Author Archives: Team VCS

Soldiers Saw Refusing Order as Their Last Stand

Soldiers Saw Refusing Order as Their Last Stand JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 17 – What does it take for a man like Staff Sgt. Michael Butler, a 24-year veteran of the Army and the Reserve who was a soldier in the … Continue reading

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U.S. Marines Fear Iraqi National Guard Troops

U.S. Marines fear that they are ‘sleeping with the enemy’ Reporter “discovers deep mistrust between American troops and Iraqi soldiers they are training” If the US marines and Iraqi national guardsmen living at the Karmah military barracks near Fallujah talk … Continue reading

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Broad Use of Harsh Tactics Is Described at Cuba Base

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 – Many detainees at Guantánamo Bay were regularly subjected to harsh and coercive treatment, several people who worked in the prison said in recent interviews, despite longstanding assertions by military officials that such treatment had not occurred … Continue reading

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Update: Five Soldiers face General Discharge for Iraq Revolt

Five troops may get general discharge Soldiers refused fuel convoy mission in Iraq, claiming vehicles were unsafe Five members of an Iraqi-based platoon who refused a convoy order earlier this week were told they would be punished with a general … Continue reading

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Scientists Say Gulf War Syndrome Does Exist

Gulf War syndrome ‘does exist’ Scientists in the US say they have demonstrated the existence of the illness known as “Gulf War Syndrome” The findings can be seen in a report by the influential Research Advisory Committee on Gulf war veterans’ … Continue reading

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Questioning the loss of a Marine

Questioning the loss of a Marine BELCHERTOWN, Mass. – Jeffrey Lucey was just an ordinary kid from small-town America. He grew up loving his parents, his high school sweetheart and backyard Wiffle Ball games in this quiet, picturesque community bordering … Continue reading

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New Study Shows Gulf War Veterans Sickened by Chemicals

10/15/04   Source:  Veterans for Common Sense Contact:  Charles Sheehan-Miles, Executive Director                    202-543-6176, cell 202-412-2433   New StudyShowsGulf War Veterans Sickened by Chemicals; Iraq War Veterans May Also be at Risk   Better care and research is needed … Continue reading

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Block the Vote

Block the Vote Earlier this week former employees of Sproul & Associates (operating under the name Voters Outreach of America), a firm hired by the Republican National Committee to register voters, told a Nevada TV station that their supervisors systematically … Continue reading

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Rebellion or Insubordination? — U.S. Soldiers Held at Gunpoint in Iraq

Inquiry Opens After Reservists Balk in Baghdad The Army is investigating members of a Reserve unit in Iraq who refused to deliver a fuel shipment north of Baghdad under conditions they considered unsafe, the Pentagon and relatives of the soldiers … Continue reading

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Operation Truth – Watch Their New Ad

Operation Truth Media Campaign! Today, Operation Truth is launching a new television advertisement, and we need your financial help to get it on the air. Beginning October 12th, our goal is to raise $200,000 in five days. Why am I, … Continue reading

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