No, not Colored People Time

CPT.org is actually the site for Christian Peacemaker Teams:

Christian Peacemaker Teams (CPT) offers an organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict. CPT provides organizational support to persons committed to faith-based nonviolent alternatives in situations where lethal conflict is an immediate reality or is supported by public policy.

CPT seeks to enlist the response of the whole church in conscientious objection to war, and the development of nonviolent institutions, skills and training for intervention in conflict situations. CPT projects connect intimately with the spiritual lives of its constituent congregations. Gifts of prayer, money and time from these churches undergird CPT peacemaking ministries.

You know that old joke, "What's the difference between Jane Fonda and [insert name of chickenhawk here]? Jane Fonda actually went to Vietnam"? It's like that:

CPTnet
April 14, 2004

IRAQ: CPT delegation and team leave Baghdad as advised by Iraqi colleagues

CPT's Chicago office received a phone call early this morning from CPT's Iraq team, saying they and the CPT delegation had left the country on the advice of their Iraqi co-workers. Both team and delegation are currently in Amman, Jordan.

The extremely aggressive actions of the U.S. and Coalition Forces throughout Iraq and especially in Fallujah have created widespread suspicion and fear of the intentions of these foreign armies. This suspicion puts all internationals at risk. Reports from Fallujah indicate that 60% of the fatalities in that city are women and children. The U.S. has bombed one hospital there and confiscated another for use as an emergency command center for its troops. Coalition Forces are detaining massive numbers of people throughout Iraq and Iraqis are afraid that residents of Najaf will soon experience the same treatment as the residents of Fallujah have.

CPT's most trusted Iraqi partners have urged the team to leave, saying that the current situation will make it impossible for the team to engage in normal, honest engagements with Iraqis or fulfill their mission to deter violence. They have also suggested that CPT's presence might actually endanger their local Iraqi partners in the emerging violent chaos.

Well, went and got the fuck out, but that's still more than you can say for. . . I should stop being unkind. Sorry. Looked 'em up after seeing the name of the group in Chain of Command at the New Yorker:

There is at least one other report of violence involving American soldiers, an Army dog, and Iraqi citizens, but it was not in Abu Ghraib. Cliff Kindy, a member of the Christian Peacemaker Teams, a church-supported group that has been monitoring the situation in Iraq, told me that last November G.I.s unleashed a military dog on a group of civilians during a sweep in Ramadi, about thirty miles west of Fallujah.

More details, and more photos, in the link.

Wasn't there some meme a while ago about liberals/progressives and Christia-- no, wrong of me to think that a group dedicated to "organized, nonviolent alternative to war and other forms of lethal inter-group conflict," and that actually listens to the people they're working with, is progressive. My bad.

I'll think that because their site used to be hosted on Prairienet.