Guest guest Posted February 2, 2008 Report Share Posted February 2, 2008 BvAHIAdABoAG4AaQBrAEAAbwBwAHQAbwBuAGwAaQBuAGUALgBuAGUAdAA7AGsAcgBhAGsAZQByAGoAYQ\ BjADIAMABAAHkAYQBoAG8AbwAuAGMAbwBtADsAbABvAHIAcgBhAGkAbgBlAHMAdwBhAGMAawBAAHkAYQ\ BoAG8AbwAuAGMAbwBtADsAbQBhAGYAaQBzAGMAaAA1ADYAQAB5AGEAaABvAG8ALgBjAG8AbQA7AG0AYQ\ BsAGUAbQBhAHIAQABuAGQAcwBzAC4AbwByAGcAOwBtAGEAcgA3ADcANgAxAEAAeQBhAGgAbwBvAC4AYw\ BvAG0AOwBtAGEAcgB5AHcAZABpAGMAawBAAGMAbwBtAGMAYQBzAHQALgBuAGUAdAA7AG0AbwBzAGEAaQ\ BjAGQAcwBAAHkAYQBoAG8AbwBnAHIAbwB1AHAAcwAuAGMAbwBtADsAbgBhAHMAaABhADMAQABhAG8AbA\ AuAGMAbwBtADsAcwBhAG4AZAByAGEAZwB1AGkAZABvAEAAcwBiAGMAZwBsAG8AYgBhAGwALgBuAGUAdA\ A7AHMAZgBvAHgAcAB0AEAAeQBhAGgAbwBvAC4AYwBvAG0AOwB0AG0AaAB1AG4AdABAAG8AcAB0AG8Abg\ BsAGkAbgBlAC4AbgBlAHQAOwB0AHIAYQBkAGYAYQBtADkANgBAAHcAbQBjAG8AbgBuAGUAYwB0AC4AYw\ BvAG0A;Sosha1_v1;7;{A1E8028C-4369-47C2-86B3-D3E0DBCD121B};bAByAGcAcgBlAGUAbgBAAH\ YAZQByAGkAegBvAG4ALgBuAGUAdAA=;Sat, 02 Feb 2008 00:02:10 GMT;RgBXADoAIABQAEEAQwBEAFMAOgAgAE4ARABTAEMAIABhAG4AZAAgAE4ARABTAFMAIABSAGUAcwBw\ AG8AbgBkACAAdABvACAAUwB1AGkAYwBpAGQAZQAgAEIAbwBtAGIAaQBuAG cAIABpAG4AIABJAHIAYQBxAA== x-cr-puzzleid: {A1E8028C-4369-47C2-86B3-D3E0DBCD121B} X-Originating-IP: 206.46.252.46 Reply-To: Subject: FW: PACDS: NDSC and NDSS Respond to Suicide Bombing in Iraq X-Yahoo-Group-Post: member; u=225804887 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable FYI I just had to share this horrible news! =20 From: Anne Majsak =20 Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 5:05 PM To: Majsak, Anne Subject: PACDS: NDSC and NDSS Respond to Suicide Bombing in Iraq =20 =20 =20 Image removed by sender. Image= removed by sender. FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE February 1= , 2008 =20 CONTACT: Tolleson Jon Colman National Down Syndrome Congress National Down Syndrome Society 770/604-9500 212/763-4371 =20 The National Down Syndrome Congress (NDSC) and the National Down Syndrome S= ociety (NDSS) condemned the use of individuals with Down syndrome by terror= ists following dual bombings in Baghdad Friday. According to news reports, = terrorists used remote-controlled explosives attached to two women with Dow= n syndrome to kill at least 73 people. Responding to news of the attack, NDSC Executive Director Tolleson sa= id, =E2=80=9Cthis tragedy is compounded by the terrorist=E2=80=99s vicious = exploitation of individuals with Down syndrome.=E2=80=9D NDSS President Jon= Colman agreed, noting that =E2=80=9Cthis was not a suicide attack, these w= omen were murdered, as surely as the other victims.=E2=80=9D This is not the first time individuals with Down syndrome have been used by= terrorists in such deadly attacks in Iraq. On January 31, 2005, an explosi= ve device tied to a boy with Down syndrome was exploded in Baghdad, in an a= ct condemned at the time by NDSC and NDSS and others around the world. Both the National Down Syndrome Society and the National Down Syndrome Cong= ress urge the Iraqi government to use every available method to end the abu= se of individuals with Down syndrome and to use this tragedy as a catalyst = to enact and uphold policies and laws that will protect the basic human and= civil rights of all individuals with disabilities. ### To prevent mailbox filters from deleting mailings from Jon Colman, add jcol= man@... to your address book. Remove <http://www.kintera.org/TR.asp?a=3DcgLNIXNwHbISKcJ & s=3DitIZKdNNLbISK= 4NFInF & m=3DhrKUK9POJjJYG> yourself from this mailing. Image removed by sen= der. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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