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Home From Iraq, Veterans Battle Pentagon
May 24, 2007 – WASHINGTON — President Bush will churn out shopworn platitudes about the sacrifices of the nation’s brave soldiers this Memorial Day. But many of the soldiers, active duty and retired, are not listening. Instead, they want Bush … Continue reading
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VFW Sides With Veteran Facing Discipline for Wearing Uniform at Protest
June 1, 2007 – WASHINGTON – The nation’s largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to “exercise a little common sense” and call off its investigation of a group of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during … Continue reading
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Local Iraq War Veteran Continues Anti-War Crusade
May 24, 2007 – BRATTLEBORO, Vermont — He’s been out of the Marine Corps for less than six months, but the war in Iraq is never far from Vermont native Liam Madden’s mind. While still in the service, he co-founded … Continue reading
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Memorial Day 2007: 10 U.S. soldiers perish in helicopter crash, bombings in Iraq War
BAGHDAD, Iraq, May 30, 2007 — Ten American soldiers were killed in roadside bombings and a helicopter crash on Memorial Day in Iraq, making May — at 113 fatalities — the third deadliest month of the war. Six of the U.S. … Continue reading
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Weekly Update: Saving Lives by Preventing ‘Suicide by Cop’
May 30, 2007 Dear VCS Supporter: Suicide is a tough subject. If you could save a life, would you? A veteran’s life? A police officer’s life? A hostage’s life? The number of Iraq and Afghanistan war veteran suicides keeps escalating. … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran Arrested for AWOL in New York
May 28, 2007 – An Iraq War veteran from Long Island who had gone AWOL was arrested for desertion during a routine traffic stop in Cutchogue, police said. Christopher Henessy, 27, who gave police an address in Riverhead, was behind … Continue reading
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Ordered to Iraq War, an Afghanistan War Veteran Goes Down Fighting
Asked to Serve Again, a Soldier Goes Down Fighting May 27, 2007, HOLLYWOOD, MARYLAND – The sniper fired. It was a clean shot, if there is such a thing. And down for good fell another American soldier. His name was … Continue reading
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Venezuelan TV Station RCTV Closed for Supporting Anti-Democratic Coup
Coup Co-Conspirators as Free-Speech Martyrs: Distorting the Venezuelan media story May 25, 2007 – The story is framed in U.S. news media as a simple matter of censorship: Prominent Venezuelan TV station RCTV is being silenced by the authoritarian government … Continue reading
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As Allies Turn Foe in Iraq War, Disillusion Rises in Among U.S. Soldiers
BAGHDAD, IRAQ — Staff Sgt. David Safstrom does not regret his previous tours in Iraq, not even a difficult second stint when two comrades were killed while trying to capture insurgents. “In Mosul, in 2003, it felt like we were … Continue reading
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Holiday resonates with young veterans – Afghanistan, Iraq troops understand the sacrifice
Kevin Jackson today will be doing more than grilling out at his home in Cherokee to recognize Memorial Day. The 27-year-old Army Reserve specialist and veteran of the war in Afghanistan plans to visit the graves of Sgt. Joe Ray … Continue reading
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