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PHILADELPHIA — As you read this, America has reached a tragic milestone -- 3,000 U.S. troops have died in Iraq. To mourn all military and civilian casualties in the Iraq war, the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC), a Quaker peace and social justice organization and co-recipient of the Nobel Peace Prize, is sponsoring events tonight between 7- 8 p.m. local time in more than 290 communities across the country. A list of activities across the country can be found at www.afsc.org/3000/.
Not One More Death, Not One More Dollar activities will be held in 46 cities, including: Pershing Square, downtown Los Angeles; the Golden Gate Bridge, San Francisco; Union Square, Manhattan; 125 Street, Harlem, New York; and the West Lawn of U.S. Capitol, in Washington, D.C.
The Service Committee believes not one more Iraqi civilian or U.S. soldier should be killed; not one more U.S. dollar should be spent sustaining war and occupation. Instead, Congress should fund diplomatic efforts and Iraqi-led reconstruction of their country.
The Iraq war has lasted longer than the U.S. involvement in World War II. U.S. military deaths in this war have exceeded the number of those killed in the first four years of Vietnam.
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