[pjw] EVENT: "20 Years Later, the US is Still in Iraq" Fri 3/17 5 PM

[Peace and Justice Works]

IAG supporters
At today's Friday rally we'll start passing out flyers for our March 17 
event to commemorate 20 years since the US invasion of Iraq. The text is 
below; here's a link to the flyer.

https://www.pjw.info/iraq_20yl_flyer.pdf

Spread the word!
dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group

20 Years Later, the US is Still in Iraq
End the F-35 Fighter Jet Program
Rally and March
Friday, March 17 2023
5:00-6:00 PM

Please mask up and stay distanced for safety
Pioneer Courthouse Square (SW Yamhill and Broadway)

On March 19, 2003, the US launched a massive invasion and occupation of 
Iraq, based on George W. Bush's false assertions of weapons of mass 
destruction (WMDs) and leading to mass devastation from a "shock and awe" 
bombing campaign. In 2011, President Barack Obama withdrew most of the 
troops. In 2014, Obama sent more US military back into Iraq to engage in 
warfare against the Islamic State. In 2017, President Donald Trump stepped 
up the bombing, destroying most of the Iraqi city of Mosul. In 2020, Trump 
ordered the assassination in Iraq of Iranian General Qasem Soleimani, 
leading to a vote by the Iraqi Parliament to eject all US troops. Yet in 
December 2021, President Joe Biden decided to leave 2500 American military 
personnel in Iraq, where they remain to this day.

While the world continues to be rightfully appalled at Russia's invasion 
of Ukraine, the US has never been held accountable for the attack on Iraq, 
Afghanistan, or countless other military and economic acts of warfare.


Iraqis have not been free from US interference by war, sanctions and other 
means since August, 1990. Iraq's infrastructure has never fully recovered 
from the the 1991 "Gulf War," the 2003 invasion or other American-led 
actions. Join us for this march and rally to call for an end to the US 
occupation.

Meanwhile, the US is set to invest $1.7 trillion on a wasteful combat 
aircraft program. Many of the over 220 organizations who signed a letter 
in October are using the Iraq war anniversary to call for an end to the 
F-35 fighter jet, citing "harm caused abroad, cost to the taxpayer, 
inefficiencies, failures, environmental impact, and the effects training 
has on local communities."


Event coordinated by Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group.
For more info: Peace and Justice Works Iraq Affinity Group
(503)236-3065 * iraq at pjw.info * https://www.pjw.info/Iraq.html