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The Great Hollywood Peace Paradenew

Antiwar Angelenos mark the fifth year of war by throwing a party.
Los Angeles CityBeat |
Ron Garmon |
03-21-2008 |
War
Important Event Reaches Predictable Audiencenew
As a marine tore a handful of colorful medals from his shirt at the Winter Soldier II hearings in Maryland last week, the crowd cheered.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
03-19-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Iraq: The Colossal Blundernew
Five years later, Iraq is still our national nightmare.
Creative Loafing (Charlotte) |
John Grooms |
03-19-2008 |
War
Memories of a Reluctant War Momnew
The hardest thing I've ever done was take my son to the airport the day he deployed to Iraq.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Sarah Phelan |
03-19-2008 |
War
Resistance Is Futile -- Or Is It?new
San Francisco was the epicenter of the failed movement to prevent the Iraq War -- but the movement that emerged here may still change the country.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Steven T. Jones |
03-19-2008 |
War
The Iraq War's Fifth Birthdaynew
Happy Birthday, Iraq War! You are 5 bloody years old today! I hope you, dear reader, have already run out to Party City to get your celebratory decorations for your own Iraq War B-Day blast. I hear they're running out of those cute little I.E.D. goody-bag stuffers.
San Diego CityBeat |
Carl Luna |
03-19-2008 |
War
After Five Years, There's No End in Sight in Iraqnew
The Iraq War has already lasted a year and a half longer than World War II and is beginning to take its toll in the pockets of ordinary Americans, nearly 4,000 of whom have given their lives as soldiers in the conflict.
Charleston City Paper |
Stratton Lawrence |
03-19-2008 |
War
Inside Iraq
At the war's fifth anniversary, Oklahoma soldiers are trying to turn insurgents into allies while fending off attacks at Iraq's largest detainee facility.
Oklahoma Gazette |
Ben Fenwick |
03-19-2008 |
War
Sticking It to PTSDnew
Iraq veterans are beginning to get the point of acupuncture.
Seven Days |
Sarah Tuff |
03-14-2008 |
War
The Three Trillion Dollar Warnew

Original estimates of between $50 to $60 billion were, at best, optimistic guesses about what the Iraq war would cost. Nobel Prize-winning economist Joseph Stiglitz discusses the punishing cost of staying the course any longer.
Boston Phoenix |
Peter Kadzis |
03-13-2008 |
War
Understanding the Cost of the War

Five years after the March 19, 2003, invasion, soldiers like Joseph DeWolf try to make sense of the chaos.
The Inlander |
Kevin Taylor |
03-12-2008 |
War
A Soldier in Winternew
A 24-year-old veteran seeks redemption for atrocities committed during the Iraq War.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Beth Walton |
03-05-2008 |
War
Canada's Liberal Leader is Addicted to Powernew
Stephane Dion's deadly Afghan double-deal shows he'd rather count body bags than combat Tories.
NOW Magazine |
Michael Hollett |
02-25-2008 |
War
Iraq Vets Will Testify About the Conduct of the Warnew
Winter Soldier 2008 will raise awareness of Iraq's realities.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
02-22-2008 |
War
Families Blame Dallas' VA Hospital for Two Vets' Suicidesnew
They're putting the troubled institution back in the spotlight. In 2005, the U.S. Department of Veteran Affairs ranked the hospital the worst VA facility in the country. Dallas VA spokesperson Susan Poff says the hospital has cleaned up its act since then, but family members of both men remain unconvinced.
Dallas Observer |
Jesse Hyde |
02-12-2008 |
War