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Aug. 16 issue
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Photo by Peggy Gish/Christian Peacemaker Teams
CPT Iraq organizes meal with displaced people, urban group
ZHARAWA, Iraqi Kurdistan — When Golstan Saeed Mohamad visited a displaced persons’ tent camp near Zharawa, she was reminded of hardships under former president Saddam Hussein.
In 1991, she and many others fled from the cities to these mountains to escape Hussein, who was brutally crushing a Kurdish rebellion the U.S. had called for during the Gulf War.
Aug. 9 issue
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Peacemaker put love of enemies in action
Art Gish, 70, a longtime peace activist and Anabaptist author, died July 28 in a tractor accident on his farm near Athens, Ohio.
July 12 issue
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Seeking a safer home, Iraqi Kurds come to CPT
SULEIMANIYA, Iraqi Kurdistan — Bapir Hadji Amin’s village was attacked during the time of harvest.
May 3 issue
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Transatlantic peacemaking
CHICAGO — Marius van Hoogstraten, 24, has learned some of the reasons why U.S. military recruiters are effective.
March 22 issue
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Peacemaker who took risks
In 1963, Gene Stoltzfus was a volunteer aid worker in Vietnam.
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CPT founding director dies at 70
CHICAGO — Gene Stoltzfus, founding director of Christian Peacemaker Teams and an international human rights activist, died March 10. He was 70.
Jan. 4 issue
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CPT requests donations to end freeze on full-time workers, finish renovation
In the new Christian Peacemaker Teams Chicago office, Sophia Hochstedler and Dave Corcoran open envelopes of donations with gratitude.
Dec. 14, 2009 issue
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CPT on the move
CHICAGO — Members of several Mennonite congregations in Illinois and Wisconsin joined other Christian Peacemaker Teams supporters and staff in a Dec. 5 move of the organization’s Chicago office.
Dec. 7, 2009 issue
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CPT expands in Europe
LONDON — Christian Peacemaker Teams held its first training in Europe as it expands its connections on the continent.
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CPTers beaten, robbed in West Bank
SOUTH HEBRON HILLS, West Bank — Two Christian Peacemaker Teams members were beaten and robbed by five Israeli settlers Nov. 17 while accompanying a Palestinian family.
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