http://vitw.org Voices in the Wilderness campaigns to end economic and military warfare against the Iraqi people. Copyright 2006 Fri, 25 Apr 2008 http://wordpress.org/?v=1.3-alpha-3 http://vitw.org/archives/1001 http://vitw.org/archives/1001#comments Thu, 23 Mar 2006 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/1001 Our hearts are filled with joy today as we heard that Harmeet Singh Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember have been safely released in Baghdad. Christian Peacemaker Teams rejoices with their families and friends at the expectation of their return to their loved ones and community. http://vitw.org/archives/1001/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/1000 http://vitw.org/archives/1000#comments Thu, 08 Dec 2005 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/1000 The Voices in the Wilderness website is no longer maintained. VitW.org will be available indefinately for archival and research purposes. http://vitw.org/archives/1000/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/999 http://vitw.org/archives/999#comments Wed, 07 Dec 2005 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/999 For updates about the four members of the [Christian Peacemaker Teams](http://cpt.org) who were abducted in Iraq on November 26th see **[cpt.org](http://cpt.org)** and **[Electronic Iraq](http://electroniciraq.net/news/)**. For ideas about how you can help please see **[Free The Captives](http://freethecaptivesnow.org/)**. Please see Voices for Creative Nonviolence's website for our statement and further information about the four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) working in Baghdad who went missing this past Saturday, November 26. We will keep updates on that website. ### [Sign the petition now!](http://freethecpt.org) http://vitw.org/archives/999/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/998 http://vitw.org/archives/998#comments Fri, 02 Dec 2005 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/998 ### [Sign the petition now!](http://freethecpt.org) **An Urgent Appeal: Please Release Our Friends in Iraq** Four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams were abducted this past Saturday, November 26 in Baghdad, Iraq. They are not spies, nor do they work in the service of any government. They are people who have dedicated their lives to fighting against war and have clearly and publicly opposed the invasion and occupation of Iraq. They are people of faith, but they are not missionaries. They have deep respect for the Islamic faith and for the right of Iraqis to self-determination. C.P.T. first came to Iraq in October 2002 to oppose the US invasion, and it has remained in the country throughout the occupation in solidarity with the Iraqi people. ... http://vitw.org/archives/998/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/997 http://vitw.org/archives/997#comments Tue, 29 Nov 2005 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/997 Please see Voices for Creative Nonviolence's website for our statement and further information about the four members of Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) working in Baghdad who were abducted this past Saturday, November 26. We will keep updates on that website. http://vitw.org/archives/997/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/996 http://vitw.org/archives/996#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2005 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/996 Today, in cities and towns throughout the U.S. and beyond, activists will gather to grieve and protest the carnage wrought by the unlawful and immoral war in Iraq. Thousands will gather to commemorate the 2,000 lives of U.S. soldiers killed in Iraq and call upon U.S. people to stop funding the war. Others will focus chiefly upon the well over 100,000 Iraqi lives lost, and, in a campaign launched some months ago, will ring bells 100,000 times -1,000 chimes each in 100 different locations - as names of Iraqi civilians killed since the start of Shock and Awe are read aloud. http://vitw.org/archives/996/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/993 http://vitw.org/archives/993#comments Wed, 26 Oct 2005 Recent Updates Nonviolent Direct Action http://vitw.org/archives/993 Voices for Creative Nonviolence and Justice Not Vengeance call for bell ringing ceremonies to grieve and protest the deaths of Iraqis in the US/UK war and occupation. http://vitw.org/archives/993/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/995 http://vitw.org/archives/995#comments Tue, 25 Oct 2005 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/995 100,000 RINGS: In Remembrance of the Iraqi Dead FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE October 26, 2005 Contacts: Kathy Kelly or Joel Gulledge 773-878-3815 or 773-619-2418 (cell) CHICAGO - On Thursday and Friday, October 27 and 28, 2005, at Dearborn and Adams, from 11:00 a.m. - 6:00 p.m., Chicago activists will join with groups across the U.S. and the UK to toll bells in remembrance of the more than 100,000 Iraqis who have died as a consequence of the U.S. led invasion and occupation of Iraq. In 100 locations listed at www.iraqmortality.org, participants in the "100,000 Rings" campaign will ring a bell once a minute, for 1,000 minutes, to express grief and condolence for every life lost as a result of the ... http://vitw.org/archives/995/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/994 http://vitw.org/archives/994#comments Tue, 18 Oct 2005 Recent Updates http://vitw.org/archives/994 Deliberate destruction of Iraqi civilian infrastructure by US bombing in the First Gulf War, along with US-backed economic sanctions, caused hundreds of thousands to die from treatable diseases and malnutrition. Most vulnerable as always were children, women, and the old. http://vitw.org/archives/994/feed/ http://vitw.org/archives/992 http://vitw.org/archives/992#comments Tue, 27 Sep 2005 Recent Updates Nonviolent Direct Action http://vitw.org/archives/992 Washington, D.C. - In a pre-dawn civil disobedience action Monday morning, 41 War Resisters League members and others sat down and were arrested at a pedestrian entrance to the Pentagon, slowing foot traffic at that location and prompting officials to close the U.S. military headquarters' sole stop on Washington's Metro line for a period. http://vitw.org/archives/992/feed/