UFPJ is calling for a gathering tomorrow, Wednesday, October 26th, 6:00 PM at Times Square Recruiting Station, in response to the 2000th American soldier killed fighting in Iraq.

The Lancet study released a year ago estimated 100,000 dead from the war.

These folks compile numbers from news reports, and they have a minimum of 26,690 dead from direct military action:
iraqbodycount.net/

7159 US soldiers wounded badly enough not to return them to action.
icasualties.org

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Military’s Advice to Reporters: 2,000 Dead in Iraq ‘Not a Milestone’

By E&P Staff

Published: October 25, 2005 1:11 PM ET

NEW YORK CNN reported this morning that the U.S. death toll in Iraq had reached 2,000, a number not yet confirmed by the military. The Associated Press count stood at 1,999, with the deaths of two Marines added to the tally. In any case, the chief spokesman for the American-led multinational force has called on the media not to consider the 2,000 number as some kind of milestone.

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Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich Press Release

Congressman Dennis J. Kucinich (D-OH) today introduced a Resolution of Inquiry to demand the White House turn over all white papers, minutes, notes, emails or other communications kept by the White House Iraq Group (WHIG).

“This group, comprised of the President and Vice President’s top aides, was critical in selling the Administration’s case for war,” stated Kucinich. “We now know that the Administration hyped intelligence and misled the American public and Congress in their effort to ‘sell’ the war. After over 1,900 American troops have been killed in Iraq, it is long past time for this Congress to ask serious questions about WHIG and its role in the lead up to the war.”

A Resolution of Inquiry is a rare House procedure used to obtain documents from the Executive Branch. Under House rules, Kucinich’s resolution is referred to committee, and action must be taken in committee within 14 legislative days.

“For two-and-a-half years Congress has sat on the sidelines neglecting its oversight responsibility when it has come to Iraq,” continued Kucinich. “We owe it to the American people to hold this Administration accountable and to find out the truth.”

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They Are Not Numbers On the sorrowful day of the 2000th soldier killed, I am sure there will be candlelight vigils all over the country to honor the ones who have been killed. That is nice, but that doesn’t help bring our other troops home or insure the safety of the Iraqi people. On the day of the 2000th, I will be in DC. I will go to the White House. Our house. I will sit on the sidewalk again and demand that the war criminals who live and work in there bring our troops home. I suggest instead of candlelight vigils and singing “Give Peace a Chance” every person who cares about ending the immorality of the occupation of Iraq take signs and their presence to their Congressional offices near them and demand that each and every Congress person do everything in his/her power to bring our precious lifeblood home from the nightmare. It is time to get peacefully radical. I heard Cindy talk about this on the Randi Rhodes show today. WASHINGTON (Reuters) – Cindy Sheehan, the military mother who made her son’s death in Iraq a rallying point for the anti-war movement, plans to tie herself to the White House fence to protest the milestone of 2,000 U.S. military deaths in Iraq. Be in Times Square the day after the 2000th soldier dies in Iraq! UFPJ event.

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