Category Archives: Gulf War Updates

Rep. Ackerman Defends Iran Sanctions Measure, But Critics Call it An Act of War

Posted on July 22, 2008 by Team VCS

July 21, 2008 – Two weeks ago, Rep. Gary Ackerman, the Democrat from New York, delivered an impassioned speech on the House floor defending a controversial resolution he co-sponsored calling on President George W. Bush “to increase economic, political and … Continue reading →

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July 21, Book Review: Martin Schram Asks Us to Remember the Bonus Army

Posted on July 21, 2008 by Team VCS

Martin Schram: Remember the Bonus Army On July 22, 1932, Republican President Herbert Hoover ordered active duty U.S. Army soldiers to violently smash a peaceful encampment of more than 17,000 World War I veterans who had marched upon Washington for benefits.  … Continue reading →

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Treating Wounds You Can’t See

Posted on June 30, 2008 by Team VCS

June 29, 2008 – On the wall in my office at Fort Dix, N.J., hung a row of nature photos and some historical documents for my patients to look at: a land grant signed by James Madison, another signed by … Continue reading →

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Anti-War Soldier Jonathan Hutto: People, Not Politicians, Will End the War in Iraq

Posted on June 25, 2008 by Team VCS

June 25, 2008 – Active-duty sailor Jonathan Hutto signed up to join the Navy in December 2003, at the age of 26. Previously a college activist fighting police brutality in Washington, D.C., and later an organizer with the ACLU, he … Continue reading →

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How Boris Johnson Became a War Criminal

Posted on June 24, 2008 by Team VCS

June 24, 2008 – Well, I suppose we should be grateful for one thing. It seems that a Western politician is finally going to pay the price for his involvement in the Iraq war. After five years of disaster and … Continue reading →

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Fixing the First War: As US-Pakistani Tensions Mount, General Petraeus Steps In

Posted on June 19, 2008 by Team VCS

June 18, 2008 – They seem an odd couple: the general who engineered President Bush’s surge in Iraq, and the presidential candidate who has promised to undo it. But look again. Gen. David Petraeus’s broad new agenda as the likely … Continue reading →

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After a Feud and Two Deaths, Iraq War Soldiers’ Families Torn

Posted on June 16, 2008 by Team VCS

June 16, 2008 – Capt. Phillip Esposito and Staff Sgt. Alberto Martinez went to war together, two very different soldiers from the same New York National Guard unit. After five months in Iraq, a bombing sent both men back home, … Continue reading →

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Editorial Column: Investigate This – The Propaganda Leading to Iraq War

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Team VCS

June 9, 2008 – “I think the questions were asked. I think we pushed. I think we prodded.  I think we challenged the president.  I think not only those of us in the White House press corps did that, but … Continue reading →

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Risk of ALS Exposure in Gulf War Veterans is Time Limited, Study Shows

Posted on June 11, 2008 by Team VCS

June 10, 2008 – A new study, led by researchers at the University of Cincinnati (UC), says that cases of Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis (ALS) among soldiers who served in the first Persian Gulf War were caused by certain events during … Continue reading →

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US May Have Held Prisoners of War at Diego Garcia Island in Indian Ocean, despite UK denials

Posted on June 1, 2008 by Team VCS

Ships, torture claims, and missing detainees: America may have held terror suspects in British territory, despite UK denials June 2, 2008 – The controversy over prison ships was first highlighted in June 2005 when the UN’s special rapporteur on terrorism … Continue reading →

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