A Campaign to remember those Iraqi civilians who
have died during the two years of attack on Iraq.
In Iraq, deaths are announced by black flags which
are displayed on buildings, fences or poles up and
down the city streets. During this war 100,000 Iraqi's
have been killed.
The occupying powers refuse to count the bodies of
those who have died. The Black Flag Campaign is
working at bringing dignity to those who have been
casualties in the war.
We won't let their deaths go unacknowledged!
March 19, 2005 marks the second anniversary of the
war against Iraq, support the campaign The Black
Flag Coalition (403) 270-9669 or
.
We encourage people to make their own black flags
and put them on their homes on their cars or such.
You just need a piece of cotton material such as
a sheet. If you can't find a black sheet you can
use a white one and paint or spray paint it black.
Some suggestions of information to write on the flag:
- The name of one of those who have died.
The names of over 3,000 victims are listed at
www.iraqbodycount.net/names.htm.
- You could use the phrase "Peace be with
you".
- When the person died and their age.
Any more questions or concerns please contact
CANDIL. If you would like to have a flag making
session in your church, community or youth group
let us know and we can help you get organized
Our hope is that your flag will be used and displayed
at events (demonstrations, protests or vigils) happening
in your city March 19 & 20, 2005.
For more information about events happening in your
city go to www.acp-cpa.ca/en/
War as left more than 100,000 victims according
to medical study plublished in medical Journal The
Lancet
Check
web articles on the CBC web site
Check
the body count stats on CBC
Mortality
before and after the 2003 invasion of Iraq: cluster
sample survey (Abstract of article published in
The Lancet, 20 November 2004, Pages 1857-1864 by
Les Roberts, Riyadh Lafta, Richard Garfield, Jamal
Khudhairi and Gilbert Burnham).
Download Poster
The
poster can be downloaded here.
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