Six year anniversary of the start of Iraq War

Today is the sixth anniversary of the war in Iraq. 4,259 American soldiers have been killed and an estimated one million Iraqis have died. Despite President Obama‘s pledge to withdrawal all combat troops by August of 2010, anti-war activists are holding vigils and conducing actions of non-violence. The demonstrations seek to remind people that the war in Iraq continues… that the war in Afghanistan is escalating… and that a covert war in Pakistan is growing. But as FSRN’s Leigh Ann Caldwell reports, the anti-war movement is facing a difficult time.

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