Yearly Archives: 2008

February 22,, 2008 Chapel Hill, North Carolina – For John Heuer, burning a fake draft card on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus was a sort of deja vu.  Heuer said he burned draft cards in 1971 while refusing to be part of … Continue reading →

Feb 22, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey (AP) – Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday – a move that dramatically escalates Turkey’s conflict with the militants. It … Continue reading →

A military jury in Hawaii found Army Specialist Christopher Shore not guilty of third-degree murder, but guilty of the lesser charge. Shore had blamed his platoon leader – charged with premeditated murder – for the 23 June killing. Shore could … Continue reading →

February 23, 2008 – The Bush Administration was wrong about the benefits of the war and it was wrong about the costs of the war. The president and his advisers expected a quick, inexpensive conflict. Instead, we have a war … Continue reading →

Over 600,000 Cases in the VA System.  There’s a huge backlog of disability claims among wounded veterans from the Iraq and Afghanistan Wars.  “Of the 1.6 million service members sent to the Iraq-Afghanistan wars, the VA is estimating about a … Continue reading →

February 22, 2008 – BELGRADE, Serbia — Demonstrators attacked the United States Embassy and set part of it ablaze on Thursday as tens of thousands of angry Serbs took to the streets of Belgrade to protest Kosovo’s declaration of independence. … Continue reading →

February 21, 2008 – If Americans want to continue the Iraq War, then Sen. John McCain — the apparent Republican presidential candidate and relentless hawk — is their man. It seems McCain was not kidding when he said the U.S. … Continue reading →

February 21, 2008 – FRANKLIN, New Hampshire – For Mikell Cousineau Delisle, 43, and her husband Dennis Delisle, 42, it’s been a long journey into a dark night. And even though today they are jobless, in bankruptcy, and  about to … Continue reading →

February 16, 2008 – Hundreds of U.S. Marines have been killed or injured by roadside bombs in Iraq because Marine Corps bureaucrats refused an urgent request in 2005 from battlefield commanders for blast-resistant vehicles, an internal military study concludes. The … Continue reading →

February 17, 2008 – All of a sudden — but still too late for some people — the spotlight of media, government and mental health agencies is shining brightly on the issue of providing emotional support for veterans returning from … Continue reading →