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Chaplain is called victim of hysteria
Charlie Savage Boston Globe November 30, 2003
Army Captain James ''Yousef'' Yee spent 76 days this autumn locked up in a Navy brig alongside so-called ''enemy combatants'' who are suspected of aiding Al Qaeda and threatening national security.
Army Reservist Accused of Insubordination
Associated Press November 30, 2003
An Army reserve officer faces insubordination charges after he questioned the legality of a waiver that his battalion was asked to sign allowing their third deployment to a war zone since January 2002 ... [The officer] asked whether the battalion may be violating federal law by not allowing combat troops a required 12-month "stabilization period" at home.
Guest Opinion: Bush makes protesters 'disappear'
Charles Levendosky The Billings Gazette (Montana) November 30, 2003
President Bush has never been an advocate of the First Amendment. Even when he was governor of Texas, he prohibited demonstrations on the walkways in front of the governor's mansion, an area that had traditionally been used for peaceful protests. As president, Bush has widened his restrictions on demonstrations against his policies. Anti-Bush protesters are now relegated to what are euphemistically called Free Speech Zones. These areas are cordoned off as far as a mile away from the president and the main thoroughfares, so that Bush cannot see the demonstrators, or their signs of protest, nor hear their chants.
Toll on U.S. troops in Iraq grows as wounded rolls approach 10,000
Roger Roy The Orlando Sentinel November 30, 2003
"Nearly 10,000 U.S. troops have been killed, wounded, injured or become ill enough to require evacuation from Iraq since the war began, the equivalent of almost one Army division, according to the Pentagon."
Teens Await Their Fate In Guantanamo
AP Military.com November 30, 2003
Its shameful that these children our being held in the name of our security.
Two U.S. Soldiers Killed in Western Iraq
SLOBODAN LEKIC Washington Post November 30, 2003
"With the latest deaths, 104 coalition troops have died in November in Iraq, with guerrillas killing 79 American soldiers and 25 allied troops, making it the bloodiest month of the war that began March 20."
The Chant Not Heard
THOMAS L. FRIEDMAN New York Times November 30, 2003
Friedman is right in that those of us who opposed the war from can't just sit back and point our fingers at President Bush and say "its your mess, you clean it up". The stakes are too high.
More foreigners die in Iraq attacks
BBC November 29, 2003
"Seven members of a Spanish intelligence team died on Saturday, when their vehicles were ambushed south of Baghdad.
And in another ambush, two Japanese diplomats were shot dead near the northern city of Tikrit. "
Iraq Exit Plan: New Obstacles
STEVEN R. WEISMAN New York Times November 29, 2003
This quote pretty much sums it up: "We're boxed in," said an administration official. "We have a highly difficult set of issues to deal with here. We can't settle for just anything that gets us out of Iraq."
Bush's Iraq visit a pre-election PR stunt: analysis
AFP Australian Broadcasting Corporation November 29, 2003
This is a good recap of how media around the world are reacting to Bush's secret visit to Baghdad.
How to scare a US marine
Brendan O’Neill The Spectator - UK November 28, 2003
This story underscores the negative impacts of a culture of cover-up within the DoD on issues of troop health...
U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Hours After Bush Visit
Luke Baker - Reuters Yahoo News November 28, 2003
I doubt a 2 1/2 hour political visit will give much comfort to the family of the fallen soldier...
Why anti-US attacks have spread to Iraq's north
Nicholas Blanford The Christian Science Monitor November 28, 2003
"The economic situation has to improve," says Hamid Ibrahim, owner of a clothing store. "The opposition are hiring poor people because there are no jobs. A poor person will do anything to feed his family. Democracy is fine, but you can't eat ideas."
Bush Makes Surprise Visit to Baghdad
TERENCE HUNT, AP Yahoo News November 27, 2003
Bush visits the troops in Baghdad...Morale booster or campaign photo op?
U.S. to Shift Some Experts From Arms to Antiterror
DOUGLAS JEHL New York Times November 27, 2003
This is another move by the CPA that is long overdue.
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