Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Iraq’s Unsettling Constitution

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Team VCS

The draft constitution given to Iraq’s national assembly last night does little to advance the prospects for a unified and peaceful Iraq. Nor does it reflect well on the Bush administration, which let its politically motivated obsession with an arbitrary … Continue reading →

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Don’t Underestimate the Mullahs

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Team VCS

EARLIER this month Bush administration officials leaked to the press what they said was a new official estimate of when Iran might be able to build a nuclear weapon. Speaking anonymously, they told reporters that American intelligence agencies now believe … Continue reading →

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George W. Bush’s Job Approval Ratings Drop to 36{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d}

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Team VCS

George W. Bush’s Job Approval Ratings Drop to 36{cd9ac3671b356cd86fdb96f1eda7eb3bb1367f54cff58cc36abbd73c33c82e1d}   American Research Group, Inc., August 22, 2005 George W. Bush’s overall job approval ratings have dropped from a month ago even as Americans who approve of the way Bush is … Continue reading →

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Iraq: The Unseen War (Photo Gallery)

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Team VCS

Iraq: The Unseen War The grim reality of Iraq rarely appears in the American press. This photo gallery reveals the war’s horrible human toll. by Gary Kamiya, Executive Editor, Salon, Tuesday, August 23 2005 Aug. 23, 2005 This is a … Continue reading →

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No Proof Found of Iran Arms Program

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Team VCS

Traces of bomb-grade uranium found two years ago in Iran came from contaminated Pakistani equipment and are not evidence of a clandestine nuclear weapons program, a group of U.S. government experts and other international scientists has determined. “The biggest smoking … Continue reading →

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Vets see protests as attack on policy

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

If there’s growing sentiment against the war in Iraq, many area veterans of the fight aren’t taking it personally. Vets see the opposition as a protest against policy, not them or their service. During the Vietnam War, many returning U.S. … Continue reading →

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The Military: Walking Among the Dead

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

On the roof of an old airplane hangar outside Fallujah, spelled out in sandbags arranged as crude letters, is the Marine Corps credo, NO ONE LEFT BEHIND. In all wars, U.S. Marines take extraordinary risks to get their dead and … Continue reading →

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Blast Kills Four GIs In Southern Afghanistan

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

Afghanistan, Aug. 21 — Four U.S. soldiers were killed and three were injured Sunday when an improvised explosive device ripped through a convoy of armored Humvees driving in a remote area of southern Afghanistan, marking the deadliest attack against U.S. … Continue reading →

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Militias on the Rise Across Iraq

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

Shiite and Kurdish militias, often operating as part of Iraqi government security forces, have carried out a wave of abductions, assassinations and other acts of intimidation, consolidating their control over territory across northern and southern Iraq and deepening the country’s … Continue reading →

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Draft Constitution Would Fundamentally Change Iraq

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

Shiites and Kurds were sending a draft constitution to parliament on Monday that would fundamentally change Iraq, transforming the country into a loose federation, with a weak central administration governed by Islamic law, negotiators said. The draft, slated for action … Continue reading →

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