Peace
San Francisco Bay area marks Iraq war anniversary
March 21, 2009SAN FRANCISCO — The BART rapid transit system linked demonstrations throughout the Bay Area March 19 as peace activists marked the 6th anniversary of the Bush administration’s invasion of Iraq with a day of direct actions,...
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Iraqi women suffering silent emergency, survey finds
March 14, 2009BAGHDAD (IRIN) - Marking International Women’s Day on 8 March a new survey has painted a grim picture for Iraqi women who it says are suffering a “silent emergency” as they endure insecurity, poverty and a...
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Veterans react to Iraq pullout plan: A war that should never have been fought
March 13, 2009While they see President Obama’s 18-month timetable to remove U.S. troops from Iraq as a necessary first step to change, veterans’ organizations say Iraq and Afghanistan urgently need diplomacy and development, not lingering deployments or troop...
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Small towns challenge the U.S. governments practice of military recruiting of minors
March 12, 2009“United States of America v. City of Arcata; City of Eureka.” So reads the heading to a lawsuit filed in December 2008 by the United States Department of Justice, acting on a complaint by the Department...
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Obama to order the beginning of the end of U.S. war in Iraq
February 28, 2009United For Peace and Justice statement on Obama's Iraq withdrawal plan President Obama is scheduled to announce a plan today to pull all combat troops out of Iraq by 19 months from his inauguration -- August...
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