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GUESTS: Sonali Kolhatkar Co-Director of Afghan Women’s Mission, Co-author of “Bleeding Afghanistan, and Regular Host of Uprising, Henry Duke with Orange County Peace Action

Twenty suspected Taliban fighters died in Afghanistan today after a clash with NATO-led forces in Kandahar. In a separate incident, one British soldier died and two were injured as a result of a bombing in the south. As clashes and attacks continue, a new United Nations report indicates that Afghanistan is facing its bloodiest year since the US-led invasion in 2001. 5,000 security-related deaths have been tallied so far this year, compared to just a little more than 4,000 for all of 2006. The report adds that guerrillas have staged fewer conventional attacks and are relying instead on using IEDs, suicide bombings and assassinations. This Sunday marks the six-year anniversary of the start of the war in Afghanistan. Six years later, attacks on civilians continue – British forces killed 25 people in June including nine women and three children, and southern Afghanistan faces famine as a result of the international community’s policies there. Locally in Orange County, a coalition of groups is calling for a complete withdrawal of US Forces from the country and for war crimes investigations. A protest will take place tomorrow, October 6 at 12 noon at the Picket Armed Forces Recruiting Station in Santa Ana.

Event:
Protest this Saturday, October 6
12:00 noon
Armed Forces Recruiting Station
612 Warner Avenue
Santa Ana, CA

Refreshments, music, poetry and speakers
1:30 p.m.
Delhi Park
2314 S Halladay Street
Santa Ana, CA

For More Information, email civilianunrest@aim.com or call 714-585-2836