Henry Lowendorf's second email this week called a meeting for peace in front of Sen. Joseph I. Lieberman's Constitution Plaza office in Hartford for Thursday, Jan. 18 from 12 to 1 pm.

"On January 10th President Bush announced the sending of 20,000 more U.S. troops to fight in Iraq," Lowendorf's email said. "Existing forces already in Iraq will have their tour of duty extended. Units scheduled for deployment will have their departures moved up."

The rest of the release:

"Moreover, the U.S. is already threatening Iran with military force. U.S. forces attacked an Iranian consulate in northern Iraq in clear violation of international law. The U.S. will try to provoke Iran into a military response and then respond with massive retaliation. Along with the on-going conflict in Palestine and Israel, and the recent U.S. aerial bombardment and military operations in Somalia, a real potential exists that U.S. policies will create a regional escalation of the conflict in the Middle East and Horn of Africa."

"Sending more U.S. troops will only result in more U.S. military causalities, adding to the over 3000 deaths. It will only add to the staggering toll of 650,000 Iraqis who have been killed since the war started almost 4 years ago."

"We must stand up and say no more, get out of the quagmire, bring the troops home now, and end the war."

"Senator Joe Lieberman has a different view from the majority of Americans, who do not support the escalation and want the troops to come home. Lieberman applauded President Bush for pursuing a new course in Iraq. He only wants U.S. troops brought home after we allow, enable, and support them in accomplishing their mission in Iraq. How many more U.S. and Iraqi deaths does Joe Lieberman want to see before the mission is accomplished?"

"Senator Lieberman says the American people are frustrated by the miscalculations, lack of progress in the war, and by the daily scenes of violence and causalities. He ignores the 70% of people in the U.S. who do not support the war waged by Bush, and that we are angry by the mounting causalities and the hundreds of billions of dollars on this conflict."