Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

VCS Weekly Update: Torture Lawsuit; Iraq War Vets and Trauma

Posted on October 31, 2004 by Team VCS

Update on Torture and the Geneva ConventionsIraq War Vets Struggle with TraumaSupport Veterans for Common SenseUpcoming Events Update on Torture and the Geneva Conventions The government responded to a joint ACLU / Veterans for Common Sense lawsuit this week by … Continue reading →

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EIGHT MARINES KILLED, NINE WOUNDED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE

Posted on October 30, 2004 by Team VCS

NEWS RELEASEHEADQUARTERS UNITED STATES CENTRAL COMMAND7115 South Boundary BoulevardMacDill AFB, Fla. 33621-5101Phone: (813) 827-5894; FAX: (813) 827-2211; DSN 651-5894 October 30, 2004Release Number: 04-10-27C FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE EIGHT MARINES KILLED, NINE WOUNDED IN AL ANBAR PROVINCE CAMP FALLUJAH, Iraq — … Continue reading →

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Expanding Scandal: A Second Unguarded Ammo Dump was Looted in Iraq

Posted on October 30, 2004 by Team VCS

U.S. left ammo site unguarded Friday, October 29, 2004The Oregonian MIKE FRANCIS Six months after the fall of Baghdad, a vast Iraqi weapons depot with tens of thousands of artillery rounds and other explosives remained unguarded, according to two U.S. aid … Continue reading →

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Guantanamo Stonewall

Posted on October 30, 2004 by Team VCS

EDITORIAL Guantanamo StonewallLast June, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that the 600 foreign terror suspects held at the Guantanamo Bay naval base were entitled to lawyers and the chance to challenge their imprisonment. But in the months since, Pentagon and … Continue reading →

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A Soldier Speaks: David Grimm

Posted on October 28, 2004 by Team VCS

A Soldier Speaks: David Grimm David Grimm signed up to join the Florida National Guard in 1999. The former Marine, who’d entered the military straight out of high school, was glad to answer the call of duty when he was … Continue reading →

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Senator Says Administration has No Choice but to Reinstate Draft

Posted on October 27, 2004 by Team VCS

Bush has no choice but to reinstate draft President Bush may or may not have a secret plan to reinstate the draft. But this is beside the point. The deteriorating facts on the ground in Iraq, plus the Bush doctrine … Continue reading →

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Update: The Soldiers Who Said No

Posted on October 27, 2004 by Team VCS

A pair of Mississippi women challenge the army brass on behalf of their soldier-husbands in Iraq The Soldiers Who Said No Iraqi pipeline: Patricia McCook (left) and Jackie Butler on the home front(photo: Jaro Vacek) No matter how the military … Continue reading →

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Federal Judge Rules Experimental Anthrax Vaccine is Illegal

Posted on October 27, 2004 by Team VCS

Judge blocks mandatory anthrax vaccine WASHINGTON — For the second time in a year, a federal judge ordered the military Wednesday to stop requiring anthrax vaccines for U.S. military personnel. U.S. District Judge Emmet G. Sullivan said the Food and … Continue reading →

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Explosive Revelations – A Terrible Mistake at the Abandoned al-Qaqaa Ammo Dump

Posted on October 26, 2004 by Team VCS

Explosive Revelations The Bush administration’s incompetence may have caused the deaths of American soldiers. This time, the media must draw attention to it. Now we know, via the stunning front-page report in Monday’s New York Times, that the Bush administration’s … Continue reading →

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Assistance to Find Polling Places and Learn About New Voting Rules

Posted on October 26, 2004 by Team VCS

Polling Place Locator For General Election, November 2, 2004.  For NEW VOTERS not sure of their Polling Location.Where’s your polling place? The People for the American Way Foundation has provided an invaluable service with their guide to polling places across … Continue reading →

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