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by Peter Grimes

27 March 1999 01:53 UTC

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From: "Max Obuszewski" <mobuszewski@afsc.org>
To: <Undisclosed Recipients@igc.org>
Subject: AFSC Bombing Statement 
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 15:37:02 -0500
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For immediate release Contact: Carl Maugeri

March 24, 1999 215 241-7060



AMERICAN FRIENDS SERVICE COMMITTEE=20

STATEMENT ON MILITARY STRIKES IN KOSOVO

By Kara Newell, Executive Director=20

The American Friends Service Committee denounces the use of military =
strikes by the US led NATO forces as a response to the failed peace =
negotiations in Kosovo.=20

Once again the machinery of war is being set in motion with reckless =
disregard for human life and property. The decision to use massive =
military action to resolve human conflict is always flawed and fraught =
with long term consequences. The price of this failed diplomacy will =
most surely be an increase in the numbers of civilian casualties and =
massive flight of displaced people spilling over into neighboring =
countries, thus only further destabilizing this region of the world.=20

We strongly urge that :

NATO cease its bombing campaign and stop further threats of military =
action;=20

Negotiations be re established between all parties with a goal of =
effecting an immediate cease fire in this civil war;

Civilian peace monitors under the auspices of the Organization for =
Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) be re-established and =
increased. These monitors have not eliminated violence, but have played =
an important moderating role in curbing human rights violations;

Serbian advocates for a just and peaceful resolution play a significant =
role, along with ethnic Albanians who have already signed on to the =
peace accord, in future peace negotiations.=20

AFSC mourns the suffering that has been borne by all the people in this =
region. We are compelled to reject violence and urge that more inclusive =
negotiations toward a just peace be re-established in this troubled =
region.=20

The American Friends Service Committee is a Quaker organization which =
includes people of various faiths who are committed to social justice, =
peace and humanitarian service. Its work is based on the belief in the =
worth of every person and faith in the power of love to overcome =
violence and injustice.



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<P>For immediate release Contact: Carl Maugeri</P>
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<P align=3Dcenter>STATEMENT ON MILITARY STRIKES IN KOSOVO</P>
<P align=3Dcenter>By Kara Newell, Executive Director </P></B>
<P>The American Friends Service Committee denounces the use of military =
strikes=20
by the US led NATO forces as a response to the failed peace negotiations =
in=20
Kosovo. </P>
<P>Once again the machinery of war is being set in motion with reckless=20
disregard for human life and property. The decision to use massive =
military=20
action to resolve human conflict is always flawed and fraught with long =
term=20
consequences. The price of this failed diplomacy will most surely be an =
increase=20
in the numbers of civilian casualties and massive flight of displaced =
people=20
spilling over into neighboring countries, thus only further =
destabilizing this=20
region of the world. </P>
<P>We strongly urge that :</P>
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<DIR>
<P>NATO cease its bombing campaign and stop further threats of military =
action;=20
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<P>Negotiations be re established between all parties with a goal of =
effecting=20
an immediate cease fire in this civil war;</P>
<P>Civilian peace monitors under the auspices of the Organization for =
Security=20
and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE) be re-established and increased. These =
monitors=20
have not eliminated violence, but have played an important moderating =
role in=20
curbing human rights violations;</P>
<P>Serbian advocates for a just and peaceful resolution play a =
significant role,=20
along with ethnic Albanians who have already signed on to the peace =
accord, in=20
future peace negotiations. </P></DIR></DIR></DIR>
<P>AFSC mourns the suffering that has been borne by all the people in =
this=20
region. We are compelled to reject violence and urge that more inclusive =

negotiations toward a just peace be re-established in this troubled =
region.=20
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