Peace
Iraq, Blackwater and shoes
December 17, 2008More than a year after Blackwater USA security guards sprayed a busy Baghdad intersection with bullets, killing 17 Iraqi civilians and wounding others, the U.S. Justice Department finally filed criminal charges against the gunmen on Dec....
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Obama will review cluster bomb ban treaty
December 13, 2008The Obama administration will review the Bush administration's reasons for refusing to sign an international treaty banning the use of cluster bombs, its spokesperson announced the week. So far 90 countries have signed the international ban....
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Disarmament advocates vs. U.S.-India nuclear deal
September 30, 2008Peace and disarmament activists are warning that an agreement now before the Senate to let India buy nuclear fuel and technology from the United States for civilian purposes could make it easier for India to build...
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Iraq pullout ploy
September 13, 2008Withdrawing U.S. troops from Iraq is a political struggle both here and in Iraq. President Bush has announced plans to pull some 8,000 troops out of Iraq by early 2009. This leaves 138,000 U.S. troops there,...
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Iraq war remains major issue
August 29, 2008DENVER — The Iraq war is front and center here at the Democratic Party convention, but front and center like gravity is in our daily lives — a major force but not talked about all the...
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