[Peace] Monday night, 7pm, March 13

[karen medina]

Monday, March 13 (tomorrow night)
7pm
Urbana City Council's Discussion of the "Community Resolution to End the 
US Occupation of Iraq"
400 S. Vine Street

Note: There may be some movement to change the wording of some of the 
"Whereases," but the current wording is below:

Community Resolution to End the U.S. Occupation of Iraq

WHEREAS this City Council passed a resolution opposing war in Iraq prior 
to the U.S invasion in 2003;

WHEREAS the United States government misled its citizens and the world 
at large with false and distorted intelligence on the existence of 
weapons of mass destruction, on connections between Saddam Hussein and 
Al Qaeda, and on levels of support among the Iraqi people for a U.S. 
invasion to overthrow Saddam Hussein;

WHEREAS the U.S. invasion and occupation of Iraq have killed and maimed 
untold thousands of innocent Iraqi citizens as well as American, Iraqi, 
and other coalition troops and have extensively destroyed infrastructure 
upon which daily life in Iraq depends (especially power, water, sewer, 
and transportation systems, but also homes, hospitals, police stations, 
schools, and religious buildings);

WHEREAS the U.S. occupation of Iraq has failed to establish basic civil 
order and security for the citizens of Iraq and has failed to 
reconstruct critically damaged infrastructure;

WHEREAS the U.S. occupation has incited violent responses by national 
insurgents and foreign terrorists and created a situation in which 
innocent Iraqi citizens are being killed, incarcerated, and maimed in 
escalating numbers by all parties involved in the conflict;

WHEREAS continued occupation has been seen to further increase levels of 
destruction, disorder, and resistance;

WHEREAS many families living in Urbana have relatives, friends and/or 
colleagues in Iraq who are being subjected to the above conditions 
daily, whether as Iraqi citizens, members of the U.S. military, business 
people contracting to provide needed goods and services, or volunteers 
seeking to provide humane relief;

WHEREAS the billions of dollars being spent on the war could be put to 
constructive social and economic
uses in both this country and abroad;

BE IT RESOLVED THAT United States troops shall be withdrawn from Iraq 
starting immediately and proceeding as fast as practically feasible, 
with responsibility for maintaining civil order and security being 
assumed by a freely determined government of the Iraqi people 
uninhibited by U.S. interference and aided with whatever international 
support such a government can obtain;

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT after withdrawal, the United States 
government shall provide extensive financial aid to Iraq to support both 
peacekeeping efforts and the reconstruction of its war ravaged 
infrastructure; and finally

BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED THAT a copy of this resolution shall be sent to 
Illinois Senators Richard Durbin and Barack Obama, and United States 
Representative Timothy Johnson.

Some comments about the other resolution before the war:
http://www.prairienet.org/prc/antiwar/Archives/urbanacitycouncil.html