Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

US Lobbyist Helped Draft Eastern Europeans’ Iraq Statement (Agence France Presse) – A former Pentagon official helped draft a controversial statement by 10 Central and Eastern European nations this month that supports the United States in its stand-off with Iraq, … Continue reading →

It’s time to take a close look at the Defense Department’s plan for managing the press during the impending invasion of Iraq. Called “embedding,” it will position chosen reporters and photographers inside military units – not for a week but … Continue reading →

U.S. plans to use Turkey as a springboard for a northern front against Iraq ran into an obstacle when Ankara demanded more than double the multibillion- dollar economic aid package the Bush administration originally offered to cushion Turkey from losses … Continue reading →

Washington (Reuters) – The Defense Department has ordered a further 28,000 troops to the Gulf region as the United States builds a military force of more than 200,000 for a possible war with Iraq, military officials said on Tuesday. The … Continue reading →

San Francisco – When the Bush Administration talks about Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD), it means nuclear, chemical and biological devices. But the U.S. is preparing to use a WMD of its own that will accomplish at the speed of … Continue reading →

“I think that the Chinese have to understand that unless they become very engaged with North Korea and bring about a very quick resolution to this crisis that the Japanese will have no choice but to nuclear arm themselves,” McCain … Continue reading →

Three giant cargo ships are being tracked by US and British intelligence on suspicion that they might be carrying Iraqi weapons of mass destruction. Each with a deadweight of 35,000 to 40,000 tonnes, the ships have been sailing around the … Continue reading →

White House Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer Wednesday, February 19, 2003 – 12:15pm by Russell Mokhiber Mokhiber: You said last week that, “Every step will be taken to protect civilian and innocent life in Iraq.” But Pentagon officials have said … Continue reading →

Washington – Sometimes parody says it better than plain truth. Two stories this week in the celebrated American satirical magazine The Onion convey the bizarre scenario that is not unfolding across the world but in the mainstream US media. In … Continue reading →

On Saturday Februar 15, 2003, we stood on the Capitol steps in Austin, Texas — across the street from the governor’s mansion where George W. Bush once lived — and spoke to 10,000 Texans who had gathered to reject Bush’s … Continue reading →