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VCS Weekly Update: How to Have a Responsible Exit Strategy
Veterans for Common Sense March 31, 2005
Over the course of the last year, and particularly over the last two weeks, Veterans for Common Sense has come under fire from some in the progressive community for our stance on Iraq: that an exit strategy must be responsible and place and Iraq back in the hands of the Iraqi people. Much as our position questioning the invasion of Iraq drew anger from the right, our position questioning immediate withdrawal has drawn anger from the left.
Hero or Criminal? The Court Martial of Captain Rogelio Maynulet
Jason N. Thelen Veterans for Common Sense -- Guest Column March 31, 2005
The court-martial of Captain Rogelio Maynulet began this week in Germany. Captain Maynulet commanded a tank company of the 1st Armored Division in Iraq, and he has been charged with premeditated murder. His court-martial is based on the allegation that he shot a fatally wounded Iraqi, which hastened the Iraqi's demise by several minutes and is therefore murder.
The 500-Mile-Per-Gallon Solution
Max Boot Los Angeles Times March 25, 2005
Set America Free estimates that if we convert entirely to flexible-fuel, plug-in hybrid electric vehicles, U.S. gasoline imports in 20 years will drop by two-thirds. As important, because Americans are the world's biggest car buyers, U.S. preferences would reshape the global automotive industry. Carmakers would wind up shipping hybrid electrics to Europe and Asia too. President Bush could hasten the transition through an international agreement to move major economies away from oil dependency. This would not only reduce the Middle East's strategic importance but also help reduce emissions to Kyoto-mandated levels.
Female GIs hard hit by war syndrome
KIRSTEN SCHARNBERG Chicago Tribune March 25, 2005
On a mission just south of Baghdad over the winter, a young soldier jumped into the gunner's turret of an armored Humvee and took control of the menacing .50-caliber machine gun. She was 19 years old, weighed barely 100 pounds and had a blond ponytail hanging out from under her Kevlar helmet.
Kentucky guardsmen recall firefight with Iraqi insurgents
San Jose Mercury News March 24, 2005
The Kentucky National Guardsmen were outnumbered and under heavy gunfire when they counterattacked Iraqi insurgents who ambushed a coalition convoy southeast of Baghdad.
US Death Rate Down in Iraq Since January Elections
Reuters March 24, 2005
"The average counter-insurgency in the 20th century was about nine years, so it takes time to snuff out the insurgency. And also, I think you know, most insurgencies are defeated by political means rather than necessarily by military means," said General George Casey, the top U.S. commander in Iraq.
Shopkeepers turn guns on insurgents
Taipei Times March 24, 2005
Residents and store owners in one Baghdad neighborhood responded with gunfire of their own when insurgents began shooting at customers yesterday
IRAQ: Interview with the UN Special Representative for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi
Reuters March 24, 2005
Reuters Alertnet interviews UN Special Representative for Iraq, Ashraf Qazi, about the UN mission in Iraq.
Iraq Shiite-Kurd talks lag on forming government
Middle East Online March 24, 2005
Negotiations on forming the next Iraqi government dragged on Thursday, with Kurdish negotiators absent and the Shiite side questioning whether a government would be unveiled this weekend even if the parliament convenes.
Army Documents Shed Light on CIA 'Ghosting': Systematic Concealment Of Detainees Is Found
Josh White Washington Post March 24, 2005
Senior defense officials have described the CIA practice of hiding unregistered detainees at Abu Ghraib prison as ad hoc and unauthorized, but a review of Army documents shows that the agency's "ghosting" program was systematic and known to three senior intelligence officials in Iraq.
Guantánamo Detainees Make Their Case
Neil Lewis New York Times March 24, 2005
GUANTÁNAMO BAY, Cuba, March 23 - A 30-year-old Sudanese prisoner listened with barely concealed anger on Tuesday and slouched deeper into his seat as an Air Force officer told a military panel why the man remained a threat to the United States and should not be released from the prison camp here.
Iraq Workers Protest Insurgent Attacks
Associated Press New York Times March 24, 2005
Hundreds of power workers shouting ``No, no, to terror!'' marched through Baghdad on Thursday to protest attacks that have killed dozens of their colleagues, while demonstrators in the south demanded that the new petroleum minister be from their oil-rich region.
Sunnis now want to join Iraq politics
Jill Carroll Christian Science Monitor March 24, 2005
Sunni leaders met last weekend to unite in their cause and negotiate with Shiites and Kurds.
Iraq launches purge of foreign Arabs
New Kerala March 24, 2005
BAGHDAD, March 23 : Iraq has imposed strict new residency rules as part of a plan to expel insurgent non-Iraqi Arabs from the country.
British MPs attack Iraq war planning
ABC News Online March 24, 2005
A British parliamentary committee has released a scathing report about planning for the Iraq war.
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