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Jared Hagemann's Hellnew

One soldier's death, and what it says about the problems facing returning veterans.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 11-11-2011 | War

Tags: Iraq War, Military, Afghanistan War, Jared Hagemann

Citizen Action: An Army Vet Goes After the Officers Who Held Him at ICEnew

Imagine that you, as an American citizen, were plucked from normal life and taken to a detention facility for illegal immigrants. Now imagine that it took seven-and-a-half months for officials to figure out that—as you'd said all along—you were not only a citizen, but had honorably served in the U.S. Army.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 01-25-2010 | War

Tags: Immigration, U.S. Army, detention, Immigration and Customs Enforcement

In Seattle, Local Somalis Struggle to Understand Why Young Men Would Return to a Country They Never Knewnew

23-year-old Abdifatah Yusuf Isse's family thought he was visiting his girlfriend in Minneapolis during an extended break from studying economics at Eastern Washington University. In fact, he revealed, he was calling from Somalia.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 12-21-2009 | War

Tags: Jihad, Abdifatah Yusuf Isse, al-Shabaab, Al Qaeda, Somalia

Go to War, Get Traumatized, Get the Bootnew

Like many Iraq combat vets, Mark Siegel had trouble coping back home. So the Army kicked him out.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 09-29-2008 | War

Tags: Iraq, trauma, Army, PTSD, veterans, war & peace, Mark Siegel

The Military is Inconsistent When it Comes to Handling Desertersnew

Some, like outspoken war opponent Lt. Ehren Watada, face courts-martial and potential jail sentences, while others are allowed to quietly leave with an "other than honorable discharge" -- the military's term for a discharge that falls somewhere between honorable and dishonorable.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 05-12-2008 | War

Tags: Iraq, WAR, military, AWOL, deserters, Lt. Ehren Watada, war & peace