Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Faulty Intelligence Misled Troops at War’s Start

Posted on October 19, 2004 by Team VCS

‘CATASTROPHIC SUCCESS’ Faulty Intelligence Misled Troops at War’s Start In early 2003, as the clock ticked down toward the war with Iraq, C.I.A. officials met with senior military commanders at Camp Doha, Kuwait, to discuss their latest ideas for upending … Continue reading →

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When Soldiers Say No

Posted on October 19, 2004 by Team VCS

When Soldiers Say No New York Times Editorial Board From the safe vantage point of America, it is scarcely possible to imagine the fears and concerns that spurred 18 Army reservists in a platoon in Iraq to disobey orders to … Continue reading →

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Soldiers Saw Refusing Order as Their Last Stand

Posted on October 18, 2004 by Team VCS

Soldiers Saw Refusing Order as Their Last Stand JACKSON, Miss., Oct. 17 – What does it take for a man like Staff Sgt. Michael Butler, a 24-year veteran of the Army and the Reserve who was a soldier in the … Continue reading →

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U.S. Marines Fear Iraqi National Guard Troops

Posted on October 18, 2004 by Team VCS

U.S. Marines fear that they are ‘sleeping with the enemy’ Reporter “discovers deep mistrust between American troops and Iraqi soldiers they are training” If the US marines and Iraqi national guardsmen living at the Karmah military barracks near Fallujah talk … Continue reading →

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Broad Use of Harsh Tactics Is Described at Cuba Base

Posted on October 17, 2004 by Team VCS

WASHINGTON, Oct. 16 – Many detainees at Guantánamo Bay were regularly subjected to harsh and coercive treatment, several people who worked in the prison said in recent interviews, despite longstanding assertions by military officials that such treatment had not occurred … Continue reading →

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Update: Five Soldiers face General Discharge for Iraq Revolt

Posted on October 17, 2004 by Team VCS

Five troops may get general discharge Soldiers refused fuel convoy mission in Iraq, claiming vehicles were unsafe Five members of an Iraqi-based platoon who refused a convoy order earlier this week were told they would be punished with a general … Continue reading →

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Scientists Say Gulf War Syndrome Does Exist

Posted on October 16, 2004 by Team VCS

Gulf War syndrome ‘does exist’ Scientists in the US say they have demonstrated the existence of the illness known as “Gulf War Syndrome” The findings can be seen in a report by the influential Research Advisory Committee on Gulf war veterans’ … Continue reading →

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Questioning the loss of a Marine

Posted on October 16, 2004 by Team VCS

Questioning the loss of a Marine BELCHERTOWN, Mass. – Jeffrey Lucey was just an ordinary kid from small-town America. He grew up loving his parents, his high school sweetheart and backyard Wiffle Ball games in this quiet, picturesque community bordering … Continue reading →

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New Study Shows Gulf War Veterans Sickened by Chemicals

Posted on October 15, 2004 by Team VCS

10/15/04   Source:  Veterans for Common Sense Contact:  Charles Sheehan-Miles, Executive Director                    202-543-6176, cell 202-412-2433   New StudyShowsGulf War Veterans Sickened by Chemicals; Iraq War Veterans May Also be at Risk   Better care and research is needed … Continue reading →

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Block the Vote

Posted on October 15, 2004 by Team VCS

Block the Vote Earlier this week former employees of Sproul & Associates (operating under the name Voters Outreach of America), a firm hired by the Republican National Committee to register voters, told a Nevada TV station that their supervisors systematically … Continue reading →

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