Author: Paola Manduca Date: Subject: [NuovoLaboratorio] Fwd: [Wmpnews] <Urgent>An Appeal by 365 Korean
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>*An Appeal by 365 Korean Organizations to the Iraqi Group Holding a
>Korean National*
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>We appeal for the release of the Korean national KIM Seon Il
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>Today the Korean people were overcome with shock at the news the Korean
>KIM Seon Il has been kidnapped in Iraq. His seizure and the threat
>against the life of this private citizen is already a source of
>unspeakable sadness for his family and the Korean people. This sadness
>and shock is the same for the many Koreans who have opposed the United
>States' unjust invasion and the deployment of Korean troops to Iraq.
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>The Korean people are well aware of the fact that the US invaded Iraq
>for domination and oil, and not for theedom and peace of the Iraqi
>people. We know also that the US occupation of Iraq has denied the
>Iraqi people their sovereignty and that there have been widespread human
>rights abuses by US forces there, leading to Iraqi pain and loss of
>life. For this reason we have done all that is humanly possible to
>prevent the deployment of Korean troops, as they will in no way
>contribute to the peace and security of the Iraqi people.
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>The kidnapping and threatening a private citizen with death, however,
>will not contribute to Iraqi peace. The Iraqi people are right to resist
>the US's unjust invasion, occupation, and carnage. Nevertheless,
>kidnapping and threatening a private citizen with death cannot be
>justified. Doing so will only lead to a vicious cycle of blood and
>revenge.
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>Again we make an earnest appeal. Please make your claims known through
>dialogue and release KIM Seon Il to his family as he is of no relation
>to government policy.
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>21 June 2004
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>Seoul, Korea
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>People's Action Against the Dispatch of Korean Combat Troops to Iraq
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>ABOUT US: People's Action Against the Dispatch of Korean Combat
>Troops to Iraq
>(<http://antipabyeong.jinbo.net/>http://antipabyeong.jinbo.net/,
>"Iraq Pabyeong Bandae Bisang Gungmin
> Haengdong" in Korean pronunciation) is an umbrella organization of
>365 Korean groups
>opposed to > sending Korean troops to Iraq.
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