Thousands stage anti-war protest marchSource: 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.
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As Suicides Surge, Military Reveals 40,000 Cases of PTSDSource: 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 BlackoutSource: 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.
Same war. Same platoon. Two paths since leaving IraqSource: 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 PeaceSource: 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."
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 OutSource: 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.
Amy Goodman: Ehren Watada Leads The Way Out Of IraqSource: 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 OutSource: 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.