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Let the Numbers Speak

Monday, April 20, 2009

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From http://www.brusselstribunal.org/SouadAlAzzawi_Numbers.htm Six years into the occupation…  - 72 months of destruction - $607 Billions spent on the war - 2 Million Barrels of oil being sold per day - 2 Million Displaced Iraqis inside of Iraq - 3 Million Iraqis forced to leave the country - 2615 professors, scientists, and doctors killed in cold blood - 338 dead journalists - $13 Billion misplaced by [...]

Who can afford the human costs of war?

Sunday, February 1, 2009

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John Tirman, executive director of MIT’s Center for International Studies, posted this piece Friday on The Nation.com on the human cost of war. It’s incredibly sobering: about one million dead, 4.5 million displaced, one to two million widows, and five million orphans. Tirman writes: “By any sensible measure, it would be difficult to describe this as [...]

TAKE ACTION: Tell Obama Peace is a Priority

Monday, December 29, 2008

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Let Obama Know Peace is a Priority.  The Obama Transition Team has once again opened up for questions on their official site, Change.gov.  Questions can be voted up or down by members of the community and the Obama Team will answer the most popular questions after the New Year.  Let Obama know that peace, including [...]

OFFICIAL RELEASE: AL-ZEIDI RALLY, DEC. 29TH IN DC

Wednesday, December 24, 2008

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE A rally calling on the Iraqi Government to free Muntadhar Al-Zeidi, the man who threw his shoes at George W. Bush, will be held Monday, December 29 at noon in front of the Iraqi consulate to the United States, located at 1801 P Street NW in Washington, DC. The rally is timed to immediately [...]

VIDEO: Shoes for Bush at the White House

Wednesday, December 17, 2008

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Several dozen activists from CODEPINK, Iraq Veterans Against War and other allies and a large press contigent gathered around noon today outside the White House to toss shoes at “George W. Bush” and call for the release of the Iraqi journalist arrested and beaten after throwing his shoes Sunday at Pres. Bush during a Baghdad [...]

Iraqi Ambassador Addresses CODEPINK’s Demand To Free Iraqi Journalist

Tuesday, December 16, 2008

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In D.C. this morning, the Iraq Ambassador to the United States, Samir Sumaida’ie, paused during a presentation to address a handful of women from CODEPINK who were holding signs in the audience reading “Free al-Zaidi” and “al-Zaidi speaks for me.” The signs were to show their support for the Iraqi journalist who was taken [...]

OFFICIAL RELEASE: Peace Activists Take Shoes to White House in Solidarity with Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist

Monday, December 15, 2008

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE    CONTACT Jean Stevens, CODEPINK media coordinator, 646-723-1781 Peace Activists Take Shoes to White House in Solidarity with Shoe-Throwing Iraqi Journalist Call for his release and tribute to Iraqis who have suffered under US occupation WHAT: Peace activists to gather with shoes in solidarity to Iraqi journalist WHEN: 11 a.m., Weds. Dec. 17 WHERE:  In front of White House, [...]

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