Grandmothers hold Manhattan vigil to spotlight Iraq war deaths

[TexasLawyer]

Grandmothers hold Manhattan vigil to spotlight Iraq war deaths

The Associated Press
Published: January 1, 2007

NEW YORK: A group of anti-war grandmothers gathered Monday to call attention to the growing loss of American lives in Iraq by reading the names of the dead.

With curious tourists snapping pictures, about 60 people from the group Grandmothers Against the War and their supporters read the names of the dead who hailed from New York, New Jersey and Connecticut. The event was held in front of the Rockefeller Center. The group then planned to walk to the military recruiting center in Times Square.

By Monday, the American death toll in Iraq had climbed to 3,002, according to a tally of U.S. military death compiled by The Associated Press since the war began in March 2003.

Meanwhile, Iraqi authorities on Monday reported that 16,273 Iraqi civilians, soldiers and police died violent deaths in 2006. The figure outstrips an independent AP count for the year by more than 2,500 and reflects the daily dangers in a country where bombings, kidnappings and other attacks have become the norm.

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http://www.iht.com/articles/ap/2007/01/01/america/NA_GEN_US_Iraq_Grandmothers_Vigil.php

[Stargazer99]

1. Those grandmothers are probably being watched by our

Republican administration cops...just like they did those "dangerous" peace demostrating Quakers.This administration has manipulated the general public quite well by refusing to show the caskets that have come back from the front lines. Tax cuts for the rich, no real sacrifice for the "more equal than others". Notice you are told to spend, spend..who do you think that benefits? You'd hardly know you were at war compared to the 2ND World War EVERYBODY SACRIFICED EVEN THE "MORE EQUAL THAN OTHERS", not this war because this administration doesn't want you to get sick of it. And many of the common man will just refuse to think (thinking is dangerous to those in power) just like this administration relies on your self-centeredness, and they got it right. Except now a few are begining to wake up and smell the coffee, it sure takes the average man a long time to put two and two together and then make the effort to give a damn about anything but themselves.