Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Bush & Blair’s “Case for War Blown Apart”

Posted on May 30, 2003 by Team VCS

Kuwait City (Independent) – Tony Blair stood accused last night of misleading Parliament and the British people over Saddam Hussein’s weapons of mass destruction, and his claims that the threat posed by Iraq justified war. Robin Cook, the former foreign … Continue reading →

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President Bush Lied in State of the Union Address

Posted on May 30, 2003 by Team VCS

“Our intelligence officials estimate that Saddam Hussein had the materials to produce as much as 500 tons of sarin, mustard and VX nerve agent.” George W. Bush, State of the Union Address, January 28, 2003 Here is the link to … Continue reading →

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Iraq Townsfolk Riot After U.S.-Led Weapons Search

Posted on May 29, 2003 by Team VCS

U.S. troops trying to quell lawlessness seven weeks after Saddam Hussein’s downfall have come under attack in several parts of central Iraq in the past few days. A farmer said he saw a U.S. helicopter go down near Hit, 90 … Continue reading →

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US General: “The War Has Not Ended”

Posted on May 29, 2003 by Team VCS

“The war has not ended,” the commander, Army Lt. Gen. David McKiernan, said after a U.S. soldier was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while traveling in supply convoy north of Baghdad — the ninth U.S. service member killed in Iraq … Continue reading →

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Bush’s VA Limits Care for Disabled Veterans

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Team VCS

A majority of veterans hospitals do not offer all of the long-term care services mandated by a 1999 law, according to a new report from the General Accounting Office. The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act of 1999 required … Continue reading →

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Was There a Massacre of 3,000 Prisoners in Afghanistan in 2001?

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Team VCS

White House Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer Tuesday, May 27, 2003 – 12:30 PM by Russell Mokhiber Mokhiber: Ari, there is a new documentary film by an Irish journalist, Jamie Doran. He alleges – Ari Fleischer: I haven’t seen it. … Continue reading →

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Veterans’ Healthcare Squeezed by VA

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Team VCS

Hundreds of thousands of veterans of earlier U.S. military conflicts might also no longer qualify for VA health care or might be forced out by rules proposed by the Bush administration to relieve an overburdened system. The changes would increase … Continue reading →

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US Morale Reportedly Flagging

Posted on May 28, 2003 by Team VCS

Baghdad, Iraq (AP) – Ask any soldier in Iraq with a 3rd Infantry Division patch on the shoulder how it’s going, and the reply will be some version of the following four words: ”Ready to go home.” The thrill of … Continue reading →

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US Plans Executions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

Posted on May 27, 2003 by Team VCS

“US Plans Death Camp” The US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its own death row and execution chamber. Prisoners would be tried, convicted and executed without leaving its boundaries, without a jury and … Continue reading →

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Two More US Troops Killed in Iraq

Posted on May 26, 2003 by Team VCS

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Gunmen ambushed a U.S. military convoy in northern Iraq on Monday, killing an American soldier and wounding another. Separately, another U.S. soldier was killed and three were injured when a Humvee ran over a land mine … Continue reading →

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