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>US/UK EXTRADITION TREATY DECISION THIS WEEK!!! - KEEP >PRESSURE ON > >The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ifcnewslist/ > >US-UK Extradition Treaty Action Page >COMMITTEE HEARINGS CONTINUE - US/UK Extradition Treaty > >Irish Freedom Committee ACTION REQUEST >Monday July 31, 2006 > >Hearings on the US-UK Extradition Treaty are >continuing today. > >YOUR PRESSURE IS NEEDED NOW MORE THAN EVER > >The Senate convenes for summer vacation FRIDAY AUGUST >4th - this treaty could be ratified by FRIDAY unless >we KEEP THE PRESSURE ON!! > >PLEASE PHONE > >We are asking everyone to please CONTINUE TO CALL your >own state Senator (http://www.senate.gov/index.htm) as >well as members of the Senate Foreign Relations >Committee (see below) - and urge that they oppose this >dangerous, un-American Treaty which allows a foreign, >alien-based government to have judicial powers over >American citizens; and the right to seize their assets >and property. An enormous British effort is being made >to push this through the US Senate to save Tony Blair >from further embarrassment back home. UK CITIZENS >DON'T VOTE HERE – WE DO. The US won its Independence >over Britain two hundred years ago – WHY HAND IT BACK? > >It is vital that your US Senator and all members of >the Senate Foreign Relations Committee be made aware >of your opposition to the US/UK Extradition Treaty. >Committee hearings begin again this morning. PLEASE >CALL TODAY every day this week!! > >1. Phone the Foreign Relations Senator's offices – DC >numbers for each are listed below. Also phone your >local state Senator (http://www.senate.gov/index.htm). > >2. Tell the receptionist you are calling regarding the >US/UK Extradition Treaty, ask if they are aware of the >issue. Ask to speak to the Senator's Foreign Relations >staffer. > >3. Identify yourself, and the organization you >represent, if applicable. > >4. Ask if the staffer if the Senator has an opinion on >the proposed US/UK Extradition Treaty and if she/he >will be opposing it or supporting it. > >5. Ask that the senator oppose this draconian and >un-American Treaty that allows a foreign government >judicial and punitive powers against US citizens. >Explain that: > >a. This proposed Treaty will permit a foreign >government, Britain, to virtually kidnap American >citizens for up to 60 days, even if no federal law has >been violated. > >b. Americans could be arrested and charged on the word >of a sole, unnamed witness. > >c. Americans would be tried in a British court and >imprisoned in a British jail, and the British >government would seize all of the accused's property >and assets. > >d. "Crimes" could be acts such as signing a human >rights petition over ten years ago. There is no >statute of limitations in this proposed Treaty and it >would be applied retroactively. > >e. The requirement for "prima fascea" evidence is made >irrelevant. Merely a government's allegation could >result in criminal charges. > >f. The cherished "political offense exemption" clause, >a pillar of US extradition law since the days of our >founding fathers, would be rendered obsolete under >this Treaty. > >g. The rule of law in the United States, the >entitlement to due process for all American citizens, >and the rights and freedoms guaranteed us by the US >Constitution would be forever altered, perhaps >irreparably, by the sweeping terms written into this >Treaty. > >h. This Treaty is vastly un-American and must be >blocked. Please urge the Senator to oppose the US/UK >Extradition Treaty in Hearings now! > >6. Ask to be apprised of the Senator's decision. > >7. Provide your contact details including name, >address, and zip code; and telephone and email if >desired. > >8. Thank the representative for their prompt action. > >PLEASE KEEP UP THE PRESSURE. To call all Senators on >the Senate Foreign Relations Committee will take >perhaps an hour of your time – how long will it take >to undue the damage caused by this proposed Treaty?? > >PHONE THESE MEMBERS OF US SENATE FOREIGN RELATIONS >COMMITTEE. Keep calling to urge that they OPPOSE the >draconian and un-American US/UK Extradition Treaty. > >Senator Richard G. Lugar - R >Chairman >Indiana (202)224-4814 > >Senator Joseph R Biden Jr. - D >Ranking Minority Member >Delaware (202)224-5042 > >Chuck Hagel - R >Nebraska (202)224-4224 > >Lincoln Chafee - R >Rhode Island (202) 224-2921 > >George Allen - R >Virginia (202)224-4024 > >Norm Coleman - R >Minnesota (202)224-5641 > >George V. Voinovich - R >Ohio (202)224-3353 > >Lamar Alexander - R >Tennessee (202)224-4944 > >John E. Sununu - R >New Hampshire (202)224-2841 > >Lisa Murkowski - R >Alaska (202) 224-6665 > >Mel Martinez - R >Florida (202)224-3041 > >Paul S. Sarbanes - D >Maryland (202)224-4524 > >Christopher J. Dodd - D >Connecticut (202)224-2823 > >John F. Kerry - D >Massachusetts (202)224-2742 > >Russell D. Feingold - D >Wisconsin (202)224-5323 > >Barbara Boxer - D >California (202)224-3553 > >Bill Nelson - D >Florida (202)224-5274 > >Barack Obama - D >Illinois (312)886-3506 / (202)224-2854 > >***************** >For more information and talking points please see the >Irish Freedom Committee central Action Page on the >Treaty at: >http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/CAMPAIGNS >/USUK_EXTRADITIONTREATY/extradition_treaty_ACTION.htm > >FAX LETTERS TO YOUR SENATORS - Link to Sample letter >http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/IFC_INFO/CAMPAIGNS >/USUK_EXTRADITIONTREATY/sample_letter_to_us_senators_re >_.htm > >***************** > >© The Irish Freedom Committee – Please forward widely >with credits http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net > >Back to US-UK Extradition Treaty Action Page > >The IRISH FREEDOM COMMITTEE > > > > > >SUPPORT THE FAMILIES OF IRISH REPUBLICAN POLITICAL >PRISONERS! Join the Irish Freedom Committee >http://www.irishfreedomcommittee.net/ > >The Irish Freedom Committee® NewsList - IFC Updates >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/ifcnewslist/ > >Permission to re-publish is granted with credit. >+++++++++++++

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