The Petition

What follows is a petition that will be forwarded to
President Bush, and other world leaders, urging
them to avoid war as a response to the terrorist
attacks against the World Trade Center and the
Pentagon this week. Please read it, sign it, and
forward the link to as many people as possible, as
quickly as possible. We must circulate this quickly if
it is to have any effect at all, as the Congress of The
United States has already passed a resolution
supporting any military action President Bush deems
appropriate.
 http://www.9-11peace.org/petition.php3
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We, the undersigned, citizens and residents of the
United States of America and of countries around the
world, appeal to the President of The United States,
George W. Bush; to the NATO Secretary General, Lord
Robertson; to the President of the European
Commission, Romano Prodi; and to all leaders
internationally to use moderation and restraint in
responding to the recent terrorist attacks against the
United States. We implore the powers that be to use,
wherever possible, international judicial institutions
and international human rights law to bring to justice
those responsible for the attacks, rather than the
instruments of war, violence or destruction.

Furthermore, we assert that the government of a nation
must be presumed separate and distinct from any
terrorist group that may operate within its borders, and
therefore cannot be held unduly accountable for the
latter's crimes. It follows that the government of a
particular nation should not be condemned for the
recent attack without compelling evidence of its
cooperation and complicity with those individuals who
actually committed the crimes in question.

Innocent civilians living within any nation that may be
found responsible, in part or in full, for the crimes
recently perpetrated against the United States, must not
bear any responsibility for the actions of their
government, and must therefore be guaranteed safety
and immunity from any military or judicial action taken
against the state in which they reside.

Lastly and most emphatically, we demand that there be
no recourse to nuclear, chemical or biological
weapons, or any weapons of indiscriminate destruction,
and feel that it is our inalienable human right to live in a
world free of such arms.

Go here to sign:  http://www.9-11peace.org/petition.php3