The Dead of 9 Years of War on Afghanistan Remembered Outside 10 Downing St. London

international | anti-war / imperialism | news report Friday October 08, 2010 21:39 by Ciaron O'Reilly

On Thursday I stood oppositie 10 Downing St./ London and read out the names of the Australian (21) war dead in Afghanistan
http://www.icasualties.org/oef/Nationality.aspx?hndQry=...ralia

The Australian names were interpersed with the names of civilian Afghani dead slain by Western forces over the last 9 years of U.S. led invasion and occupation of Afghanistan.
http://pubpages.unh.edu/~mwherold/memorial.htm

Thursday marked the 9th. anniversary of the U.S. led invasion. This week had seen a snow machine of hype from the White House "Drones take out Plot on the West" news stories.....presently being exposed as hype
see Guardian
http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2010/oct/07/barack-obam...laims

The 9 hour vigil and reading out the names of Afghani and British (340) dead
http://www.icasualties.org/oef/Nationality.aspx?hndQry=UK
was organised by "Justice not Vengeance" and the Oxford Catholic Worker. Participants included Chris, Martin, myself from London Catholic Worker, Susan and Miriam form Oxford Catholic Worker, Buddhist monks from the temples in Milton Keynes and London, Maya and friends from the Justice not Vengeance network and West End/ Brisbane homeboy Thomas who happened to be over in London.

Photos and article below......

http://www.indymedia.org.uk/en/2010/10/464729.html

More photos.........
http://london.indymedia.org/articles/5644