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Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan featured testimony from U.S. veterans who served in those occupations, giving an accurate account of what is really happening day in and day out, on the ground.
This four-day event brought together veterans from across the country to testify about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan - and present video and photographic evidence. In addition, panels of scholars, veterans, journalists, and other specialists gave context to the testimony. These panels covered everything from the history of the GI resistance movement to the fight for veterans' health benefits and support.
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Night of the Living Drones
Let your joy be unconfined, let there be dancing in the streets and necking in the aisles, General David Petraeus has declared that Israel’s peace process stonewalling is hurting the national interests! Here at Antiwar, the goal is that the U.S. endorse non-interventionism, reject imperialism, be a republic instead of an empire—surely this is what Petraeus means by “our interests,” the [...]The ADL targeting ….Gen. Petraeus?
As tensions escalate between the administration and Israel, there seems to be growing concern that the American people at large are getting wise to their own interests; an anxiousness over whether we will start looking more closely at whether Israel’s national security interests are in fact, American national security interests. Mostly because the protracted conflict [...]How al-Qaeda in Mesopotamia Thinks About the Surge
Marc Lynch has a fascinating post examining a recent (unofficial) document posted on a jihadist forum, entitled A Strategic Plan to Improve the Political Position of the Islamic State of Iraq. The whole post is worth reading for insight into the current state of thinking about the Iraq war on the part of Al Qaeda [...]Marty Peretz’s Cowardice
In a typical rant, The New Republic editor/publisher Marty Peretz prefaced a rambling declaration of victory in Iraq with these charming words: There were moments – long moments – during the Iraq war when I had my doubts. Even deep doubts. Frankly, I couldn’t quite imagine any venture requiring trust with Arabs turning out especially well. [...]DC Conference: Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan
On Thursday, March 18, from 9am to 1pm (EST), the Cato Institute will feature a mini-conference: Escalate or Withdraw? Conservatives and the War in Afghanistan Will conservatives return to their traditional roots and ultimately oppose the war in Afghanistan? Can “nation building” succeed in the midst of that country’s bloody insurgency? What constitutes “success,” and what price [...]TRUTHOUT NEWS FEED
House Democrats Pass Historic Health Overhaul, 219 to 212
Washington - The House of Representatives late Sunday passed by a 219 to 212 vote the biggest overhaul of the nation's health care system in more than four decades, sweeping changes expected to make coverage easier and cheaper to obtain.
The largely party-line vote — 219 Democrats voted "yea," while all 178 Republicans and 34 Democrats voted no — meant President Barack Obama's biggest domestic initiative inched closer to the end of its year-long political and legislative odyssey.
Policing Afghanistan: How Afghan Police Training Became a Train Wreck
The Pentagon faces a tough choice: Should it award a new contract to Xe (formerly Blackwater), a company made infamous when its employees killed 17 Iraqis in Baghdad in 2007, or to DynCorp, a company made infamous in Bosnia in 1999 when some of its employees were caught trafficking young girls for sex?
JSOC Interests Snag Plan to Free Afghan Detainees
Washington - An initiative to revise the procedures for reviewing the cases of detainees in order to free marginal insurgents and innocent Afghans has run afoul of the interests of officers of the powerful Joint Special Operations Command (JSOC) in defending their role in earlier detention decisions.
While Giving Obsessive Coverage To The Tea Parties, Media Ignored Larger Anti-War Rally
As congressional debate on health care reform comes to a close and the House of Representatives is nearing a vote on the Senate’s health care legislation, one group that has been getting more than its fair share of media attention has been the far-right tea party. As a small number of protesters gathered on Capitol Hill yesterday to demonstrate against the passage of health care legislation, the major media outlets gave obsessive coverage to the group:
Obama Will Sign Executive Order Ensuring Funds Won't Be Used For Abortion to Secure Stupak's Vote
Editor's note: The full text of President Obama's executive order, along with a statement from the White House Communications Office, is reprinted at the end of this report.
The biggest overhaul of the nation's health care system in more than four decades appeared certain for passage Sunday as House Democrats picked up the last crucial votes they needed to pass it.
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Democracy Now! 2010-03-19 Friday
Headlines for March 19, 2010; Seven Years of War: On Anniversary of US Invasion, Iraqi Feminist Yanar Mohammed Says Iraq Is No Different Under Obama than Bush; Cindy Sheehan Sets Up "Camp OUT NOW" in Antiwar Protest; Hundreds of Thousands Expected to Gather in DC for Immigration Rights March; EXCLUSIVE...Indonesian Forces Tapped by Obama for Renewed US Aid Implicated in New AssassinationsDemocracy Now! 2010-03-18 Thursday
Headlines for March 18, 2010; Dennis Kucinich and Ralph Nader: A Discussion on Healthcare, Politics and ReformDemocracy Now! 2010-03-17 Wednesday
Headlines for March 17, 2010; Rep. Alan Grayson's "Medicare You Can Buy Into Act" Attracts 50 Co-Sponsors; Report: Petraeus Warns Joint Chiefs of Staff Chairman Mullen that Israel Is Jeopardizing US Security Interests; Federal Probe into Post-Katrina Shootings by Police WidensDemocracy Now! 2010-03-16 Tuesday
Headlines for March 16, 2010; Federal Panel Finds NY Dept. of Education Discriminated Against Arabic School Principal; Dem Leadership in Final Push on Healthcare Reform, House Considers Passing Bill Without Direct Vote; Charles Bowden on "The War Next Door"© 2010 Created by Gordon Soderberg on Ning. Create a Ning Network!
