“The massacre of civilians by the American forces is a crime that our people will never forget“
- Afghan student statement
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For Immediate Release:
Protest to be held at Asheville Federal Building against Massacre in Afghanistan and the Ongoing Occupation.
On May 12th at 5:00 PM at the Asheville Federal Building, Students for a Democratic Society will be leading a demonstration against the occupation of Afghanistan and the reoccurring civilian massacres committed by the U.S. led coalition. On May 4th of 2009 around 100 civilians were murdered by U.S. air power. SDS finds this to be an unacceptable use of taxpayer money and another example of why the occupation of Afghanistan will ultimately fail.
Sarah Buchner, chair of the local SDS chapter says, “We are greatly displeased that the new administration is increasing military activity in Afghanistan. People hated George W. Bush because of his wars, and what are we doing now? It’s insane to trade one war for empire for another. We believe the Afghan people have the right to determine their own future. We need to leave Afghanistan now, and this latest civilian massacre is one more big reason.”
“Recently, General Petraeus of Central Command has noted that al-Qaeda no longer exists in Afghanistan,” said Doug Michel of UNCA SDS. “This means that the U.S. is waging another illegal preventative war ‘against terrorism’ just like it has been doing in Iraq. This series of bloody massacres is waking people’s attention to the miserable plight of the Afghan people. Americans are becoming increasingly critical of the war, and we join them in saying ‘U.S. Out of Afghanistan!’”
For more information, please contact:
Doug Michel, 919-698-3385, dwmichel(at)gmail(dot)com
or
uncasds(at)gmail(dot)com
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