Nationwide Anti-War Protest 3.18.06

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March 18-20: US Out of Iraq NOW

The world still says no to the U.S. led war and occupation of Iraq!

Just over three years ago, 8 million people worldwide came into the streets in unprecedented demonstrations to register their overwhelming opposition to the illegal and unjust war plans of the Bush administration. Three years later, the horrors in Iraq continue to mount. New released photos remind us of the prisoner-abuse scandals at Abu-Ghraib, as well as Guantanamo, and other secret detention facilities in Iraq and Afghanistan that are operated without outside scrutiny, a secondary invasion of Iraq by war-profiteering Western corporations, by most accounts over 1 00,000 Iraqi civilians dead, and now over 2,200 U.S. troops killed and thousands more seriously wounded.

The situation in Iraq is grim. As people of conscience living in this country, we must find ways, big and small, that work toward stopping this course in its tracks.

One such way will be taking to the streets on Saturday, March 18 as part of marches, rallies, and other protest events across the county. Check our calendar for the event in your city or town -- if your event is not yet listed, please add it!

[zombienote: Post totally stolen from Dag of Smirking Chimp on the March 2006 Call to Action: Confront the War Machine thread. March 18th is as good a time as any.]