CPTnet
17 December 2005

IRAQ URGENT ACTION: Contact President Bush before his speech regarding
situation in Iraq

Background: President Bush will be making a rare address from the Oval
Office this Sunday at 9:00 p.m. Eastern Standard Time to address the nation
about how the U.S. war effort should proceed in Iraq.

Based on CPT's on-the-ground work in Iraq, the Iraq team would like the
President to know what team members have observed and the appropriate steps
they and the CPT constituency think he should take toward ending violence
and human rights abuses in Iraq.

The Iraq team has observed the following with respect to the presence of
U.S. and Multinational Forces in Iraq: