by George Solomou

In These Times

03/04/05

I am resigning from the Territorial Army because I believe the war in Iraq is wrong. This has not been an easy decision. I have been in the TA for five years -- years in which I have learned a lot; won a humanitarian award for helping save the life of a fellow soldier; made many friends; and, I hope, contributed something to this country. I have no doubt that some of my fellow soldiers will feel I am letting them down. Since I have spoken out against the war in the last few weeks I have had a lot of support from soldiers, but I have also been called a coward. I am a trained medic and there is no doubt my skills could be used in the field to save lives. But after a lot of soul-searching I have concluded my priority must be to try to save lives by taking a public stand against this war...

http://www.inthesetimes.com/site/main/article/2001/


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Ron Jacobs

CounterPunch

03/05/05

Recently, most students at the University of Vermont (UVM) in Burlington received an email with the heading ARMY PAYS OFF STUDENT LOANS in their university email box. The general message of the mass mailing was that if a student was nearing graduation and wondering how they were going to pay off the massive debt today's US college students incur, they should join the army. In essence, this email was a college student's version of the poverty draft that entraps so many working class and poor young people into enlisting in the service...

http://www.counterpunch.org/jacobs03052005.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://www.theinsider.org/mailing/article.asp?id=1005

US Attack Against Italians in Baghdad was Deliberate
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/557503/

http://forum.truthout.org/blog/story/2005/3/6/114241/5457


How The U.S. Military Threatens Journalists
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/541962/

Wounded Journalist: GIs Fired Without Warning
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/556108/

Giuliana Sgrena: 'My truth'
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/557163/

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GARY WEBB
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/442522/

http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/030605Z.shtml


How The U.S. Military Threatens Journalists
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/541962/

Another Journalist Deliberately Targeted?
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/556898/

Giuliana Sgrena: 'My truth'
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/557163/

INVESTIGATIVE REPORTER GARY WEBB
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/442522/

According to the Chicago Sun-Times, "Illinois' wounded veterans are receiving among the lowest disability pay in the nation possibly because federal Veterans Affairs disability raters in Chicago are too harsh and inadequately trained, top VA officials said Friday." VA's new Secretary, Robert James "Jim" Nicholson, the former head of the Republican Party, reached his unsupported conclusion even though the investigation into payment problems remains incomplete. These comments demonstrate an extreme bias among VA brass. New political appointees shouldn't recklessly undermine employee morale.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2926

The clear facts: "Driven by an unyielding neoconservative ideology, President Bush and his administration have repeatedly misled the public about their plans for war in Iraq and beyond, award-winning investigative reporter Seymour Hersh said Tuesday evening."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2910

To insist that the ends now justify the means is morally disgraceful.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/comment/story/0,3604,1431009,00.html


From Information Clearing House

We do not hate America for its “freedom or democracy”. We don’t hate America. We hate the crimes, the destructions, and the devastation committed by America against the innocent people in our country.

http://207.44.245.159/article8201.htm