A.N.S.W.E.R. (Act Now to Stop War and End Racism) announced today its plan to March on the Pentagon on Saturday, March 17, 2007, to protest the continued presence of our US troops. President Bush and his cohorts just aren't getting it. Bush embodies a dangerous mix of religious faith, arrogance, stubborness, and a level of intelligence not seen in presidents before him. Furthermore, he is oblivious to the fact that he works for "We the People" who want our kids out of Iraq pronto. The day will commemorate the:"On March 17, 2007, the 4th anniversary of the start of the criminal invasion of Iraq, tens of thousands of people from around the country will descend on the Pentagon in a mass demonstration to demand: U.S. Out of Iraq Now! 2007 is the 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 anti-war march to the Pentagon during the Vietnam War. The message of the 1967 march was "From Protest to Resistance," and marked a turning point in the development of a countrywide mass movement.
~ 40th anniversary of the historic 1967 march on the Pentagon ~
~ 4th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war ~
"In the coming days and weeks, thousands of organizations and individuals will begin mobilizing for the upcoming March on the Pentagon. Organizing committees and transportation centers are being established to bring people to the March on the Pentagon.
"The March 17 demonstration will assemble at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (Constitution Gardens) at 12 noon in Washington, D.C.and march to the Pentagon ..."
Statement from the ANSWER Coalition
on the March 17-18 Global Days of Action
"The people of the United States want an end to the war in Iraq. The elections in November were a clear repudiation of the Bush administration's war of aggression. The new Congress, however, has no intention of ending the war. Bush and the Pentagon generals are determined to prolong the war. Tens of thousands of more troops will be sent to Iraq. We are building a massive antiwar movement on the national and local level. Only the action of the people will stop the war.
"We are returning to the Pentagon because the Iraq war has resulted in more than 655,000 Iraqi deaths (Lancet), on top of more than 1 million killed by sanctions between 1990-2003. This is genocide.
"We are returning to the Pentagon because U.S. military deaths will soon exceed 3,000. But that doesn't begin to tell the story. There have been 21,921 wounded as of Nov. 30 and another 17,835 evacuated due to serious injury or illness as of Sept. 30, 2005 when the Pentagon stopped releasing these statistics."
Much more ...
US Department of Defense
at the Pentagon
Cross-reference METAXY
Bush's War in His
God's Name, and,
War Casualties in Iraq
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