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For Immediate Release
July 13, 2007
For Further Information:
Kevin Zeese 301-996-6582
Tina Richards 573-247-8059
Iraq Vets Announce Tri-Folded Flag Campaign to
Hold Congress Responsible:
“FUNDING THE WAR IS KILLING THE TROOPS”
Washington, DC : Iraq Veterans Against the War is
urging a rapid and safe withdrawal of troops from Iraq ,
adequate funding of the needs of veterans when they
return and the rebuilding of Iraq by Iraqis.
According to Garett Reppenhagen, Chair of Iraq Vets
Against the War: “Iraq Veterans Against the War is a
growing movement of Iraq War era veterans and active
duty service members that are opposing the
occupation of Iraq . Through our military experience we
have learned that the continued presence of US troops
in the Middle-East is instigating further hatred toward
American Armed Forces and undermining our nation's
security. As a result, our military in Iraq is viewed by the
majority of the world as occupiers and not peace
keepers. The Iraq Veterans Against the War stands by
the belief that funding the war is killing the troops.”
IVAW will be holding a press conference, rally and the
delivery of Tri-Folded American Flags to Speaker
Pelosi, Majority Leader Hoyer, and Majority Whip
Clyburn on Tuesday, July 17th at the Upper Senate
Park at 1:00 PM. A rally will be held at 2:00 PM and
flags will be delivered at 3:00 PM.
Speaking at the press conference will be Garett
Rappenhagen, Adam Kokesh – who recently gained
national media attention when the Marines threatened
him with discipline for his anti-war advocacy and Rev.
Lennox Yearwood, Jr. is the President of the Hip Hop
Caucus, an Air Force Officer who is being threatened
with discharge from the Air Force Reserve Individual
Reserve Program as a ‘national security threat’ due to
his anti-war, climate change and civil rights activism.
Adam Kokesh described how funding the war is killing
the troops saying “As a proud combat veteran who
believes in a strong US military and national defense, I
find the Iraq war most offensive. Resources that could
be allocated to a multitude of other projects to enhance
our security are instead being diverted into the futile
occupation of Iraq . The brave men and women who
have sworn an oath to defend the Constitution deserve
better than to risk their lives in a misadventure that is
detrimental to our security, and our Constitution.
Further funding of this quagmire will only result in more
needless deaths.”
Rev. Yearwood put the blame for failure to end the war
on the Democratic Party leadership saying “On Nov 7,
2006, America went to the polls to demand an end to
the war in Iraq, yet this Democratic Congress continues
to fund the occupation. As a board member of
Progressive Democrats of America, I can say we did
not vote for a Democratic Congress or a Republican
Congress, we voted for a Human Congress.
Representatives Pelosi, Hoyer and Clyburn are putting
the interests of the Democratic Party before the
interests of humanity, and until they use their
leadership in Congress to de-fund the war, Iraq
Veterans Against the War holds them personally
responsible for the deaths of U.S. soldiers.” Yearwood
is also a board member of VotersForPeace which puts
‘peace before partisanship.’
The Tri-Folded Flag Campaign is being spearheaded
by Iraq Veterans Against the War but already other anti-
war groups are joining in. Among the groups already
signed on to the multi-month campaign are Military
Families Speak Out, Veterans for Peace,
VotersForPeace, Grassroots America, the Hip Hop
Caucus and Democracy Rising. The campaign will let
the House Democratic leadership know that voters will
be holding them responsible for failing to end the war
by sending them tri-folded flags between now and the
end of September.
Below are the veterans explaining their campaign. Garett
Reppenhagen, Adam Kokesh & Rev. Yearwood launch campaign
July 17, 2007
Reppenhagen, Adam Kokesh & Rev. Yearwood launch campaign
July 17, 2007