Friday, March 20, 2009

Iraq, six years of invasion and occupation. When will they be left alone?

American Deaths (click here)
Since war began (3/19/03):
4259



This is an Op-Chart from The New York Times, I find the title to it a bit disturbed. It should read, "The (State of the) Nations of Iraq and Afghanistan," The States of Iraq and Afghanistan (click here).

For Immediate Release: March 20, 2009
Reagan Kuhn (
212) 845-5273 / KuhnR@humanrightsfirst.org
On the Sixth Anniversary of the War in Iraq, Time to Focus on Refugees (click here)
...“Violence and conflict over the past five years have forced millions of Iraqis from their homes and many into asylum in neighboring countries. In the past year, though security improved significantly in Iraq, the political stability and lasting peace that will make it possible for most refugees to return home in safety has not yet taken hold. At Camp Lejeune last month, President Obama recognized refugee and internally displaced families as ‘living consequence[s] of this war’ and declared that ‘America has a strategic interest – and a moral responsibility – to act.’...


Activists protest in Tokyo to mark the 6th anniversary of the start of the Iraq war