[antiwar-van] *REMINDER* Tomorrow at 4pm - 46th Picket Action Demands "Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan Now!"

[Kira Koshelanyk]

*Please Forward Widely*

Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan Now!
Independent Public Inquiry into the War Drive by the Government of Canada!
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MONTHLY PICKET ACTION
Tuesday September 30th
4PM
Canadian Armed Forces Recruitment Center (1070 W Georgia St)
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On August 22nd, the most recent air strike massacre of Afghan civilians took place. According to United Nations-backed reports by villagers in Azizabad, western Afghanistan, this occupation force air strike killed at least 90 people, 60 of whom were children and 15 women. Since the attacks on civilians by the joint forces of Canada, the US and NATO have
increased, it is expected that the number of killings of innocent children and ordinary people will soar. According to Human Rights Watch, civilian deaths from US and NATO air strikes in Afghanistan have nearly tripled over the past year. 

It is approaching 7 years now that Afghanistan has been under Canada/NATO occupation. Year after year, the people of Afghanistan continue to fight back for their right to self-determination, a basic right of the people of Afghanistan undermined by Canada, the US and NATO. According to various media and independent sources, since 2001 more than 40,000 civilians have been killed in Afghanistan, as well as over a hundred thousand seriously injured. As for Canada’s death toll, it is now 98 soldiers that have come home in body bags. 

Not only does this war cost the lives of so many, it is also draining funding from social services in Canada. $50Million of funding has been cut from post-secondary education in BC in 2008 alone. Yet a total of $8.1Billion taxpayer dollars have been spent on the war in Afghanistan. The human and the financial costs are adding up in the minds of people in Canada. According to a recent CBC poll, 56% of people in Canada disapprove of Canada's war in Afghanistan.

Canada’s federal election is approaching on October 14th. Canada’s war in Afghanistan is a question on the minds of the majority of people in Canada. Yet none of the major political parties demand an UNCONDITIONAL withdrawal of Canadian troops out of Afghanistan. None of these political parties truly represent the opinion of the majority of people in Canada against this war and occupation. 

Join us to protest of this unjust and cruel war drive, and to tell the 5 major political parties that their silence and complicity on this war is not acceptable. As peace-loving and humanist people we will picket the Canadian Forces Recruitment Center for the 46th time to demand: 
Canada/NATO Out of Afghanistan Now!
Independent Public Inquiry into the War Drive by the Government of Canada!

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MAWO ~ Mobilization Against War & Occupation
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