By Katya Cengel kcengel@courier-journal.com
More than 1,000 men and women from the U.S. military, the majority of them Army, have been killed since the war in Iraq began in March 2003. The wives and husbands, or parents, of the fallen are usually offered flags, medals and counseling.
Fiancées often aren’t even notified.
Sometimes the Army doesn’t even know they exist. Unless a soldier has made a point of listing a fiancée on an emergency data card, this loved one is officially (…)
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Shattered future Fiancées are Iraq’s forgotten survivors
21 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
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N.J. Mom Vows to Keep Protesting Iraq War
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
by JOHN P. McALPIN
HOPEWELL TOWNSHIP, N.J. - When President Bush and the first lady come looking for votes in New Jersey, Sue Niederer vows to be nowhere near them. She doesn’t want to risk finding herself in handcuffs again.
Last month, police escorted Niederer from a rally after she demanded to know why her son, Army 1st Lt. Seth Dvorin, was killed in Iraq. Dvorin died in February while trying to disarm a bomb.
Video footage of Niederer holding a sign with the words "President Bush (…) -
Marchers demand Iraq withdrawal
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Thousands of protesters, including the grieving parents of killed soldiers, have marched in London to demand the removal of British troops from Iraq.
Up to 100,000 people joined in the rally at Trafalgar Square, organisers the Stop The War Coalition said.
Police estimated about 20,000 people took part.
Rose Gentle, whose soldier son Gordon was killed in Iraq, said: "It’s time for Tony Blair to pull the troops out, innocent people are getting killed."
’Government to blame’
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Gen. Vows Review of Iraq Safety Measures
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
U.S. General Vows to Review Protective Measures After Army Reservists Refuse Iraq Mission
BAGHDAD, Iraq Oct. 17, 2004 - The U.S. Army will study protective measures for supply vehicles and add steel plating to vehicles if necessary, a general said Sunday, after members of a Reserve unit refused to deliver supplies down a dangerous route in Iraq partly because they were concerned their vehicles were in poor shape.
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Marine returns from Iraq to emotional ruin, suicide
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By Associated Press
Jeffrey Lucey was just an ordinary kid from small-town America. He grew up loving his parents, his high school sweetheart and backyard whiffle ball games in this quiet, picturesque community bordering the Quabbin Reservoir.
Even his decision to enlist in the Marine Reserves in 1999 was run-of-the-mill, uncluttered by the anxious sense of patriotism that inspired many others to join the military after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
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This is a Massacre, Not a War in Iraq
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
11 commentsBy Sam Hamod
This is a massacre, not a war in Iraq. The U.S. bombing Samarra, Fallujah, Baghdad and other cities, killing hundreds of civilians and calling them terrorists is like the massacres of the Native Americans during America’s push westward.
In this case, it has to do with America’s push eastward.
What is also troubling is that no major media outlet, no major politician—none are callig this what it is, an immoral, unmitigated killing of hundreds of Iraqi civilians every week. (…) -
Platoon defies orders in Iraq
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
By Jeremy Hudson
jehudson@clarionledger.com
A 17-member Army Reserve platoon with troops from Jackson and around the Southeast deployed to Iraq is under arrest for refusing a "suicide mission" to deliver fuel, the troops’ relatives said Thursday.
The soldiers refused an order on Wednesday to go to Taji, Iraq - north of Baghdad - because their vehicles were considered "deadlined" or extremely unsafe, said Patricia McCook of Jackson, wife of Sgt. Larry O. McCook.
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Maimed in Iraq, then mistreated, neglected, and hidden in America
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
62 commentsby Frederick Sweet
Combat veterans wounded in Iraq were left waiting weeks and even months for proper medical attention at military bases. According to an officer, their living conditions were so unacceptable for injured soldiers he said they "were being treated like dogs." Then the Pentagon underreported the number wounded.
The Bush administration, referring to veterans of the war in Iraq, told a House panel that they would avoid last year’s "mistakes" of leaving sick and injured troops (…) -
TV Ad Focuses on U.S. Military Wounded in Iraq
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Robert Acosta lost his arm when his Humvee was attacked in Iraq. (NYT Photo/Ruth Fremson)
WASHINGTON - A new television ad sponsored by U.S. veterans strongly questions President Bush’s case for war in Iraq, but the group behind it said on Wednesday the spot was not meant to benefit either presidential candidate.
First aired hours before the last presidential debate between Republican Bush and Democratic Sen. John Kerry, the ad shows a U.S. Iraq war veteran talking about the (…) -
Iraq : contamination caused with depleted uranium will last for 4.5 billion years
19 October 2004 par (Open-Publishing)
Pentagon uses depleted uranium shells in its raid against Iraq
Increased radioactivity was found in destroyed and abandoned Iraqi