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Electronic Iraq Launches Special Section Commemorating Slain Peacemaker, Contributor, Tom Fox

On March 10, 2006, the body of Tom Fox was discovered in a Baghdad neighbourhood. Fox had been working in Iraq since 2004, documenting detainee abuse, advocating for the human rights of all Iraqis, accompanying refugees and protesting the occupation. He kept a blog and was a contributor to Electronic Iraq.

New York, NY (PRWEB) March 15, 2006 -- On March 10, 2006, the body of Tom Fox was discovered in a Baghdad neighborhood. Fox was in Iraq with the Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) -- an organization that calls on Christians to "devote the same discipline and self-sacrifice to nonviolent peacemaking that armies devote to war." Fox had been working in Iraq since 2004, documenting detainee abuse, advocating for the human rights of all Iraqis, accompanying refugees and protesting the occupation. He kept a blog and was a contributor to Electronic Iraq.

On November 26th, 2005, Fox and three colleagues -- Jim Loney, Harmeet Sooden and Norman Kember -- were abducted in Baghdad. Four days later their images appeared on a video broadcast by Al Jazeera. Demands were made and deadlines were set. Two more videos were aired in January 2006, one showing Tom Fox and his British colleague Norman Kember shackled and wearing orange jumpsuits. A fourth video aired in March and showed all of the hostages except Fox. Three days later, Fox was confirmed dead.

In a special section of BY TOPIC, Electronic Iraq has assembled some of his writings and pieces others are writing about him so that his convictions, experiences, and the effects of his work can be better understood. Tom Fox will be mourned and not forgotten, not least of all because of the light he took from the darkness of post 9/11 America to the children and people of Iraq.

Visit the special BY TOPIC section for Tom Fox on Electronic Iraq

About Electronic Iraq :

Electronic Iraq -- found at http://electronicIraq.net -- is a supplementary news portal from the people who brought you the Electronic Intifada (founded 2001) and veteran antiwar campaigners Voices in the Wilderness (founded 1996).

Electronic Iraq was launched on 8 February 2003 to offer a humanitarian perspective during the then-looming conflict, as the U.S. government made clear its determination to go to war against Iraq.

It was the alternative news moonshot. Before, during, and after the US "Shock and Awe" bombing campaign, eIraq writers from Voices in the Wilderness' Iraq Peace Team reported on what they saw and heard via available Internet and a satellite modem connection. Visitors got a never before seen glimpse of war and its aftermath through the eyes of peace activists based at ground zero.

Post war, eIraq's work continues, documenting the US occupation and the rebuilding of Iraq, offering a range of reportage that includes News & Analysis; Opinion/Editorial; Iraq Diaries; International Law; Aid & Development; The Media; Art, Music & Culture; and Action & Activism.

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