[kopa] 이라크에서 피랍된 필리핀인을 위한 연대의 메시지 
 
 
국민행동 사무처입니다. 

최근 이라크에서 필리핀 노동자가 피랍되었다고 합니다. 김선일 씨와 마찬가지
로, 무장단체는 필리핀군을 철수하지 않으면 살해하겠다고 위협하고 있습니
다. 역시 한국 정부와 마찬가지로, 필리핀 정부는 철군할 뜻이 전혀 없다고 합
니다. 

이에 대해, 필리핀에서는 현재 광범위한 반전 투쟁이 전개되고 있다고 합니
다. 필리핀군 철수를 위한 긴급 연대 메세지를 요청하고 있습니다. 

김선일 씨를 잃고 파병저지 투쟁을 벌이고 있는 우리, 같은 투쟁을 하고 있는 
필리핀 동지들에게 연대의 메시지를 보내줍시다. 

메시지를 보낼 곳은 herbert at focusweb.org입니다.


아래 자세한 내용은 참고하세요. (영문 그대로 보냅니다. 양해바랍니다.)


----- Orignal Messages -----
From: Herbert Docena 
To: global-peace-movement at
lists.riseup.net
Cc: Iraq Solidarity Campaign - Philippines 
Date: Sat, 10 Jul 2004 02:30:39 +0800
Subject: [global-peace-movement] URGENT: Request for Messages of 
Solidarity for Filipino Hostage
in Iraq

>Dear fellow anti-war activists,
>
>A Filipino contract worker, Angelo dela Cruz has been held hostage in 
Iraq.
>His abductors have threatened to behead him in less than 20 hours if the
>Philippine government does not withdraw its troops. The government has 
no
>intention of doing so. While dela Cruz is a truck driver working for
>reconstruction contractors, he is one of over 4,000 Filipino workers in 
Iraq
>who have been left with few choices but to risk their lives abroad 
rather
>than die from lack of employment opportunities in the Philippines. He 
has
>been persistently told by the Philippine government that he is doing the
>Iraqis a favor.
>
>Tomorrow, continuing the mass actions and vigils that have been held 
around
>the country, a big demonstration is being organized by anti-war groups 
in
>Manila, along with other rallies in various cities. Please find below a
>draft statement we will be releasing tomorrow.
>
>To show our government that the demand for the withdrawal of troops is 
not
>just being made by the abductors and the Iraqis but by people around the
>world, please send your messages of solidarity -- EVEN SHORT ONES -- 
urging
>our government to withdraw its support of the US-led occupation. It 
will be
>a powerful moment of global solidarity when we read your messages 
during the
>planned mobilization.
>
>Please send your messages to me (herbert@focusweb,org) hopefully before 
3 PM
>Manila time (4 pm Tokyo time, 3 am NY time, 9 AM Paris time) but even 
after
>then.
>
>Thank you very much.
>
>In solidarity,
>
>Herbert Docena
>For the Iraq Solidarity Campaign-Philippines/
>Focus on the Global South
>
>
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>=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D
>IRAQ SOLIDARITY CAMPAIGN
>Statement
>9 July 2004
>
>Bush and GMA's War is not the Filipinos' War:
>IT IS THE PHILIPPINE GOVERNMENT THAT IS HOLDING ANGELO DELA CRUZ HOSTAGE
>
> With one hand, President Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo yesterday comforted 
and
>held the hand of Angelo dela Cruz's wife. With her other hand, she was
>holding a knife close to dela Cruz's neck. It is Arroyo, with her 
continuing
>and unconditional support for the US-led occupation of Iraq, who is 
holding
>dela Cruz -- and all Filipinos -- hostage.
>
>The Philippine government should not have supported the invasion and
>occupation of Iraq in the first place. Contrary to the US=92 claims, 
Iraq d=
>id
>not possess weapons of mass destruction and it had no links with al 
Qaeda.
>From the very beginning, the war was a war for oil and for the 
domination of
>the Middle East. By supporting this illegal war, the Philippine 
government
>became complicit in the oppression and subjugation of Iraqis. Alongside 
the
>United States and the other members of the coalition, the Philippine
>government is responsible for the killing of over 10,000 innocent Iraqi
>civilians. By continuing to support the occupation, the Philippine
>government is depriving Iraqis of their legitimate right to
>self-determination.
>
>Bush and Arroyo's war is not our war. But by sending Filipino troops to 
be
>part of the occupation forces in Iraq, the Philippine government has
>endangered the lives of all Filipinos -- especially our brothers and 
sisters
>in Iraq. Angelo de la Cruz is sacrificial lamb, a Filipino twice 
victimized.
>As one of the millions of Overseas Filipino Workers who have been 
forced by
>the lack of employment opportunities in the Philippines to work abroad, 
de
>la Cruz is a victim of the governments=92 failure to assure decent work 
and
>livelihood for its citizens in their own country. As an OFW in Iraq, de 
la
>Cruz is a victim of Arroyo's deliberate political strategy of selling 
her
>support for the war by luring Filipinos with the promise of jobs in 
Iraq.
>
>The Philippine government says we should not give in to the demands of 
the
>"terrorists" in Iraq. If those who demand an end to to the occupation 
are
>"terrorists" then a majority of the Iraqis are "terrorists": According 
to a
>survey commissioned by the United States occupation authorities 
themselves,
>four out five Iraqis want the occupation to end and they want all the
>occupation forces -- including the Philippine troops -- to leave their
>country. In withdrawing our troops, we will not be giving in to the 
demands
>of "terrorists" we will be giving in to the demands of the Iraqis. If 
this
>is not the Filipinos' war, then we must give in to the demands of 
Filipinos
>not to fight a war that is not our own.
>=20
>We call on President Arroyo to spare dela Cruz's life by bringing our 
troops
>home and by withdrawing her support for the occupation. If she doesn't, 
the
>responsibility of dela Cruz=92s death will fall squarely on her. It is 
our
>President who will be beheading a fellow Filipino.#