Yearly Archives: 2008

Iraq War Veteran Arrested After Two-Hour Standoff with Police in New Jersey

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Team VCS

December 27, 2008, Mansfield Township, New Jersey – A mentally disturbed Iraq War veteran who dialed 911 Friday morning claiming he’d shot two people kept officers at bay during an ensuing two-hour standoff, police said. Richard Toth, 30, made the 911 … Continue reading →

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Dan Rather’s Lawsuit Against CBS News May Deal President Bush’s Legacy a New Blow

Posted on December 28, 2008 by Team VCS

December 28, 2008, Los Angeles, California – As George W. Bush prepares to leave the White House, at least one unpleasant episode from his unpopular presidency is threatening to follow him into retirement. A $70m lawsuit filed by Dan Rather, … Continue reading →

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Linda Bilmes Interview: The $10 Trillion Hangover – Paying the Price for Eight Years of Bush’

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Team VCS

December 22, 2008 – In a new article in Harper’s Magazine, Linda Bilmes and Joseph Stiglitz estimate that the cost of undoing the Bush administration’s economic choices, from the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to the collapse of the financial … Continue reading →

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Guantánamo Prisoner’s Lawyers Accuse Defence Secretary Gates of ‘Flagrantly False’ Affidavit on Torture

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Team VCS

September 23, 2008 – Lawyers for a British resident held at Guantánamo Bay have accused Robert Gates, the US defence secretary, of signing a “flagrantly false” affidavit to avoid having to disclose evidence of torture. In a sworn affidavit to … Continue reading →

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Vice President Cheney Admits He ‘Signed Off’ on Waterboarding Torture for 33 Prisoners of War

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Team VCS

December 22, 2008 – Vice President Dick Cheney, in another stunning admission during his campaign to burnish the Bush administration’s legacy, said he personally authorized the “enhanced interrogations” of 33 suspected terrorist detainees and approved the waterboarding of three so-called … Continue reading →

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Despite Uproar, Army Officials Say All is Well at Warrior Transition Units

Posted on December 23, 2008 by Team VCS

December 23, 2008 – At a recent gathering in a small auditorium at Fort Lee, Va., wounded soldiers listened as everyone in their chain of command up to a full colonel reassured them that life in the post’s Warrior Transition … Continue reading →

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Brother: Torture Drove Shoe-Hurler to Apologize

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 22, 2008, Baghdad, Iraq – The apology letter from the Iraqi journalist who threw his shoes at President George W. Bush was written against his will after he was tortured in detention, his brother said Monday. Muntadhar al-Zeidi was … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Will Obama’s War Strategy Produce a Peace Dividend?

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 22, 2008 – When The father of President George W. Bush was in the White House, the end of the cold war in the early 1990s gave him a “peace dividend” – a drop in military spending that opened … Continue reading →

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Up to 30,000 New U.S. Troops in Afghanistan by Summer

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 20, 2008, Kabul, Afghanistan – The United States is aiming to send 20,000 to 30,000 extra troops to Afghanistan by the beginning of next summer, the chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff said on Saturday. Washington is … Continue reading →

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‘Lethal Warriors’ in Iraq, Linked to String of Crimes Back Home

Posted on December 22, 2008 by Team VCS

December 21, 2008 – Reporting frоm Orange County аnd Colorado Springs — Thеу nicknamed thеmѕеlvеѕ thе Lethal Warriors, аnd durіng twо tours іn Iraq, thе soldiers оf thе Army’s 2nd Battalion, 12th Infantry regiment confronted ѕоmе оf thе war’s cruelest … Continue reading →

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