We are calling a nation-wide actions to mark the 2,000th
U.S. soldier's death in Iraq by organizing actions that make visible
their deaths and those of Iraqis who have died in this senseless war.
We're supporting the call made by UFPJ member groups -- American Friends
Service Committee http://www.afsc.org/2,000/
, Gold Star Families for Peace http://www.gsfp.org
and Military Families Speak Out http://www.mfso.org
-- for actions on the day after the U.S. government announces the 2000th
death.
More
News on Iraq from Peace No War Network
Iraq Body Count
Updates Number of Iraqi Civilian Had been Killed
http://www.iraqbodycount.net/
From Cost of War URL: http://www.costofwar.com
2000 Too Many leaflet now
available at UFPJ!
The Pentagon
announced today that five more U.S. servicepeople have been killed in
Iraq, bringing the U.S. death toll there to 1988. The sad day is rapidly
approaching when the 2000th U.S. soldier will have died in this
senseless war.
Many of you
are have already announced plans for peace events on the day
after we reach this tragic milestone. If you haven't done so already,
please make your plans quickly and list them by following the link on
the homepage of our website, http://www.unitedforpeace.org
We have prepared a
leaflet that you can use to get out the word about your local event.
There are two versions -- one with UFPJ's contact information, and one
without. Download the files at:
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/downloads/2000toomany.pdf
http://www.unitedforpeace.org/downloads/2000toomany_blank.pdf
You can add
information about your local event by opening the PDF file in Adobe
Illustrator. If you don't have access to that program, try the
old-fashioned (scissors-and-tape) cut-and-paste method.
All best,
Leslie
Kauffman
Mobilizing Coordinator
United for Peace and Justice
lak@unitedforpeace.org