War, Soldiers, Death and Destruction

October 2004

• Is Suicide Part of the Job? (full article)
  by Jonathan Turley, LA Times via Truthout.org , October 22, 2004
  
  
• Platoon Defies Orders in Iraq (full article)
  by Jeremy Hudson, Clarion-Ledger , October 15, 2004
  
  
• 4-Star Plans After Abu Ghraib (full article)
  by John Hendred, LA Times , October 15, 2004
  
  
• Military Denies Troop Illness Due to Squalene (full article)
  by Lee Williams and Hiran Ratnayake, The News Journal via VFP Digest , October 10, 2004
  
  
• The Grief of Baghdad (full article)
  by Evan Derkacz, Alternet , October 5, 2004
  
  
• Influx of Wounded Strains VA (full article)
  by Josh White, Washington Post via VFP , October 3, 2004
  
  

September 2004

• Swift Boat Swill (full article)
  by Nicholas Turse, Village Voice , September 21, 2004
  
  

July 2004

• Dissent at the War Memorial (full article)
  by Howard Zinn, The Progressive via Truthout.org , July 17, 2004
  
  
• Pentagon Alerted to Trouble in Ranks (full article)
  by Ken Silverstein, Los Angeles Times via Truthout.org , July 1, 2004
  
  

June 2004

• U.S. Military on the Move (full article)
  by Jim Lobe, Asia Times , June 17, 2004
  
  
• Beating Specialist Baker (full article)
  by Nicholas Kristof, NY Times via Truthout.org , June 5, 2004
  
  
• Bush Thanks Vets, Then Cuts Their Health Care (bulletins, links)
  Misleader.org , June 1, 2004
  
  

May 2004

• From the Ranks to the Street (full article)
  by Jocelyn Y. Stewart, Low Angeles Times via Truthout.org , May 29, 2004
  
  
• Brutal Interrogation in Iraq (full article)
  by Miles Moffeit, The Denver Post via Truthout.org , May 19, 2004
  
  
• Torture: Who Gives the Orders? (full article)
  by Isabel Hilton, Veterans for Peace Digest 708 , May 17, 2004
  
  
• Too Easy to Blame Bush (full article)
  by Jonathan Freedland, The Guardian , May 17, 2004
  
  
• Shaft the Reservists, Spare the Spooks (full article)
  by Steve Weissman, Truthout.org , May 14, 2004
  
  
• Butchers (full article)
  by Patrick Sabatier, Liberation , May 13, 2004
  
  
• Secret World of U.S. Interrogation (full article)
  by Dana Priest and Joe Stephens, Washington Post via Truthout.org , May 11, 2004
  
  
• Stress and Duress Tactics Used on Terrorism Suspects (reprise of full article)
  by Dana Priest and Barton Gellman, Washington Post via Truthout.org , May 5, 2004
  
  
• Torturing Hearts and Minds (full article)
  by Marjorie Cohn, Truthout.org , May 4, 2004
  
  
• The Role: An Open Letter to the Troops in Iraq (full article)
  by Stan Goff, Veterans for Peace Digest 698 , May 4, 2004
  
  
• Program Launched for Disabled Soldiers (full article)
  by Josh White, Washington Post via Veterans for Peace , May 3, 2004
  
  
• The U.S. Has Lost the Battle of the Photographs (full article)
  by Juan Cole, TomDispatch.com , May 2, 2004
  
  

April 2004

• U.S. in Iraq Torture Scandal (full article)
  by Julian Borger, The Guardian U.K. , April 30, 2004
  
  
• Iraqi Prisoners Have No Rights (full article)
  by Celine Louail, Le Nouvel Observateur via Truthout.org , April 29, 2004
  
  
• Abuse of Iraqi POWs by GIs Probed (full article)
  CBS via Truthout.org , April 29, 2004
  
  
• Bush Budget Antics Causing More Iraq Casualties (bulletin)
  Daily Misleader.org , April 26, 2004
  
  
• Broken US troops face bigger enemy at home (full article)
  by Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian via Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. , April 4, 2004
  

