by TChris

Opposition to the Bush campaign's use of 9/11 footage in advertising to promote the President's reelection is becoming more organized. The ads began broadcasting yesterday.

A group representing 120 families of victims of the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks called on President George W. Bush's re-election campaign to withdraw political advertising using images of the attack's aftermath.

The group, Sept. 11 Families for Peaceful Tomorrows, held a press conference to denounce the use of 9/11 victims for political purposes. In addition,

Mary Fetchet, co-founder of the victims' advocacy group Voices of September 11, said in an interview yesterday that she also is concerned about politicians using the World Trade Center site as a backdrop during the August 2004 Republican National Convention in New York.