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

[Peace and Justice Works]

Hello again peaceful people

I sent a reminder out last Monday (March 6) about tomorrow (Friday March 
17)'s special Friday rally. Then forgot to send out another reminder 
earlier this week! There's a lot going on, including that the Senate is 
likely to vote on repealing the Iraq authorizations (1991/2002) early next 
week!

https://www.wwno.org/npr-news/npr-news/2023-03-16/senate-advances-a-bill-to-repeal-iraq-war-authorizations

As noted earlier, the United National Antiwar Coalition is having a march 
in Washington DC on Saturday and called for a week full of actions.

  Sat. March 18 -- National March on Washington
  On the 20th anniversary of the US invasion of Iraq
  No War in Ukraine! No to NATO! No Weapons, No Money for the Ukraine War
  https://www.unacpeace.org/

If you have time to print some out before the local event, the flyer 
is at
  https://www.pjw.info/iraq_20yl_flyer.pdf

The announcement below is posted at
https://www.pjw.info/iraq20yl.html

See you tomorrow?

dan handelman
peace and justice works iraq affinity group

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Peace and Justice Works
    Iraq Affinity Group
    PO Box 42456
    Portland, OR   97242
    (503) 236-3065  (Office)
    iraq at pjw.info
    https://www.pjw.info/Iraq.html

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