Our Message
Following
the September 11, 2001 attacks in New York City and Washington D.C., Women
in
Black
groups issued this statement: We mourn the dead and feel deep sympathy with
the
bereaved and injured. Those who perpetrated the violence must be brought
to justice under
international law. But we strongly believe the urge to vengeance must
be resisted. A war
waged by the US and its allies will cause the death of many innocent
people, will de-stabilize
many governments and societies, and its longterm effects on relations
between countries and
regions of the world will be disastrous. Terrorism cannot be defeated
by such means.
While
poverty and hunger, injustice and exploitation are experienced by so many,
and the
policies of the super-powers are seen as contributing to them, genuine
despair will sometimes
turn to desperation, and will fuel terrorism. We urge all political
and military authorities,
national and international, to turn away from strategies of war and
combine their efforts in
seeking strategies for an inclusive, just and equal global society.
Without that, we will never
see peace.
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