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Dec. 22, 2008 issue
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Photo by Ruth Keidel Clemens/MCC
Youth give comforters to Iraqi refugees
AKRON, Pa. — When Kholiwe Vundla knotted comforters for Mennonite Central Committee, she didn’t know her youth group would give similar comforters to refugees in her own community.
Vundla knotted the comforters at an Atlantic Coast Conference youth retreat in September with her youth group from North Baltimore Mennonite Church.
Sept. 1, 2008 issue
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Iraqi refugee family recalls horrors of war in Baghdad
AMMAN, Jordan — Meeron Chamoun is only 8 years old, but he courageously shares vivid memories of children being kidnapped from his school in Baghdad and school closures resulting from bombings and threats of bomb attacks.
March 24, 2008 issue
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War objectors tell of moving from protest to civil disobedience
For some people, being a peacemaker means serving in a soup kitchen, or teaching conflict skills to children, or praying for soldiers and civilians affected by war.
March 17, 2008 issue
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At Capitol, prayers for war’s end
WASHINGTON — Gathered in a circle, praying for an end to the Iraq war, more than 40 people — including two Mennonite pastors — were arrested March 7 in the Hart Senate Office Building. The arrests culminated a day of worship and prayer as part of the Christian Peace Witness for Iraq.
March 10, 2008 issue
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Saving the world isn’t up to us
Peace protests and vigils marking another anniversary of the Iraq war can be just as depressing as the anniversary itself.
Jan. 21, 2008 issue
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Better news from a bad war
The Iraq war continues to defy predictions. Even the invasion’s most staunch opponents did not expect today’s depressing reality: A war dragging toward the five-year mark with no end in sight. Nor did supporters of the 2007 troop “surge” envision so dramatic a decline in violence as occurred in the year’s second half.
March 5, 2007 issue
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MCC to send supplies to displaced Iraqis
WINNIPEG, Man. — Mennonite Central Committee is responding to the growing humanitarian needs in Iraq, where violence and civil tensions are driving people from their homes.
Feb. 26, 2007 issue
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Iraqi refugees need U.S. aid
The plight of millions of displaced Iraqis ought to be a major concern of the U.S. occupiers. But a recent decision by the United States to allow only 7,000 Iraqi refugees into the country belies the grave outlook for those who have either lost their homes to the fighting or been forced to flee them. The advocacy group Refugees International has termed the Iraq migration “the fastest-growing humanitarian crisis in the world,” a fact the United States appears unwilling to acknowledge.
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Seeking peace in Iraq by embracing the truth
There is a good option in Iraq, but we’re ignoring it. It consists of telling the truth.
Feb. 19, 2007 issue
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General and pacifist pastor forge a friendship in common concerns for Iraq
HESSTON, Kan. — Among the military brass attending the departure ceremony for Gen. David Petraeus at Fort Leavenworth on Feb. 2 was one invited guest who might have seemed out of place.
