Category - exit strategy

US churches chief resists Bush's urge to surge

staff writers — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 16:33:11 +0000

The head of the leading US ecumenical body, the National Council of Churches USA, has described the call for more troops to be sent to Iraq as "morally unsupportable".

Church groups call for alternatives to Bush's "unjust and unworkable" Iraq strategy

staff writers — Fri, 12 Jan 2007 11:06:43 +0000

Peace and security in Iraq will not come from increased levels of US troops and more warring ‚Ä' it will be achieved only by diplomacy, political processes, reconciliation, and reconstruction, says leading Quaker agency the American Friends Service Committee (AFSC).

Christians protest over increase in US troops for Iraq

staff writers — Thu, 11 Jan 2007 18:32:14 +0000

Christians around the US will join others tonight at hundreds of meetings to protest against the announcement by President Bush last night to send 21,500 extra US troops to Iraq.