The War is Over! Right? Sixth Anniversary of the Iraq War

THE WAR IS OVER! Right?
Friday, March 13th
Peace Works! Film Series
Cache Valley Unitarian Universalist Church, 596 E. 900 N., Logan
7:00 PM “A Soldiers Peace” by Cache Valley residents Marshall and Kristin Thompson, Holly and
Adam Smith, and others.
Friday, March 20th
USU Taggart Student Center Fountains
9:00 AM - 4 PM Eyes Wide Open and Cost of War Exhibits (American Friends Service Committee)
USU Taggart Student Center Auditorium
11:00 AM - 12:20 PM Movie: “The Ground Truth”
12:20 PM - until gone FREE Pizza outside the auditorium
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM “The War Is Over! Right?” presentation by Stephen McNeil, followed by Q&A
Stephen McNeil, San Francisco, California, is Assistant Regional Director for Peace Building, Relief, and Youth Work with
American Friends Service Committee, a non-sectarian Quaker organization that received the Nobel Peace Prize in 1947. He is
on the Board of Directors of the Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) in Washington, DC, a Quaker lobby in
the public interest, having served as chairman and now serving as head of the fundraising efforts.
1:30 PM - 2:20 PM: “Understanding Afghanistan” presentation by Stephen McNeil, followed by Q&A
2:30 PM - 4:10 PM: Movie “Why We Fight”
4:15 PM - 5:00 PM: Walk from Fountain area outside TSC to the Peace Vigil
Logan
5:00 PM - 6:00 PM: Peace Vigil, east side of Main Street between Center St. and 100 N
6:30 PM Dinner, followed by “Understanding Afghanistan” presentation by Stephen McNeil, at Cache Valley
Unitarian Universalist Fellowship, 596 E 900 N., Logan
Sponsored by:
• USU Journalism and Communication Department
• Cache Valley Peace Works
• Cache Valley Unitarian Universalist Fellowship
• Logan Friends Meeting (Quakers)
• Mormons for Equality and Social Justice - Cache Valley
* figures courtesy of www.antiwar.com, countdowntowithdrawal.org, www.defenselink.mil, and www.nationalpriorities.org
MARKING THE 6TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE US
INVASION OF IRAQ
6 Years
$599,600,000,000+ spent*
U.S. Military deaths in Iraq: 4,250
U.S. Military wounded in Iraq: 31,089
Iraqi civilians killed: 1,311,696
U.S. Troops Deployed in Iraq: 147,000
U.S. Military deaths in Afghanistan: 660
U.S. Military wounded in Afghanistan: 2701
U.S. troops in Afghanistan: 38,000
...and still counting