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Leading Members of Iraqi Parliament Call for Meeting with Anti-War Hunger Strikers

US Fasters on 30th Day of Hunger Strike travel to Jordan on Wednesday to meet with MPs about Peace Plan and Break Fast, then on to Lebanon

Delegation leaving August 2, Available for Interviews in DC, NY, LA and San Francisco


WASHINGTON - August 1 - After 28 days of fasting, anti-war hunger strikers received a breakthrough victory for their sacrifice: Leading members of the Iraqi Parliament invited fasters to join them to discuss their plans for peace in Iraq. On Wednesday, August 2, hunger strikers will travel to Amman, Jordan to meet with these Iraqi MPs and break their fast.

The group includes:
Peace mom Cindy Sheehan,
Retired Colonel Ann Wright,
Iraq war veteran Geoffrey Millard,
Politician/Writer Tom Hayden,
CODEPINK co-founders Medea Benjamin, Jodie Evans, Gael Murphy and Diane Wilson.

The trip is being sponsored by CODEPINK: Women for Peace and the human rights group Global Exchange.
This invitation comes after fasters were rebuffed in numerous attempts to meet with Iraqi Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki during his visit to Washington last week, including setting up 'Camp Al-Maliki' across from the Iraqi Embassy and publishing an open letter to him in one of the largest Iraqi newspapers. Faster and CODEPINK cofounder Medea Benjamin was arrested for disrupting al-Maliki's address to Congress last Wednesday, saying loudly and repeatedly, 'Iraqis want the troops to leave, bring them home now!'