40 National Groups Call for Economic, Humanitarian Surge to Help End War in Iraq

U.S. Newswire, March, 2007

To: NATIONAL EDITORS

Contact: Emily Leaman of EPIC, 1-202-543-6176, eleaman@epic- usa.org

WASHINGTON, March 7 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In a letter to Congress, the Education for Peace in Iraq Center (EPIC) joins with nationally respected aid agencies, human rights groups and faith- based organizations in urging Congress to support an immediate surge in relief and development aid to Iraq. The list of 40 national organizations represents a broad range of constituencies and includes groups that opposed the U.S. invasion of Iraq as well as groups that did not.

The letter explains: "What brings us together is the shared conviction that the U.S. can and should do more to rebuild and stabilize Iraq through increased U.S. support for civil society, peace-building,...

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