Author Archives: Team VCS

Guantanamo food strike ‘serious’

Posted on October 8, 2005 by Team VCS

Last month, ICRC officials visited the US camp, where some 500 alleged Taleban and al-Qaeda fighters are being held. But spokeswoman Antonella Notari said she could not comment on details of what they had witnessed there. Inmates’ lawyers say some … Continue reading →

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White House Tries to Quell a Rebellion on the Right

Posted on October 7, 2005 by Team VCS

White House Tries to Quell a Rebellion on the Right WASHINGTON, Oct. 6 – The White House moved to contain a continuing revolt among conservatives on Thursday over President Bush’s selection of Harriet E. Miers for the Supreme Court. Some … Continue reading →

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A son gone too soon

Posted on October 7, 2005 by Team VCS

His mother wished she never let her 19-year-old son join the military. His brother wished he would have coaxed Baez into the Navy. But it’s unlikely either could have persuaded the headstrong and confident Baez differently. The Army was his … Continue reading →

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Where fear can’t take us

Posted on October 7, 2005 by Team VCS

Who can deny it? It’s an almost physical pleasure to watch President George W Bush’s fall from grace. And it’s so easy. All you have to do is say, “Bush has botched the war on terrorism. Bush is not keeping … Continue reading →

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90 – 9, Senators Moves to Protect Military Prisoners Despite Bush Veto Threat

Posted on October 6, 2005 by Team VCS

Senate Moves to Protect Military Prisoners Despite Veto Threat WASHINGTON, October 5, 2005 – In a sharp rebuke to the White House, the Senate overwhelmingly agreed Wednesday to regulate the detention, interrogation and treatment of prisoners held by the American military. The … Continue reading →

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Reimbursement Program for Troops Stalls

Posted on October 5, 2005 by Team VCS

The Pentagon has not completed guidelines for allowing soldiers, their families and charities to be reimbursed for some combat equipment they bought for use in Iraq and Afghanistan, a year after the passage of legislation calling for such a program. … Continue reading →

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Iraq militants ‘guilty of war crimes’

Posted on October 5, 2005 by Team VCS

MILITANT insurgent groups responsible for killing thousands of Iraqi civilians over the past two years are guilty of war crimes and crimes against humanity, Human Rights Watch charges today. In a report chronicling the killing of an estimated 15,000 men, … Continue reading →

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Soldier Reports More Abuses to Senator

Posted on October 5, 2005 by Team VCS

An Army captain who has reported new allegations of detainee abuse in Iraq met Tuesday with Senator John McCain and staff aides on the House Armed Services Committee and gave them additional accounts of abuse in Iraq that other soldiers … Continue reading →

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How the Antiwar Was Won

Posted on October 4, 2005 by Team VCS

As Washington goes, it was a religious moment. A slender man with sharp features and a thatch of graying hair in an invisible gray suit flitted down the big marble hallway seeming to want to disappear before he turned into … Continue reading →

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Army Lowers Bar for New Enlistments

Posted on October 4, 2005 by Team VCS

Army Lowers Bar for New Enlistments Army Secretary Noel Harvey and Gen. Richard Cody, the vice chief of staff, said Monday that the Army is using looser Defense Department rules that permits it to sign up more high school dropouts … Continue reading →

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