March 19, 2009: Stop (the) war? Yes we can!

<img src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/9/banksy_copy.gif" alt="@war" border="1" align="left" style="padding:2px;" /> Within the first 100 days of Obama's presidency, U.S. troops will still be fighting in Iraq, with an additional 65,000 American military personnel to go into Afghanistan, according to the <a href="http://www.change.gov">incoming administration's transitional website</a>. <br /> <br /> The "Obama-Biden Plan" foreign policy outline on their website also states that troops will be gradually removed from Iraq by one to two brigades a month through 2010. The President-elect's webpage gives no specified starting date for troop withdrawal from Iraq, but says the U.S. military, "…will remain in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda …and protect American diplomatic and civilian personnel." <br /> <br /> The Obama-Biden Plan also calls for U.S. and other NATO forces to increase military resources towards fighting GWOT (the "Global War On Terror"). <br /> <br /> With the 6th anniversary of the continuing war only three and a half months from now, there is some information available on how local, state, and national groups intend to respond on March 19th to the incoming administration's continued focus on middle-eastern domination and worldwide militarism. <p><a href="/newsite/node/6843">Read Full Article</a></p>

<p><img src="http://rochester.indymedia.org/usermedia/image/9/banksy_copy.gif" alt="@war" border="1" align="left" style="padding:2px;" /> Within the first 100 days of Obama's presidency, U.S. troops will still be fighting in Iraq, with an additional 65,000 American military personnel to go into Afghanistan, according to the <a href="http://www.change.gov">incoming administration's transitional website</a>. </p> <p> The "Obama-Biden Plan" foreign policy outline on their website also states that troops will be gradually removed from Iraq by one to two brigades a month through 2010. The President-elect's webpage gives no specified starting date for troop withdrawal from Iraq, but says the U.S. military, "…will remain in Iraq and in the region to conduct targeted counter-terrorism missions against al Qaeda …and protect American diplomatic and civilian personnel." </p> <p> The Obama-Biden Plan also calls for U.S. and other NATO forces to increase military resources towards fighting GWOT (the "Global War On Terror"). </p> <p> With the 6th anniversary of the continuing war only three and a half months from now, there is some information available on how local, state, and national groups intend to respond on March 19th to the incoming administration's continued focus on middle-eastern domination and worldwide militarism.</p> <p><a href="/newsite/node/6843">Read Full Article</a></p>