IraqA Journey of Hope and Peace by Peggy Faw Gish |
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“Before '60 Minutes II,' before the Red Cross Warnings, before the Taguba Report, there was The CPT [Christian Peacemaker Teams] Report, and it went to U.S. Ambassador L. Paul Bremer III and U.S. Lt. General Richard Sanchez.”—The Link, June/July 2004
Peggy Gish went to Iraq as an attempt to prevent war. But on March 20, 2003 the bombs began falling on Baghdad. In her book, Gish recounts the moving story of Christian Peacemaker Teams' work in Iraq, before, during, and after the 2003 war and occupation. Told as her personal story, Gish makes real the horrors of war, the character of the Iraqi people, and a passionate vision for peace.
From the fall of 2002 to the spring of 2004, Gish chronicles her Iraq experience, including a brief "Postscript." Here are stories of sleeping in a tent during bomb attacks, villages surrounded in razor wire, being deported out of Iraq, fighting for justice for Iraqi prisoners, being robbed, creating relationships with Iraqi citizens, and through it all - seeking the way of Christ's peace.
About the Author
Peggy Gish is a mother, grandmother, farmer, and long-time peace and social justice activist from southern Ohio. She has served as a social worker in rural Indiana and inner city Chicago, as co-director of the Appalachian Peace and Justice Network, as a conflict management trainer, and a community mediator. Since 1995, Gish has been involved with Christian Peacemaker Teams in the West Bank and Iraq.