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A Soldier's Death, Reconsiderednew

Was Col. Ted Westhusing's death in Iraq something more sinister than suicide?
The Texas Observer |
Robert Bryce |
02-11-2008 |
War
We Fight Because People Liednew
The nonprofit, nonpartisan Center for Public Integrity (publicintegrity.org) recently compiled a searchable database of lies George W. Bush and his above-mentioned underlings told regarding Iraq over a two-year period starting on September 11, 2001. There were 935 “false statements.”
Tags: war & peace
New Mexico Trucker Felt Set Up in Iraqnew
Edward Sanchez thought it would be safe and lucrative employment driving oil trucks for KBR Inc., a subsidiary of Halliburton contracted by the US military in Iraq, but he was shot at and barely escaped with his life.
Santa Fe Reporter |
Dave Maass |
02-07-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Fired Movie Director Runs for Congressnew
A movie theater director in Paducah was fired after confronting Sen. Mitch McConnell about the Iraq war, and blames him for her demise. Now she’s running for Congress.
LEO Weekly |
Stephen George |
02-02-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Milwaukee Nun Arrested During Peaceful Protest Against the Warnew
Conviction raises questions about the right to freedom of speech.
Shepherd Express |
Lisa Kaiser |
02-01-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
It's Time for Honest Talk About Afghanistannew
When the blame game starts, you know the situation has turned from bad to worse in Afghanistan. But the fact that the Taliban are getting stronger is now undeniable to all except the most willfully ignorant, and accusations have started to fly.
The Georgia Straight |
Jared Ferrie |
02-01-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Vets Find a Way Homenew
Suicidal, shell-shocked and homeless veterans find help through the VA.
Pasadena Weekly |
Carl Kozlowski |
01-29-2008 |
War
Canada's Case for More Warnew
Panel on Afghanistan gives the prime minister a rationale for dragging out the conflict.
NOW Magazine |
Steven Staples |
01-28-2008 |
War
Tags: Afghanistan, war & peace
The Wounds of Warnew
Thousands of veterans are coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with permanent and debilitating injuries. Here are some of their stories.
Bay of Pigs Vets Fight for Homenew
Betrayed by the U.S. government and their own country, they want to be remembered.
Miami New Times |
Janine Zeitlin |
01-22-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Fort Ordanancenew

Fourteen years and $100 million later, California's Fort Ord is riddled with dangerous munitions.
Monterey County Weekly |
Zachary Stahl |
01-17-2008 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Backwater USAnew
Mark Colville got a stiffer punishment for simulating Blackwater USA's slaughter of innocent Iraqi civilians than the mercenaries who actually committed the crime.
New Haven Advocate |
Andy Bromage |
12-18-2007 |
War
A War Against Our Ownnew
Post-traumatic tightrope: 30 years after Vietnam, it still takes a vet to save a vet from the military's cost-shaving schemes.
San Antonio Current |
Greg Harman |
12-12-2007 |
War
Stop-Loss: Stuck in the Servicenew
John Walter is just one man retained beyond his contract.
Colorado Springs Independent |
J. Adrian Stanley |
12-11-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Collecting Stories of War's Atrocitiesnew
Thirty-six years after the original Winter Soldier Investigation into atrocities in Vietnam, a group of Iraq veterans who oppose this war are doing it again.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-07-2007 |
War