Yearly Archives: 2005

Lower-Tier Death Benefit Stings Military Family

Posted on July 13, 2005 by Team VCS

Last February, a week after returning from his second, stress-filled tour in Iraq, Marine Lt. Col. Richard M. Wersel Jr, 43, had a fatal heart attack while lifting weights in a base gymnasium at Camp Lejeune, N.C. Had the decorated … Continue reading →

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Rove Told Reporter of Plame’s Role But Didn’t Name Her, Attorney Says

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Team VCS

Rove Told Reporter of Plame’s Role But Didn’t Name Her, Attorney Says By Josh WhiteWashington Post Staff WriterMonday, July 11, 2005; A01 White House Deputy Chief of Staff Karl Rove spoke with at least one reporter about Valerie Plame’s role … Continue reading →

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The battle after the battle

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Team VCS

The day before his 22nd birthday, a bomb hanging from a tree along a road near Fallujah exploded above Rory Dunn’s Humvee. Dunn’s forehead was crushed from ear to ear, leaving his brain exposed. His right eye was destroyed by … Continue reading →

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While You Were Watching the Hurricane: The Weekend in Iraq

Posted on July 11, 2005 by Team VCS

While You Were Watching the Hurricane: The Weekend in Iraq The bombings in London and Hurricane Dennis knocked the war off the front pages again this week so let’s do some synthesis here: Reuters offers a wrap-up of incidents in … Continue reading →

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In Gitmo

Posted on July 10, 2005 by Team VCS

In Gitmo   This week in New Yorker magazine, Jane Mayer writes about the United States military detention center in Guantánamo Bay, Cuba, and raises new questions about the treatment of detainees. Here, with Amy Davidson, Mayer talks about interrogation … Continue reading →

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England to Plead Not Guilty in Second Trial

Posted on July 8, 2005 by Team VCS

FORT HOOD, Tex., July 7 — Attorneys for Lynndie R. England, the Army private who appeared in iconic photos of inmate abuse at Iraq’s Abu Ghraib prison, said Thursday that she will plead not guilty when the Army reopens her … Continue reading →

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Bush Answers Gonzales Critics

Posted on July 7, 2005 by Team VCS

President Bush tried Wednesday to quell the conservative criticism engulfing Attorney General Alberto R. Gonzales, his longtime adviser, and scolded special interest groups for exploiting the debate over the next Supreme Court justice to raise funds. In his first news … Continue reading →

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Two U.S. troops found dead in Afghanistan

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Team VCS

KABUL (Reuters) – Two U.S. special forces soldiers who went missing in eastern Afghanistan a week ago have been found dead and one rescued, but the whereabouts of a fourth remains unknown, the U.S. military said on Tuesday. The bodies … Continue reading →

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UK aid funds Iraqi torture units

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Team VCS

British and American aid intended for Iraq’s hard-pressed police service is being diverted to paramilitary commando units accused of widespread human rights abuses, including torture and extra-judicial killings, The Observer can reveal. Iraqi Police Service officers said that ammunition, weapons … Continue reading →

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‘I’m Not Going to Come Home’: One Marine’s Third Iraq Tour

Posted on July 5, 2005 by Team VCS

FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Shaded by a towering blue spruce in Wheeler Park stands a gray granite monument that honors this city’s men and women who have died in combat from the Spanish-American War to, as the memorial reads, “Iraqi Freedom.” … Continue reading →

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