Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Last week, a once-notorious Iraqi site made news again. Seeking evidence of biological weapons production, United Nations arms inspectors swooped into the closed industrial facility at Abu Ghreib, outside Baghdad — the same plant that U.S. forces bombed on Jan. … Continue reading →

Students Protest War Plans Washington, DC, 6:27 p.m. EST January 14, 2003 Student protestors took an anti-war message to a busy intersection in northwest Washington Tuesday. The protest started when dozens of students gathered outside of Wilson High School in … Continue reading →

For those who make war instruments, war is very good business indeed, and, while the rest of the economy may be tanking, things that go “bang” and kill people are on a roll. Boeing, for instance, recently doubled its production … Continue reading →

Scientists believe nasal and respiratory irritation caused by desert sand storms and oil field fires during Operation Desert Storm, may have weakened the nose/brain barrier and allowed depleted uranium to enter the central nervous system of soldiers in the field … Continue reading →

Well under half of that force is in the gulf region now. But three large deployment orders signed by Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld — two in the last 24 hours for a total of 62,000 troops and one on … Continue reading →

That is the conclusion of researchers at Duke University Medical Center in North Carolina whose study based on animal experiments will be published today in the Journal of Toxicology and Environmental Health. Mohamed Abou-Donia, professor of pharmacology and cancer biology … Continue reading →

Let’s be perfectly clear. You cannot have a war when the so-called enemy has done nothing to provoke you and is absolutely no threat to your national safety and has no significant military force and has negligible chance of even … Continue reading →

The deployment will begin next week with movement of the 3rd Brigade from Fort Benning, Ga., through Robins Air Force Base, Ga., officials said. The rest of the division is expected to follow in a deployment from Hunter Army Airfield, … Continue reading →

January 10, 2003 Honorable Anthony Principi (00) Secretary Department of Veterans Affairs 810 Vermont Avenue, NW Washington, DC 20420 Dear Secretary Principi: As a veteran and veterans’s advocate, I strongly encourage you to investigate the conduct and utility of the … Continue reading →

Dear friends and veterans, As many of you know, President Bush is expected to decide on war within weeks. In your efforts to prevent this war, many of you have come into contact with military families who fear for their … Continue reading →