Remember, now more than ever Today marks the 25th anniversiary of the assasination of El Salvadorean Archbishop Oscar Romero by US-backed death squads. His crime? Being a tireless defender of El Salvador's poor and oppressed.

Remembering his death is particularly important today, when the Pentagon is reportedly considering returning to the "El Salvadoran" option to deal with the insurgency in Iraq.

Memo to the world: Murder is murder. How many men like Romero need to die before we understand this simple fact? The United States government needs to held accountable for its crimes, past and present.

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