Sponsored by Dorchester People for Peace.
Join us to vigil and leaflet, marking the 1000th death of a US service member in Afghanistan, the killing of many thousands of innocent Afghan civilians and the waste of hundreds of billions of dollars on a futile and unjust occupation.
DPP says:
BRING THE TROOPS AND THE WAR MONEY HOME!
FUND OUR NEIGHBORHOODS - CUT MILITARY SPENDING!
Death toll in Afghan war nears 1,000
More than eight years after the Taliban was toppled from power, the number of U.S. military fatalities in the war in Afghanistan is nearing 1,000, a grim milestone in a resurgent conflict that is claiming the lives of an increasing number of troops who had survived previous combat tours in Iraq. As of Tuesday, 996 U.S. military personnel had died while serving in Operation Enduring Freedom
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