GIs in Iraq quagmire: They wont be home for the holidays
Not even in their dreams will the 138,000 U.S. soldiers trapped in George W. Bush’s Iraq nightmare be home for Christmas. Instead Bush plans to increase troop levels to 150,000 by extending the soldiers’ tours. click here for Spanish text
Outrageous!
Halliburton bilks gov’t for billions in Iraq, then loses one-third of property Outrageous! That is what many are calling the war profiteering by U.S. corporations who have flocked into Iraq. In particular, Halliburton Corp., which Vice President Dick Cheney used to head, has come under scrutiny over its $10 billion Pentagon contracts, many obtained without competitive bidding, as well as fuel-price gouging and other improper or illegal actions. Meanwhile, U.S. cities and states are starved for cash.
Call to stop IRS probe of NAACP
WASHINGTON — Rep. Charles Rangel (D-N.Y.) has asked President Bush to “call off the dogs at the IRS” by terminating the tax agency’s probe of the NAACP.
Every day were in Iraq, situation gets worse
In the wake of the U.S. assault on Fallujah, the United Nations high commissioner for human rights, Louise Arbour, called for investigation of possible violations of international laws on treatment of civilians and war prisoners in Iraq.
Fallujah has become like hell
As 10-15,000 U.S. troops, accompanied by warplanes, tanks, heavy machine guns and cannons, waged a massive assault on Fallujah, a reporter described one residential neighborhood as “a wasteland of shattered glass and rubble, with smoke filling the horizon.” click here for Spanish text
Soldiers refuse suicide mission in Iraq
Nineteen members of the 343rd Quartermaster Company were arrested last week for refusing a direct order to go on what they characterized as a “suicide mission” or “death sentence” in Iraq.
Cost of Iraq war: More than we can bear
WASHINGTON — Oceans of red ink. Oceans of blood. Those grim phrases could be a subtitle of a just-released report on the soaring costs of the Iraq war. The document debunks George W. Bush’s claims that the war is a success and the U.S. is safer. click here for Spanish text
Ex-Marine speaks out against Iraq war
NEW HAVEN, Conn. — “There isn’t a waking moment when I don’t think about what we’ve done over there,” said ex-Marine Staff Sergeant Jimmy Massey. The 32-year-old North Carolina native visited New Haven last week as part of a series of speaking engagements, in hopes of revealing the facts about the war in Iraq.
U.S. sets its sights on Vietnam once again
Earlier this summer, on July 19, the House of Representatives passed HR 1587, the “Vietnam Human Rights Act,” by 322 votes to 45.
