Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Iraqis Submit Charter, but Delay Vote

Posted on August 23, 2005 by Team VCS

Iraq’s Shiite Muslim majority and its Kurdish allies moved Monday toward fundamentally reshaping their nation, submitting a proposed constitution that would create a loose federation with strongly Islamic national laws. The draft constitution, sent to parliament just five minutes before … Continue reading →

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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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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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Sen. Hagel Says Iraq Looking Like Vietnam

Posted on August 22, 2005 by Team VCS

A leading Republican senator and prospective presidential candidate said Sunday that the war in Iraq has destabilized the Middle East and is looking more like the Vietnam conflict from a generation ago. Nebraska Sen. Chuck Hagel, who received two Purple … Continue reading →

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The Trillion-Dollar War

Posted on August 21, 2005 by Team VCS

The Trillion-Dollar War by Linda Bilmes, Harvard University, Saturday, August 20, 2005 The human cost of the more than 2,000 American military personnel killed and 14,500 wounded so far in Iraq and Afghanistan is all too apparent. But the financial … Continue reading →

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