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US Peace Activist, Retired Colonel Ann Wright, Detained at Ottawa Airport
Common Dreams October 27, 2007
A former diplomat and retired US army colonel said she was detained at Ottawa airport Thursday while en route to anti-war talks and a news conference with Canadian MPs blasting wrongful detentions.
Obama, Bond Demand Pentagon Report on PTSD Cases
Senator Barack Obama and Senator Christopher Bond Senator Barack Obama October 27, 2007
U.S. Senators Barack Obama (D-IL) and Christopher Bond (R-MO) sent the following letter to Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, requesting a full accounting of service members’ psychological injuries, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD), since October 2001. The senators also requested a detailed report on how the military monitors other psychological injuries.
Bomb Witness Fights for Benefits
WOWT October 27, 2007
Seventy-nine-year-old Gerald Bacon is an Army veteran who squints with his one good eye. He lost the other to cancer caused, he believes, by witnessing eight atomic bomb tests. Bacon says he couldn't run from the long-term impact of radiation exposure, suffering from 14 illnesses including several forms of cancer. But Bacon's claim for a monthly service-connected disability check has been denied 14 times.
Book by Indian PM's Daughter Exposes Torture in US Jails
Sify News October 27, 2007
In a strong indictment of the Bush administration's treatment of detainees in its war on terror, a book co-authored by Amrit Singh, the US-based lawyer daughter of Prime Minister Manmohan Singh, asserts that the torture took place because of policy — not in spite of it.
Editorial Column - Ending the Lost Iraq War Fiasco Only Takes 41 Senators
Arianna Huffington Yahoo News October 27, 2007
Democrats have all the votes they need to stop the war -- if they are willing to use the power given them by the Constitution to block the supplemental funding bill unless it includes a deadline for bringing the troops home.
Contamination From Depleted Uranium Found in Urine 20 Years Later
Science Daily October 27, 2007
Inhaled depleted uranium (DU) oxide aerosols are recognised as a distinct human health hazard and DU has been suggested to be responsible in part for illness in both military and civilian populations that may have been exposed.
Oregon Guard Reintegration Team Helps Returning Soldiers The Oregon National Guard recognizes that nearly 37 percent of its returning veterans are under or unemployed and 90 percent want college education and job training for their families. The ORNG Reintegration Team works with federal, state, local and civilian agencies and refers service members to resources where they can receive assistance with any need they may have.
Kim Lippert Salem News October 27, 2007
What It Means to Get Out and March Against the Wars - October 27, 2007
Lynn Feinerman Common Dreams October 25, 2007
So I ask you, fellow activists, fellow citizens, to get out and pound the pavement ’til the sound of our marching quakes the war makers.
Budget Office Reports War Costs Could Reach $2.4 Trillion by 2017
Otto Kreisher Government Executive October 25, 2007
Even if U.S. troop levels in Iraq and Afghanistan are reduced by more than two-thirds from the average numbers, the cost to the taxpayers of those conflicts could reach $2.4 trillion in 10 years, the Congressional Budget Office estimated Wednesday.
DoD, VA Still Working on Sharing e-Health Records
Grant Gross, IDG News Service IT World October 25, 2007
The U.S. Department of Defense and Department of Veterans Affairs still aren't able to share complete electronic health records of military members and veterans despite working on a project for nine years, employees of the two agencies told a congressional committee Wednesday.
Editorial Column: When Is Torture Not Torture? -- When Bush Orders It...
Neil MacDonald CBC News October 25, 2007
The torture called waterboarding is a pretty violent business.
Editorial Column: Cheney's Madness is His Method
Maureen Dowd New York Times October 25, 2007
Dick Cheney’s craziness used to influence foreign policy. Now it is foreign policy.
Democratic Senators Ask Bush to Back Wounded Warrior Bills (S 1606)
Rick Maze Air Force Times October 25, 2007
The Senate Veterans’ Affairs Committee chairman is asking President Bush to rally Republicans in support of pending wounded warrior legislation, rather than pushing the White House’s own plan. (Note: VCS supports S 1606, the Wounded Warrior bill, instead of the incomplete Dole/Shalala bill promoted by the White House.)
Low Morale and Ill-Equiped Soldiers Opt for 'Search and Avoid' in Iraq War
Dahr Jamail Inter Press Service October 25, 2007
Iraq war veterans say that morale among U.S. soldiers in the country is so poor, many are simply parking their Humvees and pretending to be on patrol, a practice dubbed "search and avoid" missions.
Veteran Says U.S. Army Discriminated Against Him
George Hunter Detroit News October 24, 2007
A wounded Iraq War veteran plans to file a lawsuit in federal court Wednesday because he said the U.S. Army discriminated against him while he worked at a civilian job at the Tank Automotive Command in Warren.
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