AltWeeklies Wire
Ramadi Madnessnew
When every member of Florida's 124th Infantry returned from Iraq alive, it seemed too good to be true -- it was.
Miami New Times |
Isaiah Thompson |
08-27-2007 |
War
Abu Ghraib Rxnew
Nurse Deanna Germain describes serving at Iraq's most notorious prison.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
As told to Kevin Hoffman |
08-22-2007 |
War
Strife During Wartimenew
Four years after the U.S. invasion, expatriate Iraqis' news from home isn't getting any better.
Baltimore City Paper |
Tom Chalkley |
08-21-2007 |
War
Army Specialist Jaime Rodriguez Jr., 1987-2007new
A soldier comes home.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Chris Meagher |
08-13-2007 |
War
Iraq Vet's Journey From Soldier to "Malingerer"new
James Wilson's three-year struggle to prove his combat injury.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
07-30-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Pop Goes to Warnew
Tokens of normalcy in a surreal dystopia, music and movies are vital coping mechanisms for US servicepeople in Iraq, and often after they get home.
Boston Phoenix |
Mike Miliard |
07-27-2007 |
War
The Generals Should End the Warnew
Our military system is passing through a profound moral and legal crisis -- a commander who knowingly orders troops to participate in crimes against peace betrays himself or herself and those who serve under him or her.
San Francisco Bay Guardian |
Veterans for Peace |
07-26-2007 |
War
Heritage Study Claiming Rich, Educated Troops is Fantasy
In fact, the troops are poorer, less educated, and disproportionately African-American -- just as we thought all along.
Iraq Vet Fights for Housingnew
Spc. James Wilson and his wife, Heidi, have battled military and government bureaucracy in their fight for health care after James sustained a head injury in Iraq, leaving them in debt and without a home.
C-Ville Weekly |
Scott Weaver |
07-18-2007 |
War
The Psychology of Returning From Warnew
You want the troops out of Iraq? Next, we have to get Iraq out of the troops.
Portland Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
07-13-2007 |
War
Letters From a Soldier in Iraqnew
A year of email excerpts from the front lines of the war.
Santa Barbara Independent |
Captain Timothy Fessier and Michael Fessier Jr. |
07-13-2007 |
War
Welcome Home, Soldiernew
Sgt. Erik Arroyo can't decide what's worse: The war he fought in Baghdad, or the one waiting in North Philly.
Philadelphia City Paper |
Tom Namako |
07-10-2007 |
War
Unholy Alliancenew
Military and police technology sharing sends shivers up civil libertarians' spine.
Salt Lake City Weekly |
Jonah Owen Lamb |
07-06-2007 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Iraq War Vets Feel They're Being Cast Asidenew
In their own voices, three veterans speak of the inadequacy of what the military calls reintegration counseling, of the immediacy of their worst memories, of their helplessness in battle, of the struggle to rejoin a society that seems unwilling or unable to comprehend the price of their service.
The Texas Observer |
Emily DePrang |
07-03-2007 |
War
Investigation Launched into Fort Carson's Medical Carenew
The Evans Army Community Hospital prescribed methadone to Staff Sgt. Mark Waltz, which was added to his morphine prescription -- combining the two drugs caused an overdose.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
07-03-2007 |
War
