UPDATED: The 7th YEAR - PEACE Efforts urging end to Occupations

JEREMY SCAHILL JUST RECEIVED THE IZZY AWARD!

UPDATES since Rallies for the 7th Year commemorations of the Occupation of Iraq
SEE the Iraq Vets, including translator, who spoke OUT against War/Occupation in Fayetteville, NC USA and see the report and photo of singer vet IN FAYETTEVILLE, North Carolina: The afternoon's rousing conclusion was led by Fayetteville guitarist (and 20-year veteran of Ft. Bragg's 82d Airborne Division) Dan Speller and his band, who had the entire park (well, maybe not counting the police) jumping and shouting to the Edwin Starr classic, "War -- What Is It Good For -- Absolutely Nothing!"

SEE lots of other photos and descriptions of the events here - UPDATES with Photos from the 7th Protests:

Fayetteville Peace Rally here

PEACE PUNDIT and from SAN FRANCISCO anti-war rally here

UNITED for PEACE here

From Debra Sweet at worldcantwait dot net: here

AND see this just in from NYT with the amazingly honest yet SO LATE quote by Gen. McChrystal! here


US Park Police Insignia courtesy of following post found on internet from:

Remove All U.S. Military from Central Asia

Come back for various approaches and updates...demonstrating that there are oh so many ways to express dismay at these all too many Seven Years of Occupation and expanding...

I promised some updates on the US peace efforts for the 7th year...Don't have much time but here are some good ones to check out and they should lead you to others:

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PEACE OF THE ACTION, WORLD CAN'T WAIT (Debra Sweet), A.N.S.W.E.R., After Downing Street dor org all to have more updates and videos easy to find with simple search.

The understanding is that camping at THIS particular DC U. S. Parks Service - the case ruling is that it's OK to campout there as long as no overnight sleepovers. Is this administration making a choice FOR WAR and against PEACE?

« Cindy Sheehan opens CAMP OUT NOW; Hakeemulla Mehsud is alive; and the War goes on U.S. Parks Service forces Cindy Sheehan to take down CAMP OUT NOW Tents on National Mall; March 20 March on Washington TODAY, March in San Francisco and Los Angeles, Police arrest Poster Hangers, charge them with a Felony

The U.S Parks Service Forces CAMP OUT NOW to take down their temporary Tent. In other words, President Barack Obama’s Administration allows the U.S. Parks Service to demand Cindy Sheehan take down the Tents. Read CAMP OUT NOW’s press release:

U.S. Parks Service Forces CAMP OUT NOW to take down their Tents

March 20th, 2010: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE: For More Information, contact: Joshua Smith: 817 751 5890 (National Operation’s Director, Peace of the Action)

On Monday, March 15th, Camp OUT NOW, a Peace Camp erected by US Citizens on the lawn of the Washington Monument, was denied by the National Park Service its legal rights (based on National Park Service regulation 7.96) to erect temporary tents.

According to case law, tents are able to be erected as long as there is no sleeping—the Park Service forced the campers to take down the tents Monday afternoon immediately after they were set-up. “On the 7th anniversary of an illegal war that has killed over a million people and in the shadow of the government that commits crimes on a daily basis, we will claim our legal rights to establishment an anti-war camp, and we expect to do so unmolested by law enforcement,” said Cindy Sheehan, National Director of Peace of the Action.

Peace of the Action is inviting all concerned citizens to join us at Camp this evening to help us fight the arbitrary enforcement of national law. The action will take place Saturday night, March 20th beginning at 8pm. FOLLOW CAMP OUT NOW at Cindy Sheehan’s blog, click here.

CINDY SHEEHAN IS THE MOTHER OF SPC. CASEY SHEEHAN WHO WAS KILLED IN IRAQ ON 04 APRIL 2004. SHE IS THE NATIONAL DIRECTOR OF PEACE OF THE ACTION AND THE AUTHOR OF FIVE BOOKS AND HOST OF HER OWN RADIO SHOW: CINDY SHEEHAN’S SOAPBOX.
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In Washington DC, putting up a poster telling people about the March 20 March on Washington will get you fined, in California, you get arrested and charged with a Felony, then fined.

The government has fined A.N.S.W.E.R., the organizers of the March 20 March on Washington $80,000 FOR PUTTING UP POSTERS.

In San Francisco and Los Angeles, people putting up posters to tell people about the March 20 March on Washington have been ARRESTED, and charged with a Felony, and fined $20,000 each. IS GEORGE W. BUSH STILL PRESIDENT?