Please let these peacemakers go; please don't use them in your fight against the US occupiers. They were witnessing the horrors done by the US military in Fallujah; they help Palestinian schoolchildren cross the checkpoints, and live with organizers threatened by death squads in Colombia. They are not political. Please let them go--and the German archeologist too!!
The members of this group have always put the needs of the Iraqi people first. They are not pawns in this illegal invasion and occupation. They are at the front, a very dangerous one, bravely illuminating the atrocities committed by the US-UK and their allies to the world.
Allah is great and merciful, God is great and merciful. Please show mercy for these children of Allah, your family and mine. Pray for them. Grant them mercy and safety.
CPT members helped Oglala Lakota Indian people who occupied LaFramoise island, Missouri River, Pierre, SD in 1999-2000. They are activists for peace and side with the oppressed.
These are friends of the Iraqi people and must not be mistreated in this manner. It is the religious obligation of Muslims to treat their friends and supporters with dignity and respect.