March 2004

• Medical Evacuations in Iraq War Hit 18,000 (full article)
  by Mark Benjamin, United Press International via VFP Digest 673 , March 31, 2004
  
  
• Bush's Odd Warfare State (excerpt, link)
  by Barbar Ehrenreich, The Progressive , March 31, 2004
  
  
• Marching Straight (full article)
  Legal Service Members Defense Network , March 27, 2004
  
  
• Some U.S. Troops Say They're Unfit for Combat (full article)
  by David Goldstein, Knight Ridder Newspapers , March 25, 2004
  
  
• Army Shies from Finale Physicals (full article)
  by Bruce Alpert, Washington Bureau , March 22, 2004
  
  
• Hiding War's Toll (full article)
  by Nancy Lessin and Gordon Clark Tompaine.com , March 8, 2004
  
  
• The Forgotten Soldiers of Operation "Iraqi Freedom" (full article)
  by Greg Palast CommonDreams.org , March 8, 2004
  
  
• Impact of Gulf War and Congenital Heart Disease in Kuwait (full article)
  by Abushaban et al., Int J Cardiol. 2004 Feb;93(2-3):175-62 , March 2, 2004
  

February 2004

• The Ultimate Betrayal (full article)
  by Howard Zinn, published by the Progressive, April 2004 , written February 21, 2004
  
  
• Little Miss Treason (full article)
  by Tom Baxter, Veterans for Peace Digest , February 18, 2004
  
  
• Never-Ending Search for the Sons of Iraq (excerpt, link)
  by Nicholas Riccardi, Truthout.org , February 16, 2004
  
  
• Wounded U.S. Veterans Get a Raw Deal at Home (excerpt, link)
  by Gene Collier, Post-Gazette , February 2, 2004
  
  
• Seven Soldiers Meet Death in Iraq at 18 (full article)
  by Mitch Stacy, Associated Press , February 8, 2004
  
  

January 2004

• Stress Epidemic Strikes U.S. Forces in Iraq (full article)
  by Peter Beaumont, The Observer , January 25, 2004
  
  
• Press "Brutalized" by U.S. Troops In Iraq (full article)
  by Luke Harding in Baghdad, The Guardian , January 13, 2004
  
  
• Stories Show Abuses by U.S. Soldiers in Iraq (full article)
  by Michele Naar-Obed, Veterans for Peace Digest , January 14, 2004
  
  
• DAV Protests Wounded Being "Held Captive" at Walter Reed (full article)
  by David Vest, , January 8, 2004
  
  

December 2003

• Army Stops Many Soldiers From Quitting (excerpt, link)
  by Lee Hockstader, The Washington Post , December 29, 2003
  
  
• Medical Evacuations Near 11,000 (full article)
  by Mark Benjamin, United Press International , December 18, 2003
  
  
• Global Exchange Report on Military Families & Veterans Delegation to Iraq (full article) (full article)
  Veterans for Peace , December 17, 2003
  
  
• Bush Still Fails to Support Troops (bulletin, excerpt, links)
  The Daily Misleader , December 17, 2003
  
  
• They Want Out of Iraq (interview, link)
  with Teresa Panepinto, GI Rights Hotline , December 14 , 2003
  
  
• The Soldiers Bush Didn't Visit on Thanksgiving (full article)
  by Joan Vennochi, Boston Globe , December 11, 2003
  

November 2003

• An Expression of Outrage (full article)
  by Woody Powell, Veterans for Peace , November 30, 2003
  
  
• The Soldiers At My Front Door (full article)
  by John Dear, CommonDreams.org , November 29, 2003
  
  
• U.S. Casualties from Iraq War Top 9,000 (excerpt, link)
  by Mark Benjamin, United Press International via Truthout.org , November 14, 2003
  
  
• Support the Troops (excerpt, link)
  by Paul Krugman, New York Times via Truthout.org , November 11, 2003
  
  
• A Soldier's Story (full article)
  by Matt Condon, Truthout.org , November 10, 2003
  
  
• No Friends in High Places (editorial)
  Army Times , November 10, 2003
  
  
• Private Jessica says President is Misusing Her 'Heroism' (excerpt, links)
  by Edward Helmore, The Observer , November 9, 2003