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November 29, 2001

Your action is needed!

If you have already read the ICC Special Envoy Report following the trip to Indonesia last week, you will understand how desperate the condition is for the Christians in the Poso region of Central Sulawesi, Indonesia.

As of today, the word from Tentena at 21:00 (8:00 A.M. EST) is that the Muslim militia is advancing on Tentena. The villages and towns of Tangkura, Sangginora, Dewua have fallen and now Sulewana is under attack and maybe has already fallen. There is little hope for the defenseless Christians of Tentena once the Jihad reach this city, their primary objective. More than 63,000 Christians reside in Tentena, where more than 28,000 are refugees from villages already attacked by the Jihad.

A Doctor in Tentena has told ICC, "The Christians in Tentena are quite stressed out and many are fearful of what might happen in the next couple of days. They don't know what else they can do. Please do what you can to help us."

Please contact your representatives in Washington as well as Collin Powell. Do so NOW in order to avert a possible major blood bath and the displacement of an additional 60,000 plus Christians.

Posted:  November 30, 2001