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US Soldier Killed, Four Wounded in Tikrit, Iraq

Posted on June 7, 2003 by Team VCS

The military says an American soldier was killed and four others wounded when gunmen opened fire on them today near Tikrit. At least seven U.S. soldiers have been killed in attacks in Iraq over the past two weeks. Central Command … Continue reading →

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Gulf War Veterans’ Children Have Higher Birth Defect Rates

Posted on June 5, 2003 by Team VCS

Researchers found the infants born to male veterans of the 1991 war had higher rates of two types of heart valve defects. They also found a higher rate of a genital urinary defect in boys conceived after the war to … Continue reading →

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Living to Fight Another Way – Issaquah Veteran Speaks Against War

Posted on June 5, 2003 by Team VCS

Issaquah, Washington – A decorated Vietnam veteran says war is injurious to one’s health and ought not to be entered into short of enemies landing on one’s shores. John Seebeth, 55, speaks courtesy of a hole in his throat, a … Continue reading →

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Congressman Demands Bush Reveal Iraq Evidence

Posted on June 5, 2003 by Team VCS

“This Administration made many assertions, for which they have yet to produce any evidence, about Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction. The President led the nation to war, and spent at least $63 billion on that war, on the basis of … Continue reading →

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Over 330,000 Gulf War Troops Potentially Exposed

Posted on June 5, 2003 by Team VCS

TomPaine.com: The General Accounting Office (GAO) just issued a report saying the Pentagon’s estimate for the numbers of troops exposed to Iraqi nerve gas in the 1991 Gulf War was not reliable, and if anything, vastly underestimated exposure levels. What … Continue reading →

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The Lies We Bought

Posted on June 5, 2003 by Team VCS

The Lies We Bought: The Unchallenged “Evidence” For War Shortly before American military forces invaded Iraq, a troubled Ellen Goodman raised a singularly important question about the Bush administration’s propaganda campaign for war — “How we got from there to … Continue reading →

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Military Study Links ’91 Gulf War Vets and Birth Defects

Posted on June 4, 2003 by Team VCS

Researchers found the infants born to male veterans of the war had higher rates of two types of heart valve defects. They also found a higher rate of a genital urinary defect in boys conceived after the war to Gulf … Continue reading →

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Wolfowitz: Iraq War was About Oil

Posted on June 4, 2003 by Team VCS

The US deputy defence secretary, Paul Wolfowitz – who has already undermined Tony Blair’s position over weapons of mass destruction (WMD) by describing them as a “bureaucratic” excuse for war – has now gone further by claiming the real motive … Continue reading →

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350,000 US Troops Exposed to Sarin in 1991 Blast

Posted on June 3, 2003 by Team VCS
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US Soldier Killed in Iraq

Posted on June 3, 2003 by Team VCS
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