[antiwar-van] Fw: [MAWO_info] *TODAY* Picket Action: Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan NOW!

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Mobilization Against War & Occupation (MAWO)

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PICKET ACTION
Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan Now!
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>> MONDAY November 10
>> 4:00pm
>> NEW Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment Centre
   620 Royal Avenue (near 6th Street, beside Douglas College)
>> New Westminster

In the last week, two air strikes from the occupation forces in Afghanistan killed 44 Afghan civilians and 38 so called “insurgents.” On Monday November 3, the first tragedy struck a wedding party in Kandahar province, where most of the deaths were women and children. On Wednesday November 5, two women and two children were among the 7 civilians killed in Badghis province. These deaths add to the 39% rise in civilian deaths in 2008, according to a United Nations report. In a war that was justified by the excuse of bringing “democracy, human rights and reconstruction” to Afghanistan, the occupation forces not only undermined the self-determination of Afghans, but are also denying them their most basic right – the right to life. 

These atrocities are even having an effect on the Canadian soldiers who directly or indirectly committed them. Since the mission in Afghanistan began in 2002, the number of Veterans Affairs members with a Post Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) condition has more than tripled. In 2007, the number of suicides among regular and reserve members of the Canadian Forces rose to 36, the highest in more than a decade, according to military police records. This number is not included in the 98 soldiers that have died in Afghanistan. A long time ago, people in Canada started to ask, why all this suffering and destruction? Who is this war really helping? It is definitely not helping soldiers, not helping poor and working people in Canada, and is absolutely not helping the people of Afghanistan. 

We, peace loving people here in Canada, out of our human responsibility, must join our Afghan sisters and brothers who are calling for an end to the occupation of their beloved country. This will be our 48th picket in front of the Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment Centre. These centres are a base from which the government of Canada recruits young people to sacrifice their lives for this illegal, brutal and unjust war. Because the recruitment center has moved from downtown Vancouver to New Westminster, this will be our first picket at the new location. Please join us to demand:

CANADA/NATO OUT OF AFGHANISTAN NOW!
INDEPENDENT PUBLIC INQUIRY NOW!

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
WWW.MAWOVANCOUVER. ORG
INFO at MAWOVANCOUVER. ORG
P: 604.322.1764 || F: 604.322.1763


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