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February 21, 2003 - In a letter sent last week to Mr Rumsfeld, Anthony Principi, the secretary of veterans' affairs, demanded that the Pentagon disclose data on US troops' exposure to chemical, biological or radiological weapons in the event of a war on I...
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February 21, 2003 - Anthony Hardie insists he's no longer bitter, but his voice suggests otherwise.
Although he's proud to have served with the U.S. Army in the Persian Gulf War - a war, by the way, he believes the United States was justified ...
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February 2, 2003 - Key Points
• Depleted uranium (DU) is a toxic heavy metal used in armor-piercing ammunition because its extreme density enables it to penetrate thick tank armor.
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January 20, 2003 - With war clouds gathering over Iraq, it is amazing to see the mainstream U.S. news media continuing to ignore a vital and controversial issue of direct consequence to the troops who are now being rushed to the Persian Gulf region: Th...
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January 15, 2003 - National Press Club, Washington, DC
Contact: Erik Gustafson egustafson@igc.org
Families of Current Service Members and Gulf War Veterans Question U.S. Military Build-Up in the Gulf
I. OPENING ST...
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January 10, 2003 - Honorable Anthony Principi (00)
Secretary
Department of Veterans Affairs
810 Vermont Avenue, NW
Washington, DC 20420
Dear Secretary Principi:
As a veter...
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January 10, 2003 - Dear friends and veterans,
As many of you know, President Bush is expected to decide on war within weeks.
In your efforts to prevent this war, many of you have come into contact with military families who fear for ...
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January 2, 2003 - Steve Robinson's phone rings all the time these days. Usually, the callers are soldiers who want to know what they should do to prepare for chemical or biological attacks if there is a war with Iraq.
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October 23, 2002 - The president’s chief economic advisor, Lawrence Lindsey, says a war in Iraq "could cost as much as $200 billion." Based on experience, combat veterans know the price of a new war in Iraq may be far greater, causing serious U.S. ca...
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November 23, 2002 - Why don't we listen to our veterans, who have much to say about war based on their firsthand experience?
Let's listen to the testimony of seven veterans at the Sept. 30 hearing in the State Capitol. They pleaded for the Uni...
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October 7, 2002 - In a surprisingly rosy cost estimate of something which can’t be accurately estimated, the Congressional Budget Office Monday released an analysis of what Gulf War II might cost in real dollars paid by U.S. taxpayers. Only they left ...
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October 3, 2002 - This summer, in the midst of the Bush administration's "War on Terrorism," Hollywood released another movie mimicking reality. In "Minority Report," police forces arrest people for crimes they have not yet committed. A small group o...
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September 28, 2002 - It was early in the morning, even for me, and I stared astonished at my inbox, replete with some pretty strong hate mail, with three general themes: “Shut up...
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September 25, 2002 - With a secret plan developed in September 2000 to attack Iraq, President George W. Bush is unleashing the dogs of war and once again plunging American troops ...
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September 25, 2002 - "Whatever the outcome of the foreign policy debate in Washington, we must ensure our troops are better protected before deploying to any war zone. We cannot ...
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September 25, 2002 - Even those who back the Bush administration's efforts to topple Saddam Hussein are cautioning the military not to repeat the mistakes it made the first time, said Steve Robinson, executive director of the Washington-based National ...
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September 24, 2002 - I’ll never forget the morning of February 27, 1991. As a young U.S. Army tanker, near the banks of the Euphrates River, two trucks raced through our positio...
