Sunday, December 20, 2009

Electronic Iraq Launches Special Section Commemorating Slain Peacemaker, Contributor, Tom Fox

On March 10, 2006, the anatomy of Tom Fox was apparent in a Baghdad neighborhood. Fox had been alive in Iraq back 2004, documenting bondman abuse, advocating for the animal rights of all Iraqis, accompanying refugees and agitation the occupation. He kept a blog and was a contributor to Electronic Iraq.

New York, NY -- On March 10, 2006, the anatomy of Tom Fox was apparent in a Baghdad neighborhood. Fox was in Iraq with Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) -- http://www.cpt.org -- an alignment that calls on Christians to "devote the aforementioned conduct and affliction to irenic peacemaking that armies allot to war." Fox had been alive in Iraq back 2004, documenting bondman abuse, advocating for the animal rights of all Iraqis, accompanying refugees and agitation the occupation. He kept a blog and was a contributor to Electronic Iraq.

On November 26th, 2005, Fox and three colleagues -- Jim Loney, Harmeet Sooden and Norman Kember -- were abducted in Baghdad. Four canicule after their images appeared on a video advertisement by Al Jazeera. Demands were fabricated and deadlines were set. Two added videos were aired in January 2006, one assuming Tom Fox and his British aide Norman Kember shackled and cutting orange jumpsuits. A fourth video aired in March and showed all of the hostages except Fox. Three canicule later, Fox was accepted dead.

In a appropriate area of BY TOPIC, Electronic Iraq has accumulated some of his writings and pieces others are autograph about him so that his convictions, experiences, and the accoutrement of his plan can be bigger understood. Tom Fox will be mourned and not forgotten, not atomic of all because of the ablaze he took from the black of column 9/11 America to the accouchement and humans of Iraq.

Visit the appropriate BY TOPIC area for Tom Fox on Electronic Iraq:
http://electroniciraq.net/news/2302.shtml

About Electronic Iraq :
Electronic Iraq -- begin at http://electronicIraq.net -- is a added account aperture from the humans who brought you the Electronic Intifada (founded 2001) and adept antiwar campaigners Voices in the Wilderness (founded 1996).

Electronic Iraq was launched on 8 February 2003 to action a altruistic angle during the then-looming conflict, as the U.S. government fabricated bright its assurance to go to war adjoin Iraq.

It was the addition account moonshot. Before, during, and afterwards the US "Shock and Awe" bombing campaign, eIraq writers from Voices in the Wilderness' Iraq Peace Team appear on what they saw and heard via accessible Internet and a digital modem connection. Visitors got a never afore apparent glimpse of war and its after-effects through the eyes of accord activists based at arena zero.

Post war, eIraq's plan continues, documenting the US activity and the rebuilding of Iraq, alms a ambit of reportage that includes News & Analysis; Opinion/Editorial; Iraq Diaries; International Law; Aid & Development; The Media; Art, Music & Culture; and Action & Activism.

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