A NOTE ON THE PRESIDENTIAL ELECTION IN OHIO
Congressman Dennis Kucinich, Common Dreams Commentary
http://www.commondreams.org/views04/1110-31.htm

VETERAN'S DAY PEACE VIGIL IN NYC
Thursday, November 11th 2004 at 07:00 pm

Lets join Code Pink New York in their call for a silent vigil in remembrance of the casualties, both military and civilian, of the ongoing war and occupation of Iraq. Bring candles, flashlights, flags, banners. Location of Peace Vigil at Columbus Circle corner of Central Park West & 59th St. New York 10023

Contact: Nancy Kricorian
codepinknyc@hotmail.com
212.749.8939

Sponsored By: Grandmothers Against War, Iraq Veterans Against the War, Military Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace, Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Veterans of the Abraham Lincoln Brigade, New York Protest Drummers

QUOTE OF THE DAY ... What is absurd and monstrous about war is that men who have no personal quarrel should be trained to murder one another in cold blood. Aldous Huxley

[Duchess Note ... Learned this morning that my dear father will be having open heart surgery within a day or so. Please say a prayer or two for him and my family. Thank you and God bless.]



[Two wonderfully brilliant handsome actors that I admire ... British actor Sean Bean and Nicholas Cage at the Los Angeles premiere of NATIONAL TREASURE on November 8th. The movie opens in cinema's around the US on Friday, November 19th.]


FALLUJAH CANDLELIGHT VIGIL IN NYC
Friday, November 12th 2004 05:30 pm
Washington Square Park
The Fallujah Witness Vigil is calling for all those who object to the ongoing massacre of Iraqi civilians - recently reported to have reached 100,000 dead - to join together at Washington Square Park and express their opposition. This candlelight vigil for the inhabitants of Fallujah will be held in the event US forces move to seize the city. The deliberate and routine targeting of civilians and the use of collective punishment in the US effort to subjugate the population of Iraq is unacceptable. We must make it clear to our leaders, our fellow citizens, and the rest of the world that the inhuman tactics of the US military do not reflect the values of the people of this country. We must publicly pressure our leaders at every opportunity to stop the threatened carnage in Fallujah.

A ground assault for control of Fallujah has begun. Ten thousand US troops have Fallujah under siege and it is being bombarded by air and artillery. Iraqi defenders and American troops are skirmishing on the city outskirts, while hundreds of thousands of fleeing residents have been turned into refugees. Water and electricity has reportedly been cut off. Those non-combatants who remain - perhaps numbering fifty thousand or more - are largely families without resources or support outside the city. The bulk of those killed in an assault on the city will likely consist of members of this innocent group. Fallujah was besieged for several weeks in April, with at least 600 Iraqis killed. Most were non-combatants, many killed by US snipers targeting anyone venturing out of their homes, even family members retrieving the bodies of relatives shot down just outside their doors. The vigil will be held at the Washington Square Park arch, beginning at 5:30PM. The vigil will continue nightly at the same location and time for the duration of the attack.