Yearly Archives: 2008

Rate of Sexual Assault in Army Prompts an Effort at Prevention

Posted on October 6, 2008 by Team VCS

October 3, 2008 – The Army is launching a new war against an old foe: the lingering problem of sexual violence within the military. Last month, 80 high-ranking generals gathered at a hotel in Alexandria, Va., for a mandatory, weeklong … Continue reading →

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Pentagon Hands Iraq Oil Deal to Shell

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Team VCS

October 2, 2008 – In June of this year, Andrew Kramer, writing in the New York Times broke the story that the world’s oil giants, “Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP … along with Chevron and a number of smaller … Continue reading →

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One Million Weapons to Iraq; Many go Missing

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Team VCS

September 22, 2008 – Clandestine gun suppliers, funded by the U.S. and Iraqi governments, have flooded Iraq with a million weapons since 2003, charges a new Amnesty International investigation. Because of faulty or non-existent government tracking systems, many of those … Continue reading →

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Raised as Outcasts, Living as Refugees, Fighting to Belong

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Team VCS

October 4, 2008 – Randy Tran walked quickly past the majestic domes and marble statues of Capitol Hill, looking for the Cannon House Office building and the people he believed could help him. Tran, a Vietnamese pop singer who lives … Continue reading →

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Pakistan: 12 Dead in Suspected U.S. Strike

Posted on October 4, 2008 by Team VCS

October 3, 2008 – Two suspected U.S. missile strikes Friday on villages close to the border with Afghanistan killed at least 12 people, most of them militants, Pakistani intelligence officials said. American forces recently ramped up cross-border operations against Taliban … Continue reading →

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Downrange Health Hazard? Military Faces Rare Pneumonia in Combat Zones

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Team VCS

October 2, 2008, Landstuhl, Germany – Military doctors are seeing a resurgence of a rare and sometimes fatal type of pneumonia that is striking young troops who started smoking while deployed downrange. In the past five months, six U.S. servicemembers … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Iraq Vet Doubts ‘New Veteran’ Loyalty to McCain

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Team VCS

October 2, 2008 – To gain the sympathy and cooperation of the American people come election day, the robust presidential candidate McCain machine is working hard to quiet the anti-McCain fervor among “new veterans” that until recently has lurked just … Continue reading →

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Red Cross: Pakistan ‘is Now a War Zone’

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Team VCS

October 3, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan – War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up on their doorstep. An estimated 250,000 people … Continue reading →

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U.S. Soldier Guilty in Connection to Iraqi ‘Blindfold Killings’

Posted on October 3, 2008 by Team VCS

October 3, 2008, Berlin – A US soldier was sentenced to eight months in prison Thursday for his role in the killings of four blindfolded Iraqi detainees last year, an army spokeswoman said. The defendant, Specialist Steven Ribordy, denied a … Continue reading →

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ACLU Seeks Data About Government Spying Upon 32 Groups in U.S.

Posted on October 2, 2008 by Team VCS

October 1, 2008 – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland yesterday demanded that the state police disclose under public information laws whether 32 grass-roots advocacy and political activist groups that have held large public protests in recent years have … Continue reading →

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