Harlem grandmas hit the warpath over Iraq !

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http://www.nydailynews.com/boroughs/story/409623p-346692c.html


BY STEPHEN STIRLING
DAILY NEWS WRITER

Fed up with a war they call "unjust," grandmothers in the city are taking to the streets.
Armed with canes and loudspeakers, a crowd of more than 40 grandmothers, great-grandmothers and even a few grandfathers gathered outside an Army recruiting station in Harlem yesterday to protest the war in Iraq.

The Harlem Grandmothers Against the War in Iraq chose tax day specifically to protest, citing that the war has already cost U.S. taxpayers more than $26 billion. That's money, they say, that could and should be used to fund community health care, housing and education programs.

"It is unconscionable that most of our tax money goes to killing people in other countries while our community in Harlem lacks the bare essentials of housing and medical care," said Vinie Burrows, a great-grandmother. "The war in Iraq translates itself into a war against the poor."

Several grandmothers spoke at the peaceful rally, which began outside the Harlem IRS office and culminated across the street in front of the Army recruiting station.

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1. right on, grandmas, thank you!

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2. Good girl, Vinie! We need to be blunt! Call it what it is ---- killing -

"It is unconscionable that most of our tax money goes to killing people in other countries while our community in Harlem lacks the bare essentials of housing and medical care," said Vinie Burrows, a great-grandmother. "The war in Iraq translates itself into a war against the poor."