http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/030805J.shtml


The invisible wounded

By Mark Benjamin

Injured soldiers evacuated to the U.S. never arrive in the light of day -- and the Pentagon has yet to offer a satisfactory explanation why.

http://207.44.245.159/article8224.htm

by Amy Quinn

Tom Paine

In the six months leading up to the invasion of Iraq, the United States erupted in a display of citizen dissent not seen since the Vietnam War era. Now, almost two years later, the majority of the American public view Iraq as a train wreck. Yet public outrage about this war's seemingly endless tragedy has remained largely under the radar. To turn up the volume and power of voices calling for an end to the U.S. war and occupation, the same organizations behind the massive rallies of 2003 and 2004 are planning a fresh strategy for engaging the public in constructive action on Iraq...

http://www.tompaine.com/articles/what_now_for_the_peace_movement.php

Jim Murphy is a "counter-recruiter," one of a small but growing number of opponents of the Iraq war who say they want to compete with military recruiters for the hearts and minds of young people.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2952

What happens when soldiers return from war: "A guardsman walks into a local Wal-Mart, freaks, does a 180, and walks back out again. Even after seven months, he can't stand the crowds. Another jerks awake in the middle of the night, holding an imagined gun at his wife's temple."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2954

In Pictures

01/20/05 "Irish Times" -- An Iraqi man and his wife have been shot dead in front of their five children by US soldiers who fired on the car in which the family was travelling.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article7784.htm


Informant: Charles Bremer