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Subject: Take Action to Stop the War in Iraq and Upcoming Events
American Friends Service Committee Connecticut
In This Issue: Janaury 17 2007
. Urgent Action: Thursday January 18 Call or Fax Joe Lieberman and tell him to listen
. Saturday February 3 Stop the Raids!: Public Forum on the Situation of the Danbury 11
. Thursday January 18 12:00noon-1pm: Protest Joe Lieberman's Support for Bush Escalation of the Iraq War
. AFSC Eyes Wide Open Exhibit in Danbury, CT January 22-26
Urgent Action: Thursday January 18 Call or Fax Joe Lieberman and tell him to listen
Call in day: Tell Joseph Lieberman to Listen to His Constituents and Stop his Support for Bush's Troop Escalation and the War in Iraq.
Joseph Lieberman is one of the strongest supporters of President Bush's plan to send over 20,000 more U.S. troops to the quagmire that is the war and occupation in Iraq.
Already, over 3,000 U.S. troops and over 600,000 Iraqis have died in this illegal and immoral war. Sending more troops will only result in more U.S. and Iraqi deaths.
A majority of people and the U.S. and Connecticut residents oppose the war in Iraq and Bush escalation plans. Senator Lieberman is ignoring the over 70% of people in Connecticut who oppose the war and the overwhelming 86% who oppose the troop increase.
Senator Joe Lieberman has a different view from the majority of Americans, who do not support the escalation and want the troops to come home. Lieberman applauded President Bush for pursuing a new course in Iraq. He only wants U.S. troops brought home after we allow, enable, and support them in accomplishing their mission in Iraq. How many more U.S. and Iraqi deaths does Joe Lieberman want to see before the mission is accomplished?
Senator Lieberman says the American people are frustrated by the miscalculations, lack of progress in the war, and by the daily scenes of violence and causalities. He ignores the 70% of people in the U.S. who do not support the war waged by Bush, and that we are angry by the mounting causalities and the hundreds of billions of dollars on this conflict.
On Thursday, January 18th from 12 noon-1pm we will rally and protest in front of Senator Lieberman's Hartford office.
Please join us, but if you can not please call the office, especially between 12noon and 1pm at 860-549-8463 or send a fax to 860-549-8478 and tell Lieberman to:
Stop supporting Bush's troop escalation in Iraq.
Stop supporting the war in Iraq.
Listen to his constituents, the overwhelming majority who do no support the war and troops escalation.
Take action in the U.S Senate to bring all of our troops home now.
Thursday January 18 12:00noon-1pm: Protest Joe Lieberman's Support for Bush Escalation of the Iraq War
Protest Joe Lieberman's Support of Bush's Escalation of the Iraq war
Thursday, January 18th 12:00 Noon-1:00pm
1 Constitution Plaza Hartford, CT By the Intersection of State and Market
On January 10th President Bush announced the sending of 20,000 more U.S. troops to fight in Iraq. Existing forces already in Iraq will have their tour of duty extended. Units scheduled for deployment will have their departures moved up.
Moreover, the U.S. is already threatening Iran with military force. U.S. forces attacked an Iranian consulate in northern Iraq in clear violation of international law. The U.S. will try to provoke Iran into a military response and then respond with massive retaliation. Along with the on-going conflict in Palestine and Israel, and the recent U.S. aerial bombardment and military operations in Somalia, a real potential exists that U.S. policies will create a regional escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and Horn of Africa.
Sending more U.S. troops will only result in more U.S. military causalities, adding to the over 3000 deaths. It will only add to the staggering toll of 650,000 Iraqis who have been killed since the war started almost 4 years ago.
We must stand up and say no more, get out of the quagmire, bring the troops home now, and end the war.
Senator Joe Lieberman has a different view from the majority of Americans, who do not support the escalation and want the troops to come home. Lieberman applauded President Bush for pursuing a new course in Iraq. He only wants U.S. troops brought home after we allow, enable, and support them in accomplishing their mission in Iraq. How many more U.S. and Iraqi deaths does Joe Lieberman want to see before the mission is accomplished?
Senator Lieberman says the American people are frustrated by the miscalculations, lack of progress in the war, and by the daily scenes of violence and causalities. He ignores the 70% of people in the U.S. who do not support the war waged by Bush, and that we are angry by the mounting causalities and the hundreds of billions of dollars on this conflict.
Join us at 1 Constitution Plaza on Thursday, Jan 18 from 12:00N to 1:00pm. Bring signs and banners.
For more information contact:
David Amdur at Connecticut at afsc.org or 860-523-1534
Henry Lowendorf 203-389-9547 grnhpeacecouncil at sbcglobal.net
Sponsored by: American Friends Service Committee, Greater New Haven Peace Council, Connecticut Coalition for Peace and Justice
AFSC Eyes Wide Open Exhibit in Danbury, CT January 22-26
From January 22-26 AFSC Connecticut will organize a display of the Eye's Wide Open Exhibit at Western Connecticut State University in Danbury. The display will be located at the WCSU campus on the 1st floor of Warner Hall, 181 White St. Danbury.
Eyes Wide Open, the American Friends Service Committee's widely-acclaimed exhibition on the human cost of the Iraq War, features a pair of boots honoring each U.S. military casualty, a field of shoes
Since 1917, the American Friends Service Committee has championed the dignity and worth of every individual, the sanctity of human life and humanity's collective responsibility to promote peace. For almost 90 years of work in war zones on four continents, we have gained an intimate knowledge of the costs and horrors of war.
When this exhibit was unveiled by the AFSC Chicago office in January 2004, there were 504 pairs of boots symbolizing the lost lives of U.S. soldiers in Iraq. With each passing week, each stop in a new city, more pairs of boots are added to represent the newly fallen.
As of January 2007 over 3000 U.S. military personnel have been killed in Iraq. The number of U.S. dead in Iraq now makes mounting the complete exhibit very complicated, so much so that AFSC only plans to do so about twice per year.
The Eyes Wide Open Exhibit at Western Connecticut State University will have 109 pairs of boots from five of the six New England states: Connecticut (23 pairs), Maine (14), Massachusetts (45), New Hampshire (16), and Rhode Island (11)
As the exhibit makes its appearances across the country, families and friends come to grieve for lost loved ones and strangers honor those who gave their lives to a cause far from home.
At each stop, person after person leaves notes of commemoration, photographs of lost soldiers, identification tags, flowers, and American flags to accompany the boots on their journey.
Although a majority of Americans now believe this war is a tragic misadventure, the human cost of the Iraq War grows every day. How many more boots will be standing at silent attention before this war ends, before Iraqis and American soldiers are out of harm's way?
This traveling exhibit is a memorial to those who have fallen and a witness to our belief that no war can justify its human cost.
AFSC Connecticut is working with Students for Progress and the Western Connecticut El Salvador Solidarity Project to bring the exhibit to Western Connecticut State University.
Please contact David Amdur at Connecticut at afsc.org or 860-523-1534 for more information.
www.afsc.org/eyes
Saturday February 3 Stop the Raids!: Public Forum on the Situation of the Danbury 11
Stop the Raids!
Stop Disappearing Latino Workers!
Public Forum on the Situation in Danbury
SATURDAY, FEB. 3
7:30 P.M.
SAINT AUGUSTINE CHURCH
10 CAMPFIELD AVE.
HARTFORD
. Representative, Campaign to Stop the ICE Raids in Danbury
. Isaac, Day Laborer arrested and jailed by ICE
. Jim Welcome, Attorney for the Danbury 11
. Simon Moshenberg, Yale Law School, Attorney in Lawsuit against Homeland Security
. Fr. Thomas Mitchell, Pastor, St. Augustine Church
. Representative, SEIU, Local 32BJ
What Happened in Danbury, Connecticut?
On September 19, 2006, eleven day laborers were approached by an unmarked van with hardhats on the front seat. The workers jumped into the van expecting to go to work, but were instead taken straight to jail.
The Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency (ICE) refused to release their names, leaving their families unsure of the fate of their loved ones. They were taken 150 miles away to impede their defense. Soon six were shipped to two prisons in Texas.
The Danbury 11 joined the nearly 16,000 Latino workers currently being unjustly held in a system of local and national prisons.
This raid, like all the other raids being carried out by ICE (Immigration & Customs Enforcement -arm of Homeland Security) is designed to induce terror and keep workers from fighting for decent wages and conditions.
Expert legal help and demonstrations have freed 9 of the Danbury 11 on bail. However, ICE has since arrested 6 more immigrants in Danbury. The mayor and chief of police have vowed that raids will become a normal part of life in Danbury.
Join us in the defense of immigrants in Danbury and elsewhere! Stand up for immigrant rights and STOP THE ICE RAIDS!
Initiated by the CT Regional Coalition for Immigrant Rights. Sponsored by the Western Connecticut Central Labor Council. For more information go to http://www.stoptheraids.org, or call 860-538-3920.
www.stoptheraids.org
American Friends Service Committee
Connecticut Area Office
56 Arbor Street, Suite 213
Hartford, CT 06106
Phone: 860.523.1534
Fax: 860.523.1705
Email: connecticut at afsc.org Visit AFSC CT Online
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