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Thousands stage anti-war protest march
Source: Yahoo! News

A column of people three blocks long, led by members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War, streamed from the Denver Coliseum on Wednesday in an anti-war protest march to the Pepsi Center, where the Democratic National Convention is being staged. As many as 50 soldiers wearing ar …

As Suicides Surge, Military Reveals 40,000 Cases of PTSD
Source: The Huffington Post

As press reports proliferate concerning Iraq vet suicides, officials are encouraging troops to get help, even if they go to civilian therapists and don't report it to the military. So the 40,000 cases are only those the military knows of. A Rand Corp.

New York Times Explains Winter Soldier Blackout
Source: Fairness & Accuracy In Reporting

New York Times public editor Clark Hoyt has offered a response to media activists who wrote to the paper about its non-coverage of last month's Winter Soldier hearings.

At Indiana War Protest Rally, Vets Speak out Against the Iraq War, Honor the Dead, and Voice Controversial Claims about Pre-war Briefings on WMD
Source: The Indianapolis Star

Derek Giffin, 27, an Army veteran from Schererville, Ind., said he had second thoughts when his 1st Cavalry Company from Fort Hood was briefed before the invasion that there were no chemical weapons or weapons of mass destruction in Iraq, but the Bush administration kept making t …

Naomi Klein and Jeremy Scahill: Anti-war campaigners need to force Obama and Clinton to change their Policies
Source: Guardian Unlimited

That's why it's time for the anti-war movement to change tactics. We should direct our energy where it can still have an impact: the leading Democratic contenders...It is during a hotly contested campaign that anti-war forces have the power to actually sway US policy.

Same war. Same platoon. Two paths since leaving Iraq
Source: Christian Science Monitor

Vincent Emanuele thinks of his teenage self growing up in Indiana and recalls being interested in three things: "girls, beer, and sports." About that same time, out in California, Travis Pinn was looking for adventure: scuba diving, shooting guns, and jumping out of planes.

Where War Meets Peace
Source: The Huffington Post

"I trained my weapon on him," Kristopher Goldsmith said. It was a little boy, six years old maybe, standing on a roof, menacing the soldiers with a stick. "I was thinking, I hate these Iraqis who throw rocks. I could kill this kid."

US Vets Testify to Torture of Detainees, other Atrocities of our Illegal Occupation
Source: AntiWar.com

Wondering what was that huge sucking noise over the weekend? It was the absence of any significant mass media coverage of the Winter Soldier testimony going on in Silver Spring, MD.

Iraq, Afghanistan veterans to reveal 'some pretty f*cked-up' atrocities this weekend in DC
Source: Raw Story

As the war in Iraq approaches its fifth anniversary, veterans of that conflict and the war in Afghanistan will give first-hand accounts, supported by photographs and video evidence, of the true nature of the wars, including attacks the vets say killed innocent civilians.

Iraq & Afghanistan Vets to Present Evidence to Back Allegations of Systemic Brutality, Torture and Murder
Source: The Times

This month, for four days in Washington, DC, beginning on March 13, there will be a second Winter Soldier gathering – 37 years after the first.

Iraq Vets Protesting with Brownies Detained at Fort Bragg
Source: Military.com

Two Army veterans of the war in Iraq were detained for several hours Dec. 17 on Fort Bragg, N.C., after handing out baked goods and anti-war literature at one of the post's shopping centers. ...

Cruel irony department, Veterans Day edition
Source: Chicago Sun-Times

Like most American towns and cities, Denver is holding a Veterans Day parade. But veterans who oppose the Iraq war will not be allowed to march in it.

Let's Define Fascism Once and For All, Shall We?
Source: Frontpage Magazine

The Far Left has launched an event called American Fascism Awareness Day, to be held in Washington on November 21st, in response to David Horowitz's upcoming Islamo-Fascism Awareness Week, scheduled to take place on more than 100 campuses during the week of October 22-26.

Iraq Veterans Against the War Speak Out
Source: Traprock Peace TV

Iraq Veterans Against the War members Kelly Dougherty, Garett Reppenhagen, Camilo Mejía, Chanan Suárez Diaz and Martin Smith spoke on IVAW's strategy to end the war against Iraq at the Socialism 2007 conference in Chicago on June 16.

US Soldiers Against Iraq War Seeking Way Out: Casualties of Conscience
Source: SPIEGEL ONLINE

As criticism of the Iraq war grows at home, some US soldiers abroad are rejecting Bush's mission. On military bases across Germany, many are now seeking a way out through desertion or early discharge.

Amy Goodman: Ehren Watada Leads The Way Out Of Iraq
Source: AlterNet.org

You can jail the resistors, but you can't jail the resistance. George Bush, take notice as US Army Lt Ehren Watada is court-martialed next week. Congress, take heed. Young people in harm's way are leading the way out of Iraq. It is time you followed.

The Soldiers Speak Out
Source: The Nation

"As a patriotic American proud to serve the nation in uniform, I respectfully urge my political leaders in Congress to support the prompt withdrawal of all American military forces and bases from Iraq. Staying in Iraq will not work and is not worth the price.

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