War stories, from those who know

http://www.sptimes.com/2004/09/11/Floridian/War_stories__from_tho.shtml

The U.S. must face the monster it created
http://www.optruth.org/main.cfm?actionId=globalShowStaticContent&screenKey=hear&htmlId=1125

From Information Clearing House

Amtlich: Keine Massenvernichtungswaffen im Irak

US-Kommission bringt mit ihrem Endbericht Blair und Bush erneut in Bedrängnis...

http://www.telepolis.de/tp/deutsch/special/irak/18304/1.html

Eventually there'll be a fine memorial to honor the young Americans whose lives were sacrificed for no good reason in Iraq. How many thousands more will have to die before we acknowledge that President Bush's obsession with Iraq and Saddam Hussein has been a catastrophe for the United States?

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/09/10/opinion/10herbert.html?ex=1252555200&en=34ea08777a6e0d64&ei=5090&partner=rssuserland
http://tinyurl.com/3


Hiding the bodies:

During August, Iraqi insurgents proved themselves more capable of inflicting casualties on American troops than ever before. Sixty-six American soldiers were killed and more than 1,100 were wounded, according to information released by the Department of Defense.

http://www.freepress.net/news/print.php?id=4484


Roster Of Americas Dead:

New York Times publishes pictures of the first 1000 U.S. troops killed in Iraq..

http://www.nytimes.com/packages/html/national/20040909_THOUSAND_GRAPHIC/index_PICTURES.html
http://tinyurl.com/67yy5


From Information Clearing House

http://www.traprockpeace.org/bonifaz_30aug04.html


From Information Clearing House

by Mark Morford

San Francisco Chronicle

09/08/04

This is the great thing about rabid fundamentalism. You really just don't have to give a damn. ... This much has become clear. Bush is, more than anything else, an extreme fundamentalist Christian. He is widely regarded as the most openly pious and sanctimonioous president in modern American history. He actually preaches the GOP screed in evangelical churches across America. He panders so slavishly to the anti-choicers and the Bible-thumpers and the homophobes it makes Jerry Falwell swoon and giggle. And Bush actually says, out loud, that God speaks through him ... that it is the Almighty's wish that we take control of these angry pip-squeak nations and in so doing kill thousands of civilians and tens of thousands of young Iraqi soldiers, as over 1,000 American soldiers are now dead over a makeshift cause that never really existed. God wanted it this way, that's why...

http://tinyurl.com/5lj4j


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Michael August

Tennessean

09/08/04

I am a Vietnam Veteran and I have participated in a number of political demonstrations in Nashville as a member of the local chapter of Veterans for Peace. This organization is made up of people who have served in the armed forces and count themselves among those who stand up against the militarism and the politics of fear that have taken over our country. We believe that war should be an action of absolute last resort in defense of our country and not the preferred alternative. It should certainly not be used for selfish economic gains ('No War For Oil'). We are living in a time when our leadership has convinced many Americans that going to war is in their best interests. It is wrong. We were told that the war in Iraq was a pre-emptive war, but this is not so. ... The war, which has caused so much destruction and death on both sides, was not only unnecessary, it was unjustifiable...

http://tinyurl.com/5g3jp


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

by Pat Buchanan

The American Conservative

When Baghdad fell, Gen. John Abizaid estimated the number of enemy insurgents at about 5,000. After a year in which thousands of the enemy have been killed or captured, estimates of the number of insurgents have been raised to 20,000. Rumsfeld's query has been answered: we are creating more enemies than we are killing. Without more American troops and more years of fighting, we will not win this war. We can only stave off defeat. (for publication 09/13/04)

http://www.amconmag.com/2004_09_13/buchanan.html


Informant: Thomas L. Knapp

http://news.independent.co.uk/world/middle_east/story.jsp?story=559662


Informant: Mark Vallen

In their own words: Letters from U.S. casualties

Writings from U.S. troops who have died in Iraq:
http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article6875.htm