Media Alert: Antiwar Protest in Daytona Beach To Mark 1,000 KIA

MEDIA ALERT: Antiwar Protest in Daytona Beach to mark 1,000 KIA

Afghanistan - 1,000 KIA - Enough Already, Bring Them Home Now!

As of today, Friday February 19, 2010, there have been 998 U.S. troops Killed in Action (KIA) in Afghanistan. On the day following the 1,000th U.S. soldier KIA in Afghanistan ... which should be any day now ... there will be an emergency Antiwar Protest in Daytona Beach billed as "Afghanistan - 1,000 KIA - Enough Already, Bring Them Home Now!".

Note: This event will not be a vigil, but rather a spirited demand that our government Stop The Wars Now!

The only thing worse than sending our soldiers to die in vain in Afghanistan and Iraq is for the American people to allow, by their consent of silence and indifference, more of our soldiers to die in vain.

What have you done today to end the senseless U.S. wars in Afghanistan and Iraq? Join us and get involved!

Call your Representative today at (800) 828-0498 or (202) 224-3121 and tell them to vote NO on War Funding!

When:

From 6:00 pm to 7:30 pm on the day after the 1,000th U.S. soldier is KIA in Afghanistan.

(Note: If 1,000th KIA is on a Saturday, then the protest will be held 2 days after on a Monday.)

As of Friday Feb. 19th, 2010 there have been 998 Killed in Action (KIA) in Afghanistan.

(Go to http://www.icasualties.org for the up-to-date total of U.S. soldiers KIA in Afghanistan and Iraq)

Where:

Daytona Beach at the Northwest corner of Nova Road and International Speedway Boulevard in front of the Steak N Shake.

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What:

Demonstration marking the death of the 1,000th U.S. soldier KIA in Afghanistan and to tell our servant government in Washington, DC "Enough Already, Bring Our Troops Home Now!"

Materials:

Attendees are asked to bring signs such as "Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar", "Troops Home Now!", "Your Silence Is Your Consent", "Stop The War, Get Involved", "Honor Our Dead, Demand The Truth", "Mourn The Losses, Learn The Truth, Investigate The Lies", "9/11 and War on Terror - One Big Lie", “Tell you Representative vote NO on War Funding! - Call (202) 224-3121”

On Hand:

DVD copies of the 2009 Massimo Mazzucco stirring documentary "The New American Century" and paper copies of the researched and sourced article September 27, 2007 "The Mega-Lie called 'The War On Terror': A Masterpiece of Propaganda" by Richard W. Behan which demonstrate and document how the U.S. invasions of Afghanistan and Iraq were planned by PNAC one year before the 9/11 Attacks and have nothing to do with 9/11 or Osama bin Laden. Donations to Central Florida Veterans For Peace to cover our costs for educational materials would be greatly appreciated and are tax deductible.

Who:

Veterans For Peace - Central Florida

Military Families Speak Out - Florida

CODEPINK of East Central Florida

US Labor Against the War

Educators to Stop the War

WeAreChange - Florida

Contact:

Phil Restino of Central Florida Veterans For Peace (VFP Chapter 136)

cell: (386) 235-3268, hm: (386) 788-2918, email: CentralFlaVFP@aol.com