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July 21, Book Review: Martin Schram Asks Us to Remember the Bonus Army
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
June 29, 2008 – On the wall in my office at Fort Dix, N.J., hung a row of nature photos and some historical documents for my patients to look at: a land grant signed by James Madison, another signed by … Continue reading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
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
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
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
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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Risk of ALS Exposure in Gulf War Veterans is Time Limited, Study Shows
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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Editorial Column: Investigate This – The Propaganda Leading to Iraq War
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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US May Have Held Prisoners of War at Diego Garcia Island in Indian Ocean, despite UK denials
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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Attempt to Arrest John Bolton for War Crimes Fails
May 28, 2008 – Security guards blocked the path of columnist and activist George Monbiot, who tried to make the arrest as Mr Bolton left the stage. The former ambassador – a key advisor to President George W Bush who … Continue reading
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