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<DIV></DIV>From: <I>Just Foreign Policy <patrick@justforeignpolicy.org></I><BR>Reply-To: <I>patrick@justforeignpolicy.org</I><BR>To: <I>della_ata@hotmail.com</I><BR>Subject: <I>Ban Cluster Bombs: Call Senator Kerry TODAY</I><BR>Date: <I>Mon, 5 Nov 2007 10:03:47 -0500 (EST)</I><BR>
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<P>Today is a National Call-In Day to encourage our Senators to ban the use of cluster bombs in civilian areas.</P>
<DIV></DIV> <SPAN style="FONT-SIZE: 12pt">Call Senator John Kerry at <STRONG>1-800-352-1857 </STRONG>or <STRONG><A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=lZU3YvteKUXwEDHb1yT0gVuyMihba/Pa">click here to send an email</A></STRONG>.</SPAN></TD>
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<P>Dear Supporter of a Just Foreign Policy</P>
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<P>Thanks in part to your efforts several months ago, the movement to ban cluster bombs has made progress both internationally and here in the United States. Despite some resistance from the Bush administration, efforts to negotiate an international treaty against cluster weapons are moving forward,<SUP>1</SUP> and the Senate last month passed a ban on virtually all cluster bomb exports.<SUP>2</SUP></P>
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<P>Now, we want to convince more Senators to support legislation that would restrict purchase and use of cluster bombs by the U.S. military. Senator Kennedy is already a co-sponsor, but we need to convince Senator John Kerry.</P>
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<P>TODAY is a Global Day of Action against cluster bombs.<SUP>3</SUP> <STRONG>Please take a moment to call Senator Kerry toll-free at 1-800-352-1857.</STRONG> Ask for the Senator by name. Tell the staff who answers you hope the Senator co-sponsors S. 594,<SUP>4</SUP> the Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act, introduced by Senator Dianne Feinstein.</P>
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<P>Or you can write Senator Kerry by following this link:</P>
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<P><A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=tQaWFFaIfJu%2Beigr3dsYiluyMihba/Pa">http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/involved/ban_cluster.html</A></P>
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<P>Then ask your friends to contact their Senators as well. (If you can't call or write today, please do so another day.)</P>
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<P>Cluster bombs release thousands of bomblets over a large area, many of which fail to explode on impact and later kill or maim innocent people who stumble across them. Handicap International estimates that 98 percent of all cluster bomb victims are civilians.<SUP>5</SUP></P>
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<P>The Cluster Munitions Civilian Protection Act would prevent the U.S. military from using cluster bombs in areas where civilians are known to be present. But the Bush administration says the military benefits outweigh the civilian costs. The bill currently has 12 cosponsors. We need many more - from both parties - to move this bill to a vote in the coming year.</P>
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<P>Thanks for all you do for a just foreign policy,</P>
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<P>Chelsea Mozen, Robert Naiman and Patrick McElwee<BR>
<DIV></DIV> Just Foreign Policy<BR>
<DIV></DIV> <A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=od8w8oGqYx9j7V0BOgR01wWzd8LCFwdi">www.justforeignpolicy.org</A>
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<P>References:<BR>
<DIV></DIV> 1. See: "U.S. Resisting Ban on Cluster Bombs'" David Cronin, <EM>Inter Press Service</EM>, Oct 29, 2007<BR>
<DIV></DIV> <A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=roi56nh%2B%2BOyHR9Vqjl/3LVuyMihba/Pa">http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39843</A>
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<P>2. Senator Patrick Leahy succeeded in inserting a ban on exporting all cluster bombs with a dud rate of over 1 percent into the bill appropriating money for the Department of State and foreign operations. This bill is currently in conference between the House and the Senate. (A conference is where the two chambers work out differences between their two versions of the bill.) We are working to improve the odds that the provision will survive in the final version of the bill.</P>
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<P>3. See Friday's press release from the International Campaign to Ban Landmines, announcing a Global Day of Action:<BR>
<DIV></DIV> <A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=856Xu4jGeVUo5SOSUDue3AWzd8LCFwdi">http://www.justforeignpolicy.org/issues/200711ClusterRelease.pdf</A>
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<P>4. S. 594 would substantially restrict both the use and export of cluster bombs by: requiring that they not be used in areas where civilians are known to be present; and requiring that they have a dud rate of less than 1 percent. You can see the the bill text and information about the bill here:<BR>
<DIV></DIV> <A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=51V3sD0j3qZQvnsW6j9rTluyMihba/Pa">http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/query/z?c110:s.594:</A>
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<P>5. See: Ann De Ron, "98 Percent of Cluster Bomb Victims are Civilians," <EM>Inter Press Service</EM>, November 3, 2006<BR>
<DIV></DIV> <A href="http://salsa.democracyinaction.org/dia/track.jsp?v=2&c=ES/NkxZN3Qp4OemI39Rx6luyMihba/Pa">http://www.commondreams.org/headlines06/1103-09.htm</A>
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