To:
Mr. Blair
10 Downing Street
Westminster

From:
Uzma Bashir
Humanshield Office
Baghdad
Tel:009641-8164400 Ext:4666

6th March 2003

Dear Mr. Blair

HUMANSHIELD IN BAGHDAD

This is to notify you that I am in Baghdad Iraq. I am currently stationed at the important site of Durah Electrical Power Plant as a Human Shield. I hope the British presence including myself will deter US/UK bombing of this extremely important humanitarian site, which if bombed will not only stop power to hospitals, schools, homes but also will bring down sites such as water purification facilities which provided clean water to millions of Iraqi civilians.

Since my arrival in Iraq I have been overwhelmed with the generosity, love and compassion shown to me, these are clearly intelligent, beautiful people, who have a right to live. This war will NOT BE IN MY NAME. How could you kill any family? Any neighborhood? How can you cook children?
Should I live I will return to the U.K with my fellow volunteers and inform the world of the truly illegal unjust war, the blood, deaths and destruction of innocent men, women and children.

Please try to be brave and stand up to George Bush, to avoid blood on your hands.

Please could you inform the United States government that I am a British Citizen deployed of my own free will, voluntarily at the above site? I urge you to cancel any plans for the destruction of these sites, which will without doubt kill Iraqi lives.
In addition to this site there are many other humanitarian sites where both British and international volunteers are deployed such as:

The South Baghdad Power Station, Almasbah, Near Alquit and Al Napatia company, Baghdad
The Taiji Food Silo, Taiji area, north Baghdad
Jaizert (7th April) Water Treatment Plant, 7 Nissan Project, Baghdad
The Duara Oil refinery, Dura area, Baghdad
The Duara Water Treatment site
Al Maama, Communication site

New additional sites are being added to this list daily, as more and more Humanshields arrive in Baghdad.

I believe you are a well informed of the consequences of War and hope you can be strong enough to stop this military attack on Iraq. You will win the respect of the world, for your brave stance again United States aggression.

Yours in Peace

Uzma Bashir

To contact me: Palestine Hotel, Human Shields Office Tel: 009641-8164400, Extension 4666 or you can leave a message for room 1017/1018/1037
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