I do not think these people could possibly be considered "enemy." I read stories nearly weekly about the MANY Christian Peacemakers who risk their lives daily in Hebron, Palestine, in order that Palestinian children might simply get to school or that villagers get medical care or can tend their crops without being accosted by violent Israeli settlers. I have no doubt their role in Iraq was similarly nothing other than to help the vulnerable indigenous civilians who lives are made horrible by foreign occupiers.
Please understand that the people you hold hostage are trying to help you. They are your friends and Children of Abraham, not your enemies.
Our prayers are with you as well as our Christian friends.
What possible sense, justice or compassion is served by punishing those who speak on behalf of the people of Iraq and against the brutal and unlawful occupation of that country. They have acted in peace and solidarity with the Iraqi people at great personal risk. Please free these good and innocent people for the love of God.
I hope these people are merely insurgents, not (CIA-backed) Wahabbi, not terrorists "hired" by CIA or MI6 or some other private military intelligence org to create ongoing chaos in Iraq and to deter future peacekeepers.
Please release the people you have kidnapped. They are not responsible for what you claim. They are totally innocent. Please talk to the officials and try to come to a solution that celebrates life not death. Killing them will not aide your project.
I am a friend of another member of CPT, Cliff Kindy, and am quite sure that he and his team are doing all they can to stop the illegal
occupation of your country by ours. I have been against the invasion from the beginning and am very active in trying to put an end to the occupation, as has Cliff and other members of his team.
The world needs peacemakers more than military personnel. These four were showing us how to relate to one another in peace. The world needs them. Please release them soon!
