[Peace-discuss] Fwd: March on the Pentagon on the 6th Anniversary of the Iraq War - March 21, 2009

Tue Dec 16 17:32:52 CST 2008

FYI.

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> From: ANSWER Coalition <ANSWER at ANSWERCoalition.org>
> Date: December 16, 2008 4:00:01 AM CST
> To: brussel at uiuc.edu
> Subject: March on the Pentagon on the 6th Anniversary of the Iraq  
> War - March 21, 2009
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> Dear Morton K.,
>
> I am writing to let you know about an exciting new initiative and  
> next stage for the anti-war movement.
>
> The ANSWER Coalition is joining with other coalitions,  
> organizations, and networks in a March 21 National Coalition to  
> bring people from all walks of life and from all cities across the  
> United States to take part in a March on the Pentagon on the sixth  
> anniversary of the Iraq war: Saturday, March 21.
>
> The Iraqi journalist Muntather Al-Zaidi spoke for millions of  
> Iraqis and outraged people everywhere when he threw his shoes at  
> George Bush during Bush's publicity stunt "victory lap” in Baghdad  
> yesterday. As he threw his shoes, Muntather said, “This is a gift  
> from the Iraqis; this is the farewell kiss, you dog! This is from  
> the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq!”
>
> Tragically, the criminal occupation of Iraq will not be over even  
> by the sixth anniversary of the start of the war in March 2009.  
> People around the world will be marching together on the sixth  
> anniversary in the strongest possible solidarity with the people of  
> Iraq demanding an end to the occupation of their country.
>
> Marking the sixth anniversary of the criminal invasion of Iraq, on  
> March 21, 2009, thousands will March on the Pentagon to say, “Bring  
> the Troops Home NOW!” We will also demand “End Colonial Occupation  
> in Iraq, Afghanistan, Palestine and Everywhere” and “Fund Peoples’  
> Needs Not Militarism and Bank Bailouts.” We will insist on an end  
> to the war threats and economic sanctions against Iran. We will say  
> no to the illegal U.S. program of detention and torture.
>
> To endorse the March 21 March on the Pentagon, click here. To sign  
> up to be aTransportation Organizing Center, click here.
>
> While millions of families are losing their homes, jobs and  
> healthcare, the real military budget next year will top one  
> trillion dollars--that's $1,000,000,000,000. If used to meet  
> people’s needs, that amount could create 10 million new jobs at  
> $60,000 per year, provide healthcare for everyone who does not have  
> it now, rebuild New Orleans, and repair much of the damage done in  
> Iraq and Afghanistan. The cost for the occupation of Iraq alone is  
> $400 million each day, or about $12 billion each month.
>
> The war in Iraq has killed, wounded or displaced nearly one third  
> of Iraq’s 26 million people. Thousands of U.S. soldiers have been  
> killed, and hundreds of thousands more have suffered severe  
> physical and psychological wounds. The U.S. leaders who have  
> initiated and conducted this criminal war should be tried and  
> jailed for war crimes.
>
> The idea that the U.S. is in the process of ending the criminal  
> occupation of Iraq is a myth. Washington and its dependent Iraqi  
> government signed a “Status of Forces” agreement, supposedly  
> calling for the U.S. military to leave Iraqi cities by July 1,  
> 2009, and all of Iraq by 2012. But even this outrageous extension  
> of an illegal occupation is just one more piece of deception, as  
> was soon made clear by top U.S. and Iraqi officials.
>
> The ink was hardly dry on the agreement when, on December 12,  
> official Iraq government spokesman Ali al Dabbagh dismissed the  
> idea that U.S. troops would leave by 2012: "We do understand that  
> the Iraqi military is not going to get built out in the three  
> years. We do need many more years. It might be 10 years."
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> The next day, General Raymond Odierno, commander of “coalition  
> (U.S.) forces” in Iraq, stated that thousands of U.S. troops could  
> remain inside Iraqi cities after July 1, 2009, as part of “training  
> and mentoring teams.”
>
> Government propaganda aside, the reality remains that only the  
> people can end the war and occupation in Iraq. To endorse the March  
> 21 March on the Pentagon, click here, and to sign up to be a  
> Transportation Organizing Center, click here.
>
> The war in Afghanistan is expanding. The incoming administration  
> and Congressional leaders have promised to send in more troops.
>
> Federal bailouts and loan guarantees for the biggest banks and  
> investors, many of whom have also made billions in profits from  
> militarism, are already up to an astounding $7.2 trillion this  
> year. None of that money is earmarked for keeping millions of  
> foreclosed and evicted families in their homes.
>
> Coming just two months after the inauguration of the next  
> president, the March 21, 2009, March on the Pentagon will be a  
> critical opportunity to let the new administration in Washington  
> hear the voice of the people demanding an immediate end to war and  
> occupation, and demanding economic justice. Joint actions will take  
> place on the West Coat in San Francisco, Los Angeles and Seattle.
>
> Again, to endorse the March 21 March on the Pentagon, click here,  
> and to sign up to be a Transportation Organizing Center, click here.
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> Sincerely,
> Brian Becker
> National Coordinator of the ANSWER Coalition
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