4000th military death. Coleman's office at 4:30pm !!!!!

News reports confirm that yet another tragic milestone in the U.S.
war in Iraq has passed: the 4000th U.S. military death. A coalition
of Twin Cities-area peace and anti-war organizations will hold a
vigil/protest on:

Monday, March 24
4:30 pm
U.S. Senator Norm Coleman's offices
2550 University Ave. W. (Hwy 280 & University Ave.)
St. Paul

The vigil is being organized under the call of: "Not One More
Death, Not One More Dollar
End the War in Iraq – Bring the Troops Home Now
Fund Human Needs, Not War & Occupation!"

"The event will call attention to the 4000th U.S. military death, but
also the unknown hundreds of thousands of Iraqi people who have died
as result of the U.S. war in Iraq," a statement issued by organizers
says. The statement continues, "How many U.S. soldiers and Iraqis
must lose their lives before our government finally admits that the
war is wrong and it is time to bring the troops home?

At the event we will mourn the loss of U.S. and Iraqi lives and
rededicate ourselves to working for an end to the war." Estimates
of Iraqi casualties vary widely, but last year's Johns Hopkins-MIT
study published in The Lancet put the figure at more than 600,000
Iraqis killed. Some current estimates say one million Iraqis have
been killed in the five years since the invasion, with an additional
4.5 million Iraqis displaced from their homes. In addition, more than
28,000 U.S. servicepersons have been seriously injured in Iraq.

The statement goes on to say, "The war has produced a horrendous
human cost of dead and injured, but a huge financial cost as well.
Each dollar that is spent on the war is a dollar that is not spent on
human needs such as housing, healthcare and the environment."

Twin Cities organizations sponsoring the Monday event are: Twin
Cities Peace Campaign-Focus on Iraq, Women Against Military Madness,
Anti-War Committee, Iraq Peace Action Coalition, Year 5 Committee to
End the War and others. For information on the Twin Cities events,
call Twin Cities Peace Campaign 612 522-1861 or Women Against
Military Madness 612 827-5364.

Many events are being planned across the U.S. to mark the 4000th U.S.
military death in Iraq. The national call for vigils to mark the
4000th U.S. military death in Iraq is being coordinated by the
American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social
justice organization. For more information on the national call visit
the AFSC website at www.afsc.org/4000

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