Yearly Archives: 2005

Worry Grows as Foreigners Flock to Iraq’s Risky Jobs

Posted on August 1, 2005 by Team VCS

For hire: more than 1,000 U.S.-trained former soldiers and police officers from Colombia. Combat-hardened, experienced in fighting insurgents and ready for duty in Iraq. This eye-popping advertisement recently appeared on an Iraq jobs website, posted by an American entrepreneur who … Continue reading →

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Soldiers May Lose Hundreds in Pay Starting Monday (8/1/05)

Posted on July 31, 2005 by Team VCS

Soldiers May Lose Hundreds in Pay Starting Monday (8/1/05) MARINE CORPS BASE CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — Untold numbers of servicemembers residing off base will see their next paycheck shrink by as much as $250 — and many of them may … Continue reading →

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The Roots of Prisoner Abuse

Posted on July 31, 2005 by Team VCS

The Roots of Prisoner Abuse This week, the White House blocked a Senate vote on a measure sponsored by a half-dozen Republicans, including Senator John McCain, that would prohibit cruel, degrading or inhumane treatment of prisoners. Besides being outrageous on … Continue reading →

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General Meyers Blocks Release of Pictures Depicting U.S. Torture of Enemy Prisoners

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

General Meyers Blocks Release of Pictures Depicting U.S. Torture of Enemy Prisoners Defense Department Files Secret Arguments in Further Attempt to Suppress Abu Ghraib Photos FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: media@aclu.org NEW YORK — The Defense Department has filed heavily redacted papers … Continue reading →

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Milestone: Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties Hit 2,007

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

Milestone: Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties Hit 2,007 http://www.defenselink.mil/news/casualty.pdf (official DoD casualty site is updated every morning) Low-balling the Cost of War: CBO Assumes No Casualties http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm?Page=Article&ID=74 (article reprinted from October 2002, well before the invasion of Iraq) by Charles Sheehan-Miles, October … Continue reading →

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Iraq: The Human Toll

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

Iraq: The Human Toll by DAVID CORTRIGHT, The Nation, July 24, 2005 Living conditions for the people of Iraq, already poor before the war, have deteriorated significantly since the US invasion. This is confirmed in a new report by the … Continue reading →

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Senate Clears Emergency Veterans Budget

Posted on July 30, 2005 by Team VCS

Senate Clears Emergency Veterans BudgetBy THE ASSOCIATED PRESS, July 29, 2005, Filed at 12:45 p.m. ET WASHINGTON (AP) — The Senate sent President Bush a $1.5 billion increase to the budget for veterans health care programs Friday as it cleared … Continue reading →

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Army General Advised Using Dogs at Abu Ghraib, Officer Testifies

Posted on July 28, 2005 by Team VCS

Army Maj. Gen. Geoffrey D. Miller told top officers during an advisory visit to Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison that they needed to get military working dogs for use in interrogations, and he advocated procedures then in use at the U.S. … Continue reading →

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CIA officials used a sledgehammer handle to beat various prisoners in Iraq

Posted on July 28, 2005 by Team VCS

Guardsman: CIA beat Iraqis with hammer handles By Arthur KaneDenver Post Staff WriterJuly 27, 2005 CIA officials used a sledgehammer handle to beat various prisoners in Iraq, and one official, whose name is classified, would often brag about his abuse … Continue reading →

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U.S. military dog handlers face Abu Ghraib hearing

Posted on July 26, 2005 by Team VCS

FORT MEADE, Md. (Reuters) – Two U.S. dog handlers in Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison used unmuzzled dogs to threaten prisoners and competed to see who could make inmates urinate on themselves, according to testimony at a military hearing on Tuesday. … Continue reading →

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