Send a Letter to the Congress

The Yezidis, a religious sect living in northern Iraq, are currently facing extreme danger and possible genocide if the US Armed Forces withdraw from Iraq as planned at the end of 2011. They have recently contacted their relatives and friends in the United States with an urgent plea to help them. I am writing to you to request your timely assistance in preventing what will very likely be the torture and murder of many thousands of peaceful Yezidis.

For centuries the Yezidis have been denied international aid, tortured, persecuted and summarily murdered by the Moslems of Iraq because they refuse to convert to Islam. Many fled Iraq and found sanctuary in Europe and the United States during the reign of Saddam Hussein, when their persecution escalated and a national campaign called for their extermination. The Yezidis fear that the same fate awaits them soon unless the American forces that have protected them for the past 10 years remain in their country. The Yezidis were hopeful that they would be given adequate representation in the new Iraqi Parliament and thus finally receive the basic human rights that have been denied them. But this has not transpired and now they have no recourse but to ask for international assistance.

Therefore I am requesting that you assist in the creation and/or passage of legislation that will extend the deadline of US Troop withdrawal from Iraq, and/or that you support the creation of a permanent peace-keeping force to remain in the country once we have left. Such a force is desperately needed by the Yezidis and other minorities of Iraq to continually protect and aid them from the ongoing dangers imposed by fanatical Moslems.

You can learn more about the Yezidi people, their history, religion and the abominations they have been forced to endure by those who would deny them religious freedom at: www.YezidiTruth.org.

With great thanks,