Vets for Peace to light and launch 2,000 candles tonight on Lake Merritt

Message from Paul Cox, Veterans for Peace (SF Bay Area Chapter 69)

Announced early this morning, the war and occupation of Iraq has claimed its 2,000 American casualty, not counting the many thousands of deaths of Iraqis and “coalition” troops, or the dead in Afghanistan. See CNN link.

We no longer count the American deaths by the tens or hundreds, but in the thousands.

A Veterans for Peace working party last night assembled 2,000 candles, cups and foam-core boards that we will be lighting and launching on Lake Merritt tonight. Please be there no later than 7:00 to help set up. Lighting and launching 2,000 candles is a lot of work.

The Peace Navy has volunteered to help control the candles on the lake and round them up afterwards. We will also need help packing the candles and cleaning up.