Peace
Nothing divine about bombs, Western Shoshone charge
June 9, 2006A huge conventional bomb test — ironically named “Divine Strake” — has been postponed “indefinitely,” but the struggle goes on. That was the message June 3 as protesters gathered in Reno, Nev., to continue their opposition...
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Haditha sheds ugly light on Bush war
June 9, 2006The massacre of Iraqi civilians, including women and children, by U.S. troops in Haditha and elsewhere is having far-reaching repercussions for Iraq and the U.S.
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Bush faces coalition of the dwindling
June 2, 2006It’s a coalition of the dwindling. The U.S.-led multinational occupying force in Iraq is losing troops from two of its most important allies -Italy and South Korea -and up to a half dozen other members could...
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EDITORIAL: Honoring all the war dead
June 2, 2006Two grim reminders of war’s toll on innocent civilians marked Memorial Day weekend this year. In Iraq, details continued to emerge about the November 2005 tragedy at Haditha, where after a Marine was killed by a...
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UN panel condemns U.S. torture
June 2, 2006The United Nations Committee Against Torture has asked the U.S. to shut down the Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, detention facility where prisoners are being held in hellish conditions without recourse to legal counsel or trial. At hearings...
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