Peace
I was a soldier once
June 23, 2006I was a soldier once. I can almost hear myself telling that to my grandchildren with a shameful exhortation and a need to feel important to the ones I love. I sometimes wonder what stories I...
Read moreRefusing Iraq Army lieutenant chooses prison over deploying to illegal war
June 23, 2006Ehren Watada is a 28-year-old first lieutenant in the United States Army. He joined the Army in 2003, during the run-up to the Iraq war, and turned in his resignation to protest that same war in...
Read moreAmerican people can end this war Democrats push for Iraq pullout
June 23, 2006WASHINGTON — The toll of U.S. war dead in Iraq hit 2,500 last week and Democratic lawmakers took to the floor of the Senate and House to demand that the war end and the troops be...
Read moreBush plays politics as Iraqis struggle for sovereignty
June 16, 2006Congressional Republicans last week killed a provision in the latest “emergency” Iraq war appropriations bill that would have blocked permanent U.S. bases in Iraq.
Read moreEmpty boots and baby shoes
June 9, 2006In the wake of the rising tide of allegations claiming that U.S. forces executed a sort of vigilante justice by staging murderous attacks on Iraqi civilians, General Chiarelli, second in command in Iraq, stated his belief...
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