February 3rd, 2008 - OurPledge.org (AADG)  Permalink   View & Add Comments

ACTION: Update on 24 Helicopters

[If you've already taken action, forward this message to your friends! Use the 'Share This' button above. An action alert from the Save Darfur Coalition:]

Thanks to you and 69,033 activists, President Bush heard the message loud and clear — peacekeepers in Darfur need 24 helicopters to succeed.

Your messages are making a difference.

Senators Biden and Lugar introduced a resolution [this week] urging world leaders to provide these helicopters. But they need to secure support from their colleagues to make sure the resolution passes.

Click here to urge your senators to cosponsor the Biden-Lugar resolution and help secure helicopters for the Darfur peacekeepers.

Last week, Sudanese President Bashir, in his most outrageous affront to the international community, appointed Musa Hilal, a militia leader who helped orchestrate genocide in Darfur, as a senior adviser on ethnic affairs.

The world’s inability to provide just 24 helicopters — helicopters that can protect Darfurians from men like Hilal — tells Bashir that we are willing to sit back and tolerate such gross violations of international law.

Now is not a time to let up.

Leaders in the Senate are speaking out. Make sure your senators are among them. Click here and ask your senators to help find helicopters for Darfur!

After you have sent your message, please click here to ask your friends and family to join you in urging their senators to help secure helicopters for Darfur.

Thank you for your commitment to end genocide in Darfur.

Best regards,
Colleen Connors
Save Darfur Coalition

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