[Afsckc-peacealert] Two Vigils -- TUESDAY -Vigil Marking the 5, 000th U.S. Troop Death in Iraq & Afghanistan / TONIGHT -Candlelight Vigil for Dr. George Tiller

[Ira Harritt]

5,000 U.S. Troops Killed in Iraq and Afghanistan

When Will Our Leaders Learn That 

War And Occupation Is Not The Answer?

 

Dear Friends,

 

We have reached another tragic marker in the misguided Iraq and
Afghanistan occupations.

 

The deaths today of four U.S. troops killed by two roadside bombs bring
the total number of U.S. troops killed in Iraq and Afghanistan to 5,000.

 

When will our leaders learn that continued occupation and increases in
troop levels in Afghanistan will only cause more violence and suffering
in these war-torn countries? It will only create increased loss of U.S.
lives, and prolonged suffering by the people of Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

 

 

Occupation and U.S. military presence in these countries only creates
more anti-American hatred and delays the political and diplomatic
agreements necessary for a stable future for Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

Sincerely,

Ira Harritt

American Friends Service Committee

Kansas City Program

816 931-5256

 

Join us tomorrow, for a

Iraq / Afghanistan Peace Vigil

Marking the 5,000th U.S. Troop Death

 

Tuesday, June 2nd, 5:00 to 6:00pm

 

63rd & Ward Parkway, Kansas City, MO

on the median strip on the south corner of the intersection

to remember those whose lives have been lost in Iraq and Afghanistan

and call for an end to the occupations.

 

Occupation and U.S. military presence in these countries only creates
more anti-American hatred and delays the political and diplomatic
agreements necessary for a stable future for Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

 

 

And Tonight

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