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EDITORIAL: Cheney vs. public opinion

March 28, 2008

When a TV reporter recently asked Vice President Cheney how he reconciled U.S. policy on Iraq with the fact that two-thirds of Americans oppose the war, he shrugged his shoulders and arrogantly replied, “So?” Cheney said...

Protests mark 5th anniversary of Iraq war, 4,000th U.S. troop death

March 28, 2008 By Libero Della Piana

WASHINGTON — “How many more must die in vain for a lie?” That was the question asked by Joan Kosloff, whose stepson, Sgt. Sherwood Baker of the Pennsylvania National Guard, died in Iraq in 2003. “Congress...

Killing of FARC leader incites border tensions

March 6, 2008

The killing of Raul Reyes, a leading spokesperson for the Revolutionary Armed Forced of Colombia (FARC), and 19 other FARC insurgents by Colombian armed forces in Ecuador March 1 came as hopes for peace in Colombia...

In Iraq forever?

February 22, 2008 By Susan Webb

The online activism group MoveOn.org has launched an “Iraq/Recession” campaign, aiming to “make sure that politicians and pundits understand what voters already know: As long as we keep pouring that money down the drain in Iraq,...

Bring the mercenaries home, too

February 8, 2008 By Denise Winebrenner Edwards

To a woman and man, both Democratic presidential candidates pledge to bring our troops home. It is a question of when, not if. That’s cautious good news for the families of 160,000 U.S. military personnel in...