street address,
5. Mail one to your Representative every day until the final vote on the 2008 Iraq Appropriations bill. (Find his/her address here.)

A great disservice is being done through the censorship of the images of war and its victims. Operation: Shock and Awe will shed light on the horrific injuries of the more than 27,000 Americans and countless Iraqis whose lives have been shattered in Iraq. It’s hard to look at these images. They are violent and disturbing, but the more shocking the better for this purpose. It is hoped these images will produce the same visceral reaction in your Congress member as they surely will in you.

For four and a half years, activists have emailed and lobbied these Representatives and the words appear to have fallen on deaf ears. A picture speaks volumes, so let’s flood Congress with the undeniable reality of their failure to end the Occupation of Iraq.

Note: "Operation: Shock and Awe" was originally developed as part of the Fall Peace Offensive to target Rep. Jim Matheson (D-UT02). Coalition partner's include the PDA Genesis Chapter of Utah, Military Families Speak Out of Utah, Mormon's for Equality and Justice, and the Utah Democratic Progressive Caucus.

War Photos Links

Warning--Graphic images of violence are contained on these sites:

http://mindprod.com/politics/iraqwarpix.html
http://www.fotos.geschichtsthemen.de/iraq-war/iraq.htm
http://www.afterdowningstreet.org/image/tid/59
http://dahrjamailiraq.com/gallery/view_album.php?set_albumName=album28&page=1
http://www.robert-fisk.com/iraqwarvictims_mar2003.htm
http://www.texansforpeace.org/endthewar/Images1.htm
http://www.thefourreasons.org/victimsofwar.htm
http://www.newcastle-emlyn.com/stopwar/photos.shtml -- scroll to the Victim’s Gallery, the username is war and the password is photos.
U.S. flagged-draped caskets pic: http://ratchetup.typepad.com/iraq/images/Dovercasket08.jpg