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Tyranny of the Tiny Minority
David Sirota Working Assets September 30, 2007
Wondering why Congress rarely passes anything the public wants? Then grab Thomas Geoghegan's 1999 memoir, "The Secret Lives of Citizens." The book shows that, like the Da Vinci Code, the answers to such important questions are often out in the open, encrypted only by our inability to step back and see them. And when you crack this particular mystery about Congress, you learn not only why Washington is paralyzed, but also where to look for domestic progress, and how stopping bills — rather than passing them — is probably the only way to end the Iraq war right now.
Fort Drum Soldiers Join in Peace Rally, Speak Against Iraq War
William Kates, Associated Press Newsday September 30, 2007
Active duty soldiers from Fort Drum will take part in a regional peace rally Saturday, saying it's time for them to be heard. Those speaking in opposition to the war will include for the first time active-duty members of the 10th Mountain Division, which currently has two brigades of approximately 7,500 troops in Iraq and has been in the thick of combat since the war on terror began more than four years ago.
San Francisco War Veterans Fight to Rebuild a Broken System
Erik Rosales ABC 30 September 30, 2007
Some are calling it a counter strike as the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs filed a motion Friday asking the court to dismiss a class action lawsuit filed against it back in July.
Price of War
Jeff Donn and Kimberly Hefling Beaver Dam Daily Citizen September 30, 2007
He was one of America's first defenders on Sept. 11, 2001, a Marine who pulled burned bodies from the ruins of the Pentagon. He saw more horrors in Kuwait and Iraq. Today, he can't keep a job, pay his bills, or chase thoughts of suicide from his tortured brain. In a few weeks, he may lose his house, too. Gamal Awad — the American son of a Sudanese immigrant — exemplifies an emerging group of war veterans: the economic casualties.
Editorial Column - Making a Killing
Jeremy Scahill Common Dreams September 30, 2007
It’s being described as “Baghdad’s bloody Sunday.” On September 16 a heavily armed State Department convoy guarded by Blackwater USA was whizzing down the wrong side of the road near Nisour Square in the congested Mansour neighborhood in the Iraqi capital. Iraqi police scrambled to block off traffic to allow the convoy to pass. In the chaos, an Iraqi vehicle entered the square, reportedly failing to heed a policeman’s warning fast enough. The Blackwater operatives, protecting their American principal, a senior State Department official, opened fire on the vehicle, killing the driver. According to witnesses, Blackwater troops then launched some sort of grenade at the car, setting it ablaze. But inside the vehicle was not a small sect from Al Qaeda in Mesopotamia or the Mahdi Army, the “armed insurgents” Blackwater described killing in its official statement on the incident. It was a young Iraqi family–man, woman and infant–whose crime appeared to be panicking in a chaotic traffic situation. Witnesses say the bodies of the mother and child were melded together by the flames that had engulfed their vehicle.
Transcript Reveals Impeachable Offenses by Bush Re: Iraq War
Juan Cole juancole.com September 30, 2007
El Pais published a transcript of the conversation between George W. Bush, Jose Maria Aznar of Spain, and Condoleeza Rice held at Crawford before the Iraq War. The transcript, it seems to me, provides a whole rack of smoking guns that could be a basis for impeaching George W. Bush.
When America Went Fascist
Chris Rowthorn The Smirking Chimp September 30, 2007
It is a truism in the blogosphere that one more terrorist attack will turn America into a fascist state. People speculate about what fascism in America will look like, or how they might fight it. Others boast that they plan to flee the country ahead of the coming fascist takeover of the United States. One cannot read these posts without a sense of bitter irony, because one thing is clear to those who are watching carefully: The United States of America is already a fascist state.
Editorial Column: The Mega-Lie Called the War on Terror, Masterpiece of Propaganda
Richard W. Behan Alternet September 30, 2007
Since Sept. 11, 2001, the administration of George W. Bush has told and repeated a mega-lie, and the American people have come to believe it. It is the "War on Terror."
Editorial Column: Lives Wasted In An Impossible War
Jim Sinclair and Rick Bender Seattle Post-Intelligencer September 30, 2007
Working people from both sides of the border will gather Saturday at the Peace Arch border crossing to send a strong message to both our governments -- it's time to bring our troops home. As trade union leaders, we are challenged to speak out because it is the young daughters and sons of working people whose lives are being wasted in an impossible war that will have no end.
Congressman Hall to Chair Field Hearing on VA's 600,000 Claim Backlog Crisis in New Windsor, NY
Congressman John Hall Committee on Veterans' Affairs, U.S. House of Representatives September 29, 2007
Four veterans from New York’s Hudson Valley, including Marine Sergeant Eddie Ryan, will get the chance on October 9th to tell Congress about their personal experiences as wounded soldiers struggling to receive the help they were owed by the Veterans Administration. Veterans in the area are invited to attend.
Report Says Fixes Slow to Come at Walter Reed
Steve Vogel Washington Post September 28, 2007
More than half a year after disclosures of systemic problems at Walter Reed Army Medical Center and other military hospitals, the Pentagon's promised fixes are threatened by staff shortages and uncertainty about how best to improve long-term care for wounded troops, according to a congressional report issued yesterday.
Two Patriot Act Provisions Ruled Unlawful
William McCall, Associated Press Boston Globe September 28, 2007
Two provisions of the USA Patriot Act are unconstitutional because they allow search warrants to be issued without a showing of probable cause, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.
Specialist Town Takes His Case to Washington
Joshua Kors The Nation September 28, 2007
In this article you will hear from Army doctors who say wounded soldiers are routinely misdiagnosed. One says he was pressured by superiors to diagnose personality disorder in cases where soldiers were physically wounded or suffering from posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD).
Soldier Testifies He Was Ordered to Shoot Unarmed Man
Associated Press USA Today September 28, 2007
A U.S. soldier broke down in tears Thursday as he testified that he was ordered to shoot an unarmed Iraqi man, and that his sergeant laughed and told the trooper to finish the job as the man convulsed on the ground.
Sept. 28 VCS News: Thank You & Lawsuit Update
Paul Sullivan, Executive Director, VCS Veterans for Common Sense September 28, 2007
VA tried to cut and run on veterans and not address the delays veterans face trying to see a doctor. Read our press release about VA's motion to dismiss our class action lawsuit. VA wants to claim they can "do no wrong" -- as if they were above the law.
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