According to our own military, Gulf War I killed between 100,000 and 180,000 Iraqis and (count 'em) 148 U.S. troops. Our government dropped more artillery tonnage in 40 days on one country than was dropped by everyone in WWII. After purposefully destroying power plants and water treatment facilities, our government starved the people of Iraq with a decade of sanctions. No clean water. No equipment to fix it. Between 1.2 and 1.5 million are dead as a direct result of these sanctions, and 3,000 to 5,000 children under five currently die per month, according to the UN, not Saddam Hussein's "propaganda machine."

When asked about these statistics on 60 Minutes, former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright said it was "worth it." The new war will feature a strategy the Pentagon has called "Shock and Awe," according to CBS Nightly News.

The Air Force and Navy are planning to launch on the first day of the attack 300 to 400 cruise missiles at the 4 million citizens of Baghdad, the number used during the entire 40 days of the first Gulf War. Then they plan on doing it again on the second day. "The sheer size of this has never been seen before, never been contemplated before," a Pentagon official was quoted, "There will not be a safe place in Baghdad."

A million dead in two days? So we can take the oil under their feet? Bring them democracy? We must stop this massacre before the bombs start falling. There will be a protest vigil at noon this Friday in the HUB-Robeson Center. Join the world and speak out.