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DESCRIPTION:1000 casualty commemoration\nMonday, February 22 -yes tonight\nVets 
 Bldg-Macallister/ Van Ness, S.F.\n5:00 pm\nDogtag vigil and reading of the 
 names\nBill Creighton 415 571 9962\nSandra Schwartz AFSC 415 565 
 0201\n\n\nFor Immediate Release                                             
     Contact:      Sandra Schwartz, 415-999-2436\n				WWW.AFSC.ORG\n\n999 
 AMERICAN TROOP DEATHS IN AFGHANISTAN\nWhy do we keep sending more troops to 
 die?  Whose name will be next?\n                        Grim Milestone is a 
 Stark Reminder of Human Cost of War\n\nSan Francisco, CA February 22, 2010 
 – The American Friends Service Committee, AFSC and Veterans for Peace 
 will be reading the names of the fallen to draw attention to the cost of 
 war in front of the Veterans Building, 401 Van Ness Ave. at 5 pm today, 
 Feb. 22.  \n	\nIn the ninth year of war, increased foreign troop levels and 
 increasing national resistance to their presence has escalated the violence 
 in Afghanistan, making life less safe both for the occupied and occupier. 
 Almost one-third of the 1,000 deaths, 317, took place last year, and deaths 
 this year are on a pace to record even more.\n\n For Afghans the exact 
 numbers of casualties are unknown. Civilians are increasingly caught in the 
 crossfire.  Surveys from the United Nations show that last year marked the 
 highest number of civilian deaths and the highest number of children being 
 killed. \n\nBefore year’s end, the U.S. plans to complete the second 
 phase of troop level increases announced in 2009. The additional troops 
 would double the number of U.S. forces to 100,000. The department of 
 defense uses a calculus of $1 million per soldier, per year, to deploy to 
 Afghanistan – making our investment there $100 billion. \n\nThe AFSC 
 urges the U.S. to announce an immediate cease-fire, pledge to stop sending 
 additional troops, negotiate a timeline for the removal of U.S. troops and 
 no US control of permanent bases in Afghanistan.\n\nWHO:	 American Friends 
 Service Committee, YOUR ORGANIZATION\nWHAT:	1000th US Casualty in 
 Afghanistan\nWHERE:	401 Van Ness Ave. in front of the Veterans 
 building\nWHEN:	February 22, 2010 at 5 pm\n\n\n\n\n	\n\nFor more 
 information on AFSC’s Afghanistan initiative, visit www.afsc.org, or 
 follow us on Twitter or Facebook. \n\n\n###\nThe American Friends Service 
 Committee is a Quaker organization that includes people of various faiths 
 who are committed to social justice, peace and humanitarian service. Its 
 work is based on the belief in the worth of every person and faith in the 
 power of love to overcome violence and injustice.\n\n\n\n\n 
 https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/22/18638428.php
SUMMARY:Candlelight Light Vigil & Commemoration 1000th US Death in Afghanistan
LOCATION:401 Van Ness Ave @ McAllister\nin front of Veterans Memorial Building
URL:https://www.indybay.org/newsitems/2010/02/22/18638428.php
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