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A Call for Light

Dear friends,
With a group of friends here in London, we are organizing a peaceful candle light vigil in front of the BBC. We are looking for endorsements from people, groups and organizations in the anti war movement all over the world.
Please, read below the statement. To endorse, please send an email to: acallforlight@mail.com
A Call for Light.
Vigil outside the BBC, Bush House, Aldwych, London.
Thursday, 2nd December between 5:30pm and 7:00pm.

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> The first barrage of modern warfare is not heard on the battlefield. Instead, it thunders forth from our TV screens and leaves trails of fiery words across the printed page.
It is often said that 'the first casualty of war is truth', but we rarely reflect on the bloody reality of these words.

The corpses are piling high in Iraq. A conservative estimate calculates 100,000 since our invasion; most killed by 'coalition' forces and most of them women and children (Iraq Mortality Survey, The Lancet, 29 October 2004). Our media continues to bury their bodies.
Who will speak for dead Iraqis when our media will not?
Join with us, if you can, and help us shine a light on Iraq, on this 'war', and on ourselves.
All are welcome
* Please bring your family and friends.
* Please stand in silence, to mark the silence of the unreported and of the dead.
* Please come with candles, to light the truth and your own placards, to commemorate the dead in Iraq.
* Please come as an individual, leaving symbols of party or organisation affiliations at home.
web: www.acallforlight.org email: acallforlight@mail.com