Peace
Hundreds of thousands demand: Rumsfeld must go!
May 21, 2004WASHINGTON – The Rev. Graylan Hagler, pastor of Plymouth Congregational Church here and a leader of United for Peace and Justice, says it is time for Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to go. He is one voice...
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Torture in Iraq: The buck stops with Bush
May 14, 2004George W. Bush and his minions are toiling to contain worldwide outrage over the torture of hundreds of Iraqi detainees by U.S. occupation soldiers at the infamous Abu Ghraib prison. Slip-sliding to shift blame to a...
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Coup foiled in Venezuela
May 14, 2004Another coup attempt against Venezuelan President Hugo Chávez has failed. Eighty-eight Colombian paramilitaries were captured May 9 in Caracas while training for an assault on a military installation. According to Venezuela’s ambassador in Bogotá, those arrested...
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Calif. lawmaker takes dangerous stand on draft
May 14, 2004LOS ANGELES – When Rossana Cambron, a special education teacher from Whittier, Calif., saw Rep. Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) on a local Spanish-language television program April 30 speaking favorably of a military draft, she got mad. “I...
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Reservists families say: Bring our loved ones home!
May 14, 2004Elizabeth Fausto’s brother, Jose – an army reservist now serving in Iraq – recently learned that his deployment has been extended a second time, for a period of 120 days. Jose Guadalupe Fausto, a sergeant, has...
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