Greens Mourn Tom Fox, Peace Worker and Hostage Murdered in Iraq

GREEN PARTY OF THE UNITED STATES
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Monday, March 13, 2006

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WASHINGTON, D.C. -- Green Party members expressed sorrow and anger over the death of Tom Fox.

Mr. Fox, who was in Iraq working as a member of the Christian Peacekeeper Teams (CPT) <http://www.cpt.org>, was also a member of the Green Party of Virginia. He was murdered after having been abducted in Baghdad in November along with three other CPT members.

"Tom's dedication to nonviolence was absolute," said Kirit Mookerjee of the Green Party of Virginia. "His life is a model for Green Party members and for all Americans who value peace, justice, and the principles of nonviolent resolution of conflict. His death was senseless, but it also reflects the senselessness of the war on Iraq, which Tom, like the Green Party, passionately opposed. Greens join Langley Hill Friends Meeting, a peace group in northern Virginia to which Tom Fox belonged, in their appeal for peace in Iraq."

Greens expressed their condolences to Tom Fox's family and friends, and also joined CPT in their plea for the safe release of Harmeet Sooden, Jim Loney and Norman Kember, and all other hostages held in Iraq.

The Green Party of the United States has called for immediate withdrawal of U.S. troops from Iraq. Tens of thousands of Iraqi civilians, over 2,300 U.S. servicemembers, and 54 foreign hostages have been killed as a result of the U.S. invasion, and Iraq is now on the brink of civil war.

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