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Veterans become political battlefield
WAYNE WOOLLEY New Jersey Star Ledger February 29, 2004
David Segal, director of the Center for Research on Military Organizations at the University of Maryland, said that "for the first time in our history, some of the most vocal opponents of a war are dependents of deployed service members and veterans themselves."
Is Bush Behind Haiti Coup?
Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill Democracy Now! February 28, 2004
The interview below indicates that the U.S. is using pre-emptive war again. This time, the Bush administration, via Roger Noriega at the State Department, may be paying thugs to overthrow Haiti's democratically elected government. The question Americans should be asking is this: which of the Bush administration campaign donors benefits from this invasion and coup by proxy in Haiti?
Bush Caught Embellishing His National Guard Service on Government Web Sites
Walter V. Robinson Boston Globe February 28, 2004
The press remains on the hunt: Where was Bush, and what was he doing, during those "missing years" when he failed to attend Texas Air National Guard drills? This issue matters because Bush parades around as a self-proclaimed "war" president during a time when one U.S. soldier is killed each day in Iraq and forty more are medically evacuated due to wounds, injuries, or illnesses.
War's Invisible Casualties: The Families of Part-Time Soldiers
David Wood Newhouse News February 28, 2004
Quote: "Deepening U.S. military commitments overseas are creating a new and largely invisible class of military dependents scattered across America's small towns and city neighborhoods: the struggling families of part-time soldiers called away on lengthy combat tours."
Army Proposal to use U.S. Soldiers as Human Test Subjects
M. Alexander Otto Bureau of National Affairs February 28, 2004
The U.S. Department of Defense (DoD and the Federal Drug Administration (FDA) are facing a tough lawsuit by soldiers questioning the safety of the experimental anthrax vaccine. In response, DoD and FDA want a new drug category and bypass human test subject rules. This plan by DoD and FDA represents a major attempt to undermine the health and safety rights of soldiers. Congress must stop the DoD and FDA plan. We urge readers to familiarize themselves with the Nuremberg Code that prohibits using humans as experimental test subjects unless there is informed consent and the right to refuse.
October Surprise - Is Osama bin Laden Already Capatured?
February 28, 2004
The prospect of the capture of Osama bin Laden is good news. However, Saddam Hussein was handed over to U.S. troops as a Christmas surprise as U.S. casualties mounted during November in Iraq. Now, Afghan dictator Karzai claims the Taliban is defeated, and there are reports that bin Laden is already captured. Although the story below doesn't have the best of sources, it raises serious questions about the possible political manipulation of the Global War on Terror.
In Search of the President's Missing Years
Mimi Swartz New York Times February 27, 2004
When will the White House release all of Bush's military records? When will Bush explain where he was and what he was doing during those "missing years"? A full investigation and accounting are still needed.
A veteran's view of Bush and war
Gregory D. Foster Christian Science Monitor February 26, 2004
Gregory D. Foster is a civilian professor at the Industrial College of the Armed Forces, National Defense University. A West Point graduate, he was an infantry company commander with the Americal Division in Vietnam. The views expressed here are his own.
Pentagon eyes malaria drug in suicides
Mark Benjamin United Press International February 26, 2004
The U.S. Department of Defense changed course -- Now the highly questionable drug lariam is under review as a potential cause for some of the suicides among U.S. service members fighting in Iraq. Of 21 suicides reported by the Pentagon, four of the soldiers took lariam.
Suicide in Uniform: The Invisible Injury
Dick Gordon National Public Radio - Boston February 26, 2004
This radio interview about the high number of soldier suicides in Iraq features Steve Robinson, Director of the National Gulf War Resource Center; Captain Jennifer Berg, Chair of Psychiatry at the Naval Medical Center in San Diego; Wayne Smith, advisor to the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation; Rena Mathis, mother of Sargeant Joseph Suell, a serviceman who died of a self-inflicted drug overdose in Iraq.
For Ex-Senator, Kerry Race Is Chance to Rejoin the Battle
Sheryl Gay Stolbert New York Times February 26, 2004
Former U.S. Senator Max Cleland, who earned a Silver Star Medal and Purple Heart Medal in the Vietnam War, and who once headed the Veterans Administration, is leading a band of fellow war veterans to participate in the 2004 election.*
* Editor's correction: VCS incorrectly wrote that Cleland earned a Purple Heart in Vietnam. Though he did earn a Silver Star in Vietnam, there was no purple heart because the incident in which he lost three limbs was an accident, rather than inflicted in combat.
Department of Veterans Affairs Struggles to Treat Iraq Vets
Daniel Zwerdling NPR All Things Considered February 25, 2004
Although mental health care for returning soldiers has vastly improved in the past 30 years, many within the government's medical community say they are barely able to treat veterans from previous conflicts. Funding for Veterans Affairs' mental health services has been slashed since the mid-1990s, and more cuts are looming. One of the costs of war is the tremendous toll on the mental health of those who serve. Our Nation needs to make sure quality services are available when veterans and their families need it.
Suicides Among Soldiers Who Served in Iraq
Wayne Smith Editor and Publisher February 24, 2004
Wayne Smith is special assistant to the president of the Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation in Washington, an organization that, in 1997, shared the Nobel Peace Prize. Smith was a combat medic in Vietnam and longtime therapist in the Veterans Administration's Vietnam Veterans Readjustment Counseling Program.
Mystery Virus Closes Four U. S. Bases in Germany
Expatica February 23, 2004
This is a very interesting news article for what it doesn't say --- what is the virus? how does it spread? do the illnesses impact readiness? is this related to terrorism?
Army Collects Data on Depleted Uranium Contamination in Iraq
Kevin Dougherty European and Pacific Stars and Stripes February 23, 2004
Thousands of veterans from the 1991 invasion of Iraq were exposed to depleted uranium dust and/or shrapnel. The military has done only very limited evaluations of the exposed veterans. Now, based on strong input from veterans, the Army is starting to collect data about depleted uranium contamination in Iraq. Although it is premature to reach a finding, the military has already concluded DU has had no impact on soldiers currently in Iraq.
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