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U.S. troops morale plummets in Iraq
July 11, 2003President Bush shocked many people last week when he responded to the increasing attacks on American troops in Iraq by saying, “My answer is, bring them on.” A day after his comic-book-style comment, 10 U.S. soldiers were wounded in three incidents.
Read moreWhite House put itself above the law
June 11, 2004Staff Sgt. Camilo Mejia is sitting in an Army brig at Ft. Sill, Okla., because he rejected the torture and brutality carried out by U.S. occupation forces in Iraq. Mejia served eight years in the Army National Guard and eight months in Iraq before refusing to go back to his unit there.
Read moreNATIONAL CLIPS: November 17
November 16, 2007LONG BEACH, Calif.: Antiwar vets barred from parade OLYMPIA, Wash.: Peace activists arrested for blocking military gear PALO ALTO, Calif.: Stanford students say no to Rumsfeld LEWISTON, Maine: Somali American runner charges foul play
Read moreItalian reporter: My truth and consequences of a dirty war
March 11, 2005Little did Giuliana Sgrena know that after she had been released by her captors in Iraq she faced a bigger obstacle to her freedom: the U.S. occupation forces.
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Shocking reports reveal U.S. torture widespread
May 27, 2005‘Architects of torture policy must be held accountable’ New reports of torture of detainees show the U.S. as a global enforcer gone wild.
Read moreCalls grow to close Gitmo jail, seek truth on Downing Street Memo
June 10, 2005In the wake of charges by Amnesty International that U.S. detention centers at Guantanamo and elsewhere constitute “the gulag of our times,” one of the Senate’s leading Democrats, Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.), and former President Jimmy Carter called for closing the Guantanamo prison, and even Republicans said they would hold congressional hearings on U.S. treatment of detainees.
Read moreSoldiers say Im not going back
June 18, 2004These days, GI rights counseling coordinator Bill Galvin is getting at least four or five calls a day from soldiers saying, “I’ve gotten orders to go to Iraq and I don’t want to go.” click here for Spanish text
Read moreThe Republicans gaps and lies
September 10, 2004News Analysis The Republican convention was filled with gaps and lies and the anti-Bush coalition should take note of them and not be demoralized by corporate media spin.
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This week in history: International Day of the Disappeared
August 29, 2016The international day was created to draw attention to the fate of individuals imprisoned at places and under poor conditions unknown to their relatives.
Read morePublic outcry grows over Iraq abuse photos
May 15, 2009President Barack Obama said yesterday he will try to prevent the court-ordered release of photos that depict U.S. troops abusing prisoners. He said his sudden reversal reflected fear that the photos would “further inflame anti-American opinion” and endanger U.S. forces in Iraq and Afghanistan. The administration had originally said it would not resist an appeals court ruling that set a May 28 deadline for releasing photos of military misconduct. Generals...
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