5 Nobel Laureates fight Iraq OIL THEFT law-"It Is Immoral & Illegal To Use War To Rob A People"

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NOBEL PEACE PRIZE RECIPIENTS AND CONCERNED PEOPLE OF THE WORLD SIGN ON STATEMENT IN OPPOSITION TO THE IRAQ OIL LAW

In support of the people of Iraq, we the undersigned Nobel Peace Prize Laureates, state our opposition to the Iraq Oil Law.

We also oppose the decision of the United States government to require that the Iraq government pass the Oil Law as a condition of continued reconstruction aid in legislation passed on May 24, 2007.

A law with the potential to so radically transform the basic economic security of the people of Iraq should not be forced on Iraq while it is under occupation and in such a weak negotiating position vis-à-vis both the U.S. government and foreign oil corporations.

The Iraq Oil Law could benefit foreign oil companies at the expense of the Iraqi people, deny the Iraqi people economic security, create greater instability, and move the country further away from peace.

The U.S. government should leave the matter of how Iraq will address the future of its oil system to the Iraqi people to be dealt with at a time when they are free from occupation and more able to engage in truly democratic decision-making.

It is immoral and illegal to use war and invasion as mechanisms for robbing a people of their vital natural resources.

Signed by

Betty Williams - Ireland
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 1976

Mairead Corrigan Maguire - Ireland
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 1976

Prof. Jody Williams - USA
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 1997

Dr. Shirin Ebadi - Iran
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 2003

Prof. Wangari Maathai - Kenya
Nobel Peace Prize Recipient 2004

Also signed by:

Yanar Mohammed – Iraq
Organization of Women's Freedom in Iraq

Antonia Juhasz - USA
Oil Change International

SIGN THEIR PETITION

Nobel Women's Initiative IRAQ OIL PAGE
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2007/7/12/94915/0220

[MasonJar]

1. This is so important. Does anyone know how to be sure Keith and our reps

in Congress get this? I am going to call several today.

[robinlynne]

2. great!

[indepat]

3. The rape of a nation and its 23 or so million people will forever be etched in the world's memory

and our national ethos and shame as will the lives of a million or so Iraqis to get the job done for big oil at a cost of a trillion dollars or so, give or take a few.

[Trillo]

4. Ah, the sanctity of "property" and the morals of "capitalism".

Now what's that about "law and order" and "checks and balances"?