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** Breaking News ** DoD Reports up to 22,000 U.S. Casualties
David Hackworth Soldiers for the Truth December 31, 2003
According to retired Army Colonel David Hackworth, "Lt. Col. Scott D. Ross of the U.S. military's Transportation Command told me that as of Dec. 23, his outfit had evacuated 3,255 battle-injured casualties and 18,717 non-battle injuries. Of the battle casualties, 473 died and 3,255 were wounded by hostile fire." That is a total of 21,972 casualties. Some may have been counted twice if they were transported more than once or injured more than once. This new count is far higher than the report from Mark Benjamin at United Press International. Veterans want to know: what is the true casualty count?
Update: Guilty Plea by Texan Who Built "Sodium-Cyanide Bomb" for use by Racist Hate Group
Kris Axtman Christian Science Monitor December 31, 2003
Headline: "As the media focus on international terror, a Texan pleads guilty to possessing a weapon of mass destruction." Concerned Americans want to know if this a replay of the infamous "Nixon Southern Strategy." Is the Administration ignoring violent racists in America by focusing on fabricated threats from abroad? As the article below reports, "... domestic terrorist acts in the past five years far outweigh the number of international acts..."
The U.S. Winked at Hussein's Evil
Robert Scheer Los Angeles Times December 31, 2003
Sometimes democracy works. Though the wheels of accountability often grind slowly, they also can grind fine, if lubricated by the hard work of free-thinking citizens. The latest example: the release of official documents, obtained under the Freedom of Information Act, that detail how the U.S. government under presidents Ronald Reagan and George H.W. Bush nurtured and supported Saddam Hussein despite his repeated use of chemical weapons.
Some words better left unuttered
Helen Thomas Seattle Post-Intelligencer December 31, 2003
WASHINGTON -- Some of the words uttered by very important people in Washington in 2003 are best forgotten. On the other hand, as we enter an election year, maybe they should be remembered. Many of the official statements were made about the war in Iraq, and the so-called imminent threat Iraqi weapons posed for the United States...
A Soldier's Return, to a Dark and Moody World
Jeffrey Gettleman New York Times December 31, 2003
Sgt. Jeremy Feldbusch, a fit, driven, highly capable Army Ranger, left home in February knowing the risks of combat. Two months later, he came home blind.
Their Photos Tell the Story
Jimmy Breslin Newsday (New York) December 31, 2003
The Army Times, a civilian newspaper that is sold mainly on military bases and thus reaches the prime wartime audience, uses eight pages of its year-end review, out now, to run photos of all those who have died in Iraq and Afghanistan, except 35.
Air Force Times: Experimental Anthrax Vaccine No Longer Necessary
Air Force Times Editorial Board Air Force Times December 30, 2003
Summary: In a major public relations blow to the Pentagon's plans to use soldiers as experimental test subjects, the Air Force Times (and Army Times, Marine Times, and Navy Times) each editorialized against the forced vaccination of U.S. service members with the experimental anthrax vaccine.
Army Stops Many Soldiers From Quitting
Lee Hockstader Washington Post December 29, 2003
By prohibiting soldiers and officers from leaving the service at retirement or the expiration of their contracts, military leaders have breached the Army's manpower limit of 480,000 troops, a ceiling set by Congress. In testimony before the Senate Armed Services Committee last month, Gen. Peter Schoomaker, the Army chief of staff, disclosed that the number of active-duty soldiers has crept over the congressionally authorized maximum by 20,000 and now registered 500,000 as a result of stop-loss orders. Several lawmakers questioned the legality of exceeding the limit by so much.
Hijacking God for Empire
Ray McGovern December 29, 2003
Ray McGovern is co-director of the Servant Leadership School, an inner-city outreach ministry inspired by the ecumenical Church of the Saviour in Washington, DC. His first career of 27 years as a CIA analyst taught him something of empire
Prime Minister Blair Busted: Scandal Erupts Over Lies About Iraqi Weapons
Luke Harding The Observer (United Kingdom) December 28, 2003
Tony Blair was at the centre of an embarrassing row last night after the most senior US official in Baghdad bluntly rejected the Prime Minister's assertion that secret weapons laboratories had been discovered in Iraq. In a Christmas message to British troops, Blair claimed there was 'massive evidence of a huge system of clandestine laboratories'. The Iraq Survey Group (ISG) had unearthed compelling evidence that showed Saddam Hussein had attempted to 'conceal weapons', the Prime Minister said. But in an interview yesterday, Paul Bremer, the Bush administration's top official in Baghdad, flatly dismissed the claim as untrue - without realising its source was Blair.
Marine Wants Record Cleared; Cites Court Order Halting Experimental Anthrax Shots
Jeanette Steele San Diego Union-Tribune December 28, 2003
Anthony Fusco would like the Marine Corps to say it's sorry and then some. The Camp Pendleton Marine was demoted from corporal to lance corporal this year for initially refusing to be vaccinated for anthrax. Steve Robinson, director of the National Gulf War Resource Center, agrees with Fusco. "The military is going to have to review whether or not they were justified in court-martialing people, fining people or forcing people out," Robinson said.
US towns gather in their wounded
Gary Younge Guardian (United Kingdom) December 27, 2003
Quote: "Around 2,657 soldiers have been injured in Iraq, according to the Pentagon. But while the death toll influences political debate and prompts public discomfort, the swelling legions of the wounded - around 10 a day - have failed to make any impact on a national level." The article above presents an incomplete portrait of U.S. casualties. As of today, 2,332 soldiers have been wounded in action. Another 8,581 soldiers have been seriously injured or ill enough to be evacuated from Iraq to Europe or the U.S. An additional 475 soldiers are dead. This places the casualty count at 11,388 as of December 27, 2003. The article below describes the story of one of our wounded.
Pentagon Wants to Resume Experimental Anthrax Shots
Thom Shanker New York Times December 27, 2003
The Justice Department has asked a federal district judge here to withdraw his preliminary injunction halting the military's mandatory anthrax vaccination program, or at least limit his ruling to the six plaintiffs whose suit prompted it. .... "The vaccine as being used is experimental in nature and therefore unlawful unless informed consent is given," Mr. Zaid said. "So to argue that this decision should only apply to those six individuals does a real injustice."
War's Casualties Include the Children of Reservists
Faye Fiore Los Angeles Times December 27, 2003
Quote: "The separation of war has fallen hard on the children of American soldiers, and perhaps none so much as the families of those in the reserves."
Antiwar Family's Conflict
Tomas Alex Tizon Los Angeles Times December 26, 2003
Fervent peace activists sort through complex emotions as they mourn a son killed in Iraq. He died a hero, they say -- a parents' contradiction.
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