Nelson Mandela has spoken out against an attack on Iraq in no uncertain terms. He has said that he will go to Iraq in an attempt to stop the war if the UN asks him. It is almost midnight and a request from the UN has not materialised. So we must ask him ourselves. War seems inevitable, but Mandela's intervention could stop it. Below is a letter which you can cut and paste and send to him - or write your own. His email address is NMF@NelsonMandela.org And please forward this email.
Dear Madiba,
You have condemned an attack on Iraq in no uncertain terms. I understand that you are so opposed to the war the US now yearns to wage that you are willing to go to Iraq in the hope that your presence there will stop it. I hear that you are waiting for the UN to ask you to do this. It is close to midnight and we, the people of the world who oppose this war, the people who the UN should be striving to save from the scourge of war, cannot wait in the hope that that request materialises. So we are asking you ourselves. Your presence in Iraq, if possible along with other Nobel Peace Prize winners such as Jimmy Carter and Mikhail Gorbachev, who have also spoken out against an attack on Iraq, would surely stop those who would shed the blood of children for oil.
If I had the power to stop this war by going to Iraq, I would go. But I don't. You do. Please use that power for the sake of the Iraqi people, for all our sakes. The world needs some 'Madiba magic'. It is our last chance for peace.
With respect, in hope,
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