First ladies plead for peace in Gaza

[Joanne98]

Source: AP


ISTANBUL, Turkey: First ladies from Middle Eastern countries on Saturday added their voices to international demands that Israel halt attacks on Gaza, withdraw troops and end its blockade.

Meeting in Istanbul, the wives of the leaders also made an emotional plea for international aid to help women and children in the stricken region.

"We, in the name of mothers who attach great importance to peace and human life, request that the international community press Israel to stop its attacks," said the Turkish prime minister's wife, Emine Erdogan, reading from a joint declaration issued at the end of their meeting.

"Israel must abide by the U.N. resolution (calling for a cease-fire). It must lift the embargo. Israel must immediately withdraw its forces from Gaza," she said.

Jordan's Queen Rania, Syria's Asma Assad, Sheika Mozah bint Nasser al-Missned of Qatar and Lebanon's Wafa Suleyman, were joined by Libyan leader Moammar Gadhafi's daughter, Aisha, and the Pakistani prime minister's wife, Fauzia Gilani, at the meeting held at a hotel on the shores of the Bosporus.



Read more: http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2009/01/10/europe/EU-Turkey-First-Ladies-Gaza.php

[babylonsister]

1. Somehow I knew the stepford wife wouldn't be involved. nt

[rhett o rick]

4. Our "first" lady was busy buying dishes. nm

[ensho]

2. wonderful - thanking them for speaking out. more power to them.

there are more women in the world then men.

our words count.

[acmavm]

3. Jordan's Rania is a spitfire. Watch for her to become a Middle Eastern

Icon like Queen Noor before her.

[democrank]

5. Bright, shining courage.

~PEACE~

[Jefferson23]

6. Meanwhile, Laura's killing machine husband calls for more death.

How she can stand to be in the same room with him is beyond me.

[dcindian]

7. Of course not she started her murding life style early on and has never looked back.

Sometimes I wish there was a hell.