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Dear all, I've received this from the wonderful Irene Macinnes of Canada. She has asked me to circulate it. Please forward to all interested parties! Best wishes Mil Milan Rai Joint Coordinator, Voices in the Wilderness UK milanrai@btinternet.com 29 Gensing Road, St Leonards on Sea East Sussex UK TN38 0HE Phone/fax 0845 458 9571 local rate within UK Phone/fax 44 1424 428 792 from outside UK Pager 07623 746 462 Voices website http://viwuk.freeserve.co.uk ***************** Dear friends, The Canadian Network to End Sanctions on Iraq (CANESI), with the support of VIW/US, is organizing an International caravan which will cross Canada and part of the United States to bring awareness to Canadian and US citizens of the terrible effects of the UN sanctions on the Iraqi people. We would like to invite our European friends to join us in this exciting project as we think it will be very effective to have people from many other countries participating. It is a good way to build International solidarity. The caravan is starting on the west coast in Victoria on the 21 Sept. 2001 and commencing east across the country. It will be hosted by 27 Canadian and 5 US cities. A major part of this caravan will be the Omran school bus, named after a shepherd boy killed last year in one of the US bombings. The bus is decorated with slogans and a large illustration of an Iraqi child. There will be cars escorting this bus across the country. If you would like to participate in all, or any part of this caravan, all you need to do is to get yourself to Canada with just a little bit of money in your pocket, because lodging and most meals will be provided by the hosting cities, and the fuel costs for the vehicles will be provided by CANESI. The caravan is timing its arrival in Ottawa to coincide with the CANESI conference for activists on the 12/14th October. Hans Von Sponeck will be our special guest. A rally on the steps of Parliament to pressure our government not to follow US/UK policy, will follow on the next day, 15th Oct. The caravan will then proceed east, terminating in Quebec City on 19th October. If you are interested but would like more details, just e.mail me and I will respond to your questions as clearly as I can. The autumn is a beautiful time of the year in Canada by the way. Irene. <iremac@home.com> 604 737-1299. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------------- This is a discussion list run by the Campaign Against Sanctions on Iraq For removal from list, email soc-casi-discuss-request@lists.cam.ac.uk Full details of CASI's various lists can be found on the CASI website: http://www.casi.org.uk