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Within days of taking office Barack Obama sanctioned two
missile attacks in Pakistan, which killed dozens of civilians.
Obama also announced the doubling of US troop numbers in
Afghanistan to 60,000, making it clear that his war policies
are no different from those of George Bush.
Obama's vice president Joe Biden says there will be an
"uptick" in the military campaign in Afghanistan which makes
more important than ever the protests now being planned March 13-19th.
It is essential that the anti-war movement mobilizes the
widest opposition to the war in Afghanistan - which is
unwinnable even if the invaders knew what "winning" would look
like. Obama's intention is to escalate the war dramatically,
with the inevitable slaughter of Afghan civilians, already
being killed in their hundreds.
VoteStrike is now planning future demonstrations in
London when Obama joins other heads of government at the G20
meeting on April 2. Following the G20 protest there will be
three days of anti-war events in Strasburg, when Obama will
join in a celebration of the NATO on the 60th anniversary of
its founding. We will be publishing full details soon.
