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Links

Sites related to property rights:

(Photo: Hardiman speaking with de Soto) The Institute for Liberty and Democracy, headed by economist Hernando de Soto, is spreading the pride and freedom of private property ownership all over the world www.ild.org.pe .

This Land is Our Land, a book on private property rights which I assisted in writing and editing, was published in 1996 and is still available on www.amazon.com.

The American Land Rights Association, a leading national membership organization advocating private property rights and access to public lands www.landrights.org.

Sites related to Iraq:

The movie My Country My Country, in which I am listed in the credits for assistance with logistics in Iraq. It was nominated for Best Documentary Feature of 2006 at the 79th Academy Awards (the Oscars) and has won other film awards.

www.mycountrymycountry.com Laura Poitras directed the film. Her latest effort is The Oath http://www.theoathmovie.com/the-film/

Iraq: Searching for Hope, a book by Canon Andrew White, named 2006 United Kingdom Christian Book of the Year at the National Christian Resources Exhibition, is available from Continuum Books http://www.continuumbooks.com. An updated edition with new material was published in 2007. White's most recent book, available in January 2009, is titled The Vicar of Baghdad - Fighting for Peace in the Middle East. It is published by Monarch Books, ISBN 9781854248763, is available from both Amazon and his foundation listed below. The Foundation for Relief and Reconciliation in the Middle East, founded by Father Andrew White, operates primarily in Iraq and Palestine http://www.frrme.org/

Denver Regional Council of Governments www.drcog.org has sponsored visits of Baghdad municipal officials to Denver, and Denver area leaders to Baghdad. These efforts have been led by US Army Colonel Joe Rice, who also serves in the Colorado legislature.

Doctors Without Borders (Medecins Sans Frontieres), an independent humanitarian aid agency providing medical relief to violence stricken areas around the world www.msf.org.

The List Project http://www.thelistproject.org is dedicated to safely resettling Iraqis in America who are threatened due to their work for the U. S. government in Iraq. It is led by Kirk Johnson, who was a USAID contractor in Iraq, and is assisted by the law firm Holland and Knight.

Finally, a word about the desire for freedom:

This threat (Arabic original) (English translation) was distributed in Baghdad neighborhoods three days before the national elections. Terrorists said they would kill anyone who voted, promising to “cover the streets with the blood of voters.” A large majority of city residents defied the danger and cast their ballots, producing a higher turnout than most elections in America.