Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar (center) : lvimc

Please join us to mourn all the lives lost in the Iraq war
and call for the troops to come home!

Why: 3,000 U.S. troops have died in Iraq. We must bear witness to this tragic milestone, even though many people are beginning their celebrations of the new year. And when we do take action on this occasion, we must remind others that hundreds of thousands of Iraqi children, women and men have also died in this outrageous war and occupation. Our call to end this war and to bring all the troops home now must be heard in every corner of the country! The killing must stop.

Join us as we vigil in front of the Federal building each week to to say no to the violence, and disrespect for human life our nation continues to wage in our names through war, abortion, the death penalty and the continuing growth of poverty and homelessess on our streets. Help us say yes to a culture of life. Yes to feeding the poor, yes to shelter, yes to nonviolence!

U.S. Deaths Confirmed By The DoD: 2991
Reported U.S. Deaths Pending DoD Confirmation: 9
Total 3000

American death toll in Iraq hits 3,000
By STEVEN R. HURST, Associated Press Writer

BAGHDAD, Iraq - The U.S. military announced Sunday the deaths of two soldiers, pushing the number of Americans who have died in the Iraq war to the grim milestone of at least 3,000.

Tuesday, 01/02/07
Iraq deaths spur activists
3,000 Americans slain in war, vigil downtown reminds public

By SHEILA BURKE
Staff Writer

A grim milestone, 3,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq, drew peace activists to downtown Nashville Monday, a day after their counterparts gathered at Patriots Park in Clarksville to draw attention to the nearly 4-year-old war. Bearing signs that read, "Not one more death," "Enough, bring the troops home now" and "3,000," about two dozen peace activists stood outside the Estes Kefauver Federal Building, beckoning drivers on Broadway to see the signs and know the number.

Cathy Danielson of Nashville was among them. She said many Americans' opinion of the war has shifted since the U.S. invaded Iraq in March 2003.

"I remember when we did these protests two years ago and three years ago, and the whole public mood has changed ? a lot."

... the number of wounded U.S. troops is about 22,000. The estimates of Iraqi dead have been wildly disparate, with as few as 50,000 dead to as many as 655,000 Iraqis killed since the beginning of the war.

The Associated Press contributed to this report. The Leaf-Chronicle contributed to this story.
Contact Sheila Burke at 664-2144 or sburke@tennessean.com.

Opinion/Editorial

Wrapped Around a Bullet E-mail this

Kathy Kelly, Electronic Iraq, 2 January 2007

An Iraqi friend whom I've known for ten years looked worn and very weary yesterday when he came to visit me in my apartment here in Amman, Jordan. He hadn't slept the night before because he'd been on the phone with his wife who, throughout the night, was terrified by gunfire in the Iraqi village where she stays with their four small children. My friend longs to soothe and protect his wife and kids. But now he lives apart from them, in another country.

To read the full article:

http://electroniciraq.net/news/2785.shtml

Wrapped Around a Bullet
Kathy Kelly, Electronic Iraq ( 2 January 2007)

"It's hard to put your foot down over something called a 'supplemental spending bill' - over a piece of paper, a bit of writing that you didn't write yourself but are perhaps helping to deliver. My friend's life was ruined by such a piece of paper. Iraqis are leaving their homes in Iraq by the thousands every day, and prolonging this war will cause more to flee." Kathy Kelly, writing from Amman, Jordan, encourages civil disobedience in opposition to more spending on the war in Iraq and wraps her call in a story about a friend forced to flee the war and live separated from his family.

http://electroniciraq.net/news/opeds.shtml