http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/2259/


Informant: jensenmk

From ufpj-news

"What are we doing giving drugs that cause hallucinations, confusion, psychotic behavior to people that carry weapons and hold secret clearances?" asked Georg-Andreas Pogany, 33, who is now seeking a medical discharge. "It doesn't pass the common-sense test."

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/?Page=Article&ID=2824

Additionally, our leadership is ignoring the psychological and physical problems faced by returning veterans.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/index.cfm?Page=Article&ID=2803
http://tinyurl.com/5tfvt


From Information Clearing House

Grand Ayatollah Ali al- Sistani has never met an American official or soldier. He did not vote in Iraq’s elections last month. And yet this religious recluse could wield more influence over Iraq’s destiny than all the foreign troops and Iraqi politicians put together.

http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,7374-1480594,00.html


From Information Clearing House

In pictures: Week of violence in Iraq:

Scores of Iraqis have died in a week of attacks. Correspondents say violence is returning to pre-election levels.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/in_pictures/4259657.stm


From Information Clearing House

http://jang.com.pk/thenews/feb2005-daily/09-02-2005/oped/o3.htm


Informant: Charles Bremer



Have a Heart: Support women veterans
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/518607/

When Petty Officer Nicole Prince, 24, returned from Iraq in January 2004, she soon found herself out on the street-- homeless. With her young son Nijay, they moved from shelter to shelter, seeking help from the VA, private organizations, as well as from Homeless Services in New York City. She presently lives in a shelter in Brooklyn.

While unreported in the media, we have heard heart-breaking stories of women veterans who are homeless, coping with debilitating physical injuries, suffering from post-traumatic stress disorders, and struggling to provide for their most basic needs.

Female veterans returning from the battlefields of an illegal, immoral war need more than Yellow Ribbons: they need tangible support.

This Valentines day, open your heart and take a moment to look at the cost of war to women - women who joined the service to get money for education, mothers and wives grieving over the loss of their loved ones, Iraqi women imprisoned by occupying forces, and the women of Iraq themselves. To read their heartfelt and inspiring stories, click here:
http://www.codepinkalert.org/National_Actions_Valentine.shtml

In an effort to show these women that we care, here are three things you can do today to support them:

Send a Valentine to Congresswoman Nancy Pelosi asking her to have a heart, end the killing and bring the troops home. Care2.com has created a beautiful and specially worded Valentine for Congresswoman Pelosi and anyone else you feel needs a heart. http://www.care2.com/ecards/build/1/6013
(email Congresswoman Pelosi at sf.nancy@mail.house.gov )

Send a Valentine to Congresswoman Lynn Woolsey and thank her for her leadership in working to end the occupation or to anyone else that has been standing in vigils, hanging banners or working to end the occupation.
http://www.care2.com/ecards/build/1/6014
(email Congresswoman Woolsey at lynn.woolsey@mail.house.gov )

Send your love to the female vets of the Iraq War by making a financial contribution through CODEPINK to the National Coalition of Homeless Veterans. We will be collecting donations to serve their most immediate needs.

Thank you for your heart,

Andrea, Carol, Claire, Dana, Gael, Jodie, Medea, Tiffany
http://www.codepinkalert.org February 11, 2005



Profiteering from the Iraq war
http://omega.twoday.net/stories/518610/