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Iraq Vets Against the War organize the second Winter Soldier
Mark your calendars and organize a screening in your community. Let this Winter Soldier gathering March 13-16 in Washington D.C. be the most observed and talked about event this year. The four-day event will bring together veterans from across the … Continue reading
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Vote Vets Works With Edwards to Target McCain
Today John and Elizabeth Edwards were joined by surrogates from MoveOn.org, SEIU, the Center for American Progress, USAction, VoteVets.org and Americans United for Change in a conference call to talk about a new joint project reports CBS News’ Michelle Levi. … Continue reading
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Waterboarding Focus of Inquiry by Justice Department
February 23, 2008 – The Justice Department revealed Friday that its internal ethics office was investigating the department’s legal approval for waterboarding of Qaeda suspects by the Central Intelligence Agency and was likely to make public an unclassified version of … Continue reading
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Letter to the Editor: Real Cost of War Begins When It Ends
February 23, 2008 – The Iraq War must finally change the way Americans support and back their war veterans. How nice it is to wear yellow ribbons and wave American flags in support of our troops; they need all we … Continue reading
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Family Thinks PTSD Drove Iraq War Veteran to Suicide
February 24, 2008 – During Michael Sherriff’s nine-month tour in the battlefields of Iraq, his mother worried that one day a pair of Army officers in full dress would come to her door with terrible news. To know more about … Continue reading
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Feb. 23, VCS in the News: Minnesota Marine’s Suicide is Part of Lawsuit Against VA
Paul Sullivan, a spokesman for Veterans for Common Sense, said studies show more than 5,000 veteran suicides a year and a tidal wave of returning war veterans needing mental health treatment. “What we’re trying to do is stop the VA … Continue reading
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CIA Used a British Island to Transport Prisoners of War for Rendition and Torture
February 22, 2008, London, United Kingdom — In tones freighted with frustration, Britain’s foreign secretary, David Miliband, on Thursday told the House of Commons that “contrary to earlier explicit assurances” the Central Intelligence Agency had confirmed using an American-operated airfield … Continue reading
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Tongue and Cheek Protest of the War
February 22,, 2008 Chapel Hill, North Carolina – For John Heuer, burning a fake draft card on the UNC-Chapel Hill campus was a sort of deja vu. Heuer said he burned draft cards in 1971 while refusing to be part of … Continue reading
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Turkey Launches Ground Invasion with 10,000 Troops into Northern Kurdish Areas of Iraq
Feb 22, 2008, Istanbul, Turkey (AP) – Turkish troops launched a ground incursion across the border into Iraq in pursuit of separatist Kurdish rebels, the military said Friday – a move that dramatically escalates Turkey’s conflict with the militants. It … Continue reading
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US Soldier Convicted Over Iraq Killing
A military jury in Hawaii found Army Specialist Christopher Shore not guilty of third-degree murder, but guilty of the lesser charge. Shore had blamed his platoon leader – charged with premeditated murder – for the 23 June killing. Shore could … Continue reading
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