Guest Post by Steve Sherman
There will be a vigil tonight at the Franklin St Post Office to commemorate the death of 2000 American military personnel. To end the ongoing bloodshed, American troops need to be withdrawn from Iraq. Let's not have to have a vigil for the 3,000th serviceperson fallen. Apologies for the MoveOn boilerplate:
2000 Too Many Have Died
Not One More Death. Not One More Dollar.
Join a Vigil to Remember the Fallen and the Living--Support the
Troops, Bring Them Home Now!Wednesday, Oct. 26, 6:30pm
Franklin St. Post Office
(Please Bring Candles)There will be over 400 events in 49 states.
We have just received word that the moment we have been dreading has arrived: 2,000 U.S. servicepeople have now died in Iraq. We grieve for these two thousand men and women, killed in the prime of their lives, for a war based on lies, and we grieve for the tens of thousands of Iraqis who have also died in the chaos and carnage the Bush Administration has brought to their country.
It's time to bring the troops home -- now. Not one more U.S. serviceperson should give his or her life to this senseless war. Not one more Iraqi should be killed. Not one more U.S. dollar should be spent sustaining this war and occupation.
On Wednesday, October 26, people will gather in communities across the U.S. to mark the death of the 2,000th reported U.S. military death in Iraq and to say that the country's pro-peace majority wants Congress to stop the deaths by stopping the dollars that are funding this war.
Events are being sponsored around the country by Gold Star Veterans for Peace, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, American Friends Service Committee, United for Peace and Justice, Code Pink, Move On and more.
And from the N.C. Peace and Justice Coalition:
So far, there are 8 scheduled events across North Carolina to commemorate this sad news. Please visit the following websites for materials, vigil guides, signs to print, and other information or to post another vigil:
http://www.afsc.org/2000/
http://www.unitedforpeace.org
http://political.moveon.org/iraqvigils/materials.html
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