The article below indicates families with teen-aged children are taking the threat of a military draft very seriously. As soldiers are placed on "stop loss" and more Reserve and National Guard are ordered to fight in the deepening quagmire in Iraq, the prospect for forced military conscription of both men and women aged 18 to 34 increases.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2197

Young people smell a rat, and now the press smells the odor of misleading statements about the draft. The Roanoke Times Editorial Board says there is a "credibility gap" with the current administration, and that "Talk of a draft won't be silenced by promises from an administration that can't shoot straight." Another interesting fact about this editorial is that is comes from rural Virginia, indicating that Washington's Iraq War policy may be seriously out of touch with middle America.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2196

Her son was killed in Iraq; now she pleads for Americans to stop the war.

http://www.interventionmag.com/cms/modules.php?op=modload&name=News&file=article&sid=896
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From Information Clearing House

Surely, there is overwhelming prima facie evidence to prove that war crimes have been committed against the Iraqi people by those warmongers in the US, Britain and Australia. Those who invoke international law must submit to it.

http://207.44.245.159/article7044.htm

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Both Colin Powell, US Secretary of State, and Condoleezza Rice, President Bush's closest adviser, made clear before September 11 2001 that Saddam Hussein was no threat - to America, Europe or the Middle East.

http://207.44.245.159/article6456.htm

This blatant disregard for international law on the part of the world’s two greatest democracies serves as the foundation of any analysis of the question: would the world be better off with or without Saddam in power?

http://207.44.245.159/article7038.htm

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Hans Blix: If you had seen what I have seen

Will President Bush apply the lessons from Iraq to Iran, Libya and North Korea?

http://207.44.245.159/article7049.htm

Our betrayals and broken promises have created a kind of irreversible disease that cannot be forgiven...

http://207.44.245.159/article7052.htm

by Justin Raimondo

AntiWar.Com

10/11/04

It was a disastrous week for the War Party, as the lies that lassoed us into Iraq were definitively debunked, and Bush, in a vain effort to defend the indefensible, was once again humiliated on national television by his Democratic opponent. The Duelfer report showed that not only did Saddam not have WMD, but he didn't even have the capacity to develop them. In an address to the Council on Foreign Relations, none other than Donald Rumsfeld was forced to look reality full in the face ...

http://www.antiwar.com/justin/?articleid=3759


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

The article below is the fourth in a four-part series by the Dayton Daily News detailing the mental health needs of combat veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan. This article lists the resources available to veterans and their families. Every veteran who serves in a war deserves a "welcome home" and readjustment services they earned, as needed, when they needed. That's the square deal we make with our Nation's citizen soldiers when we send them to war.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2192

The article below is the third in a four-part series describing the mental health issues faced by some recently returning war veterans. According to the article below, the Department of Veterans Affairs doesn't always find out when returning units are returning home until they they read it in the newspaper. The VA confirms they some work to do in improving communication with the Department of Defense.

http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/NewsArticle.cfm?ID=2191