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Dear Friend:

If we want to stop the war in Afghanistan, we need to change public opinion. As Malalai Joya--once the youngest member of the Afghan Parliament, and now the forthcoming author of A Woman Among Warlords: The Extraordinary Story of an Afghan Who Dared to Raise Her Voice--writes:

"It is a shame that so much of Afghanistan’s reality has been kept veiled by a western media consensus in support of the ‘good war.’ Perhaps if the citizens of North America had been better informed about my country, President Obama would not have dared to send more troops and spend taxpayers’ money on a war that is only adding to the suffering of our people and pushing the region into deeper conflicts.

A troop ‘surge’ in Afghanistan, and continued air strikes, will do nothing to help the liberation of Afghan women. The only thing it will do is increase the number of civilian casualties and increase the resistance to occupation. To really help Afghan women, citizens in the U.S. and elsewhere must tell their government to stop propping up and covering for a regime of warlords and extremists. If these thugs were finally brought to justice, Afghan women and men would prove quite capable of helping ourselves."

We can help shift media consensus and inform the public about Afghanistan this Thursday, May 21st, by taking part in the National Media Day of Action on Afghanistan. Only have a few minutes? You can update your Facebook status and/or Tweet, sign a petition, and/or write a letter to your local paper's editor.

Click here to act now!
http://www.womensaynotowar.org/article.php?id=4895

Thanks for taking action with me!