[O29] [P+SC} DAY AFTER VIGIL AT PARK STREET AFTER 2000 US SOLDIER DEATH (and many thousands of Iraqis.)

[elisabeth leonard]

  2,000 U.S. Deaths in Iraq is 2,000 Too Many!
Join the candlelight Vigil at Park Street Station, or organize an Anti-War Action 
the Day After the U.S. Announces the 2,000th U.S. Soldier Death in Iraq
*List your events on the UJP website*

>From UJP and national UfPJ:
How many more U.S. soldiers and Iraqis must give their lives before our government finally admits that the war against Iraq was wrong and it’s time to bring our troops home now? So far, more than 1950 U.S. soldiers have been killed in Iraq, and more than 15,000 have been wounded. U.S. soldiers are at grave risk in Iraq, and continue to suffer even after they come home. Troops returning to the U.S. are suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, and are even turning up in homeless shelters in cities through the country. The risk for Iraqis is even more severe: Tens of thousands of Iraqis have been killed in the war, and hundreds of thousands of lives have been devastated, even according to the most conservative estimates.

Meanwhile, the war has meant that precious resources are being channeled toward death and destruction in Iraq instead of into programs that could save people’s lives and meet their basic human needs. If the National Guard troops and equipment from Mississippi and Louisiana hadn’t been in Iraq, the Guard could have responded more quickly and more thoroughly to the devastation wreaked by Hurricane Katrina and lives could have been saved. The U.S. is pouring more than a billion dollars a week into the Iraq war that could otherwise be spent on health care, schools and infrastructure here at home.

The sad day is coming when the 2,000th U.S. soldier will have died in Iraq. We need to use that milestone to remind people of the human cost of the war and call for the troops to come home. UJP joins United for Peace and Justice in supporting the calls of the American Friends Service Committee, Gold Star Families for Peace and Military Families Speak Out - for actions on the day after the 2,000th U.S. serviceperson's death is announced. We urge to you join the hundreds of peace and justice groups throughout the country as we tell the President, Congress and the world that 2,000 U.S. deaths in Iraq is 2,000 too many.


‘DAY AFTER’ ACTIONS:

Vigil at Park Street Station 5:00-6:30 PM the day after the 2000th US soldier's death in Iraq is announced (if the day of protest is over a weekend, the vigil will take place at 12:30.) Bring a candle.  This event is being organized by American Friends Service Committee and MA Peace Action.

To list other 'Day After' actions on the UJP website and calendar, e-mail swlees at earthlink.net with details of your action.



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