[antiwar-van] *FRIDAY* MAWO Public Forum "What Does the Extension of Canada’s Occupation Mean for Afghanistan?"

[Kira Koshelanyk]

* Please Forward Widely *

Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO) 

Public Forum: What Does the Extension of Canada’s
Occupation Mean for Afghanistan?
~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~
FRIDAY April 18th
6:30pm
Britannia Community Center (Learning Resource Room)
1661 Napier St. at Commercial Dr.

On March 13th, a vote in Canada’s parliament passed
to extend Canada’s occupation of Afghanistan from
2009 to 2011. This decision was made with absolutely
no consultation of working people in Canada, much less
with people in Afghanistan. Just in 2007, Afghan people
faced 2,764 air strikes (USA Today) and as Canada is
escalating their war machine, this extension comes with
even more helicopters to launch air strikes that will add
more deaths to the 10’s of 1000’s that there isn’t even
an official count of. On top of these direct killings, the
overall living standards are decreasing on all levels. 1
in 9 women are now dying in childbirth, the second
highest rate in the world, as there isn’t adequate
medical care under the occupation. Poverty is deplorable
as according to UNICEF there are 60,000 street children
in Kabul alone. Ironically, the only statistic that is rising
is heroin production, which has skyrocketed under
military occupation and the puppet Karzai government.

Participate in this public forum to discuss how this
extension impacts people in Afghanistan, and what the
antiwar movement can do to oppose it.

MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
http://WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER.ORG
info at mawovancouver.org
P 604.322.1764 || F 604.322.1763




_________________________________________________________________
If you like crossword puzzles, then you'll love Flexicon, a game which combines four overlapping crossword puzzles into one!
http://g.msn.ca/ca55/208