Category Archives: Veterans for Common Sense News

Why There Must be A ‘Truth Commission’ – Former Army Soldier, Guantanamo Bay Guard, Describes Torture Ordered by Former President Bush

Posted on February 16, 2009 by Team VCS

Former Gitmo Guard Tells All February 15, 2009 – Army Private Brandon Neely served as a prison guard at Guantánamo in the first years the facility was in operation. With the Bush Administration, and thus the threat of retaliation against … Continue reading →

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Iraq War Veteran Charges His Police Department with Discrimination Due to Forced Retirement After PTSD Diagnosis

Posted on February 15, 2009 by Team VCS

February 15, 2009, Fall River, MA — A highly decorated city police officer and Iraq war veteran says he is being forced to retire from the Fall River Police Department, alleging that administrators have discriminated against him because of his … Continue reading →

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Blog: Mutiny Among the Military

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Team VCS

February 7, 2009 – UPDATE:The Washington Post on Sunday 9 February front-paged a 2-day story partially on this subject, based on an upcoming book by Thomas E. Ricks, called The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in … Continue reading →

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U.S. Warned it May Lose Afghan War

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Team VCS

February 12, 2009 – The war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan will be lost by the end of the northern summer without dramatic changes in counter-insurgency strategy, according to a US military expert. The assessment of Colonel John … Continue reading →

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Feb 13, Part Six of Salon Suicide Series – Eastridge

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Team VCS

February 13, 2009 – Late on the night of March 11, 2006, Kenneth Eastridge got in a fight with his girlfriend. It ended with his arrest for a felony. The Kentucky native, an Army soldier stationed at Fort Carson, between … Continue reading →

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Houston Suicide Cluster Update: Army Recruiters Describe Nightmare of Job

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Team VCS

February 12, 2009 – Staff Sgt. Daren Stewart remembers driving down a rural road in Arkansas and thinking how easy it would be to jerk the wheel and flip his car into a ditch. The 27-year-old Iraq war veteran says … Continue reading →

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Letter to Editor: Many Soldiers and Veterans Need Help

Posted on February 13, 2009 by Team VCS

February 13, 2009 – The Times Union has reported (Jan. 30 and Feb. 6) that Army suicides are at a record level. In 2008, approximately 143 soldiers killed themselves, an increase of almost 25 percent over the previous year. The … Continue reading →

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Yes, Bush’s Torture Policies Resulted in Murder

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Team VCS

February 11, 2009 – Newly declassified Defense Department documents describe a pattern of “abusive” behavior by U.S. military interrogators that directly led to the deaths of several suspected terrorists imprisoned at a detention center in Afghanistan in December 2002. The … Continue reading →

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U.S. Sought to Expand Asia Base

Posted on February 12, 2009 by Team VCS

February 11, 2009 – The United States had plans to spend up to $100 million to enlarge loading areas at Manas Air Base in Kyrgyzstan to support Afghanistan operations before the Kyrgyz president announced that he would close the facility … Continue reading →

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Help is Available for War Veterans – VA Starting Outreach Campaign to Iraq War Veterans

Posted on February 11, 2009 by Team VCS

February 10, 2009, New Jersey – The Department of Veterans Affairs is mounting a huge outreach campaign to all Iraq war veterans and their families. The returning veterans face a myriad of problems as they begin to integrate themselves back … Continue reading →

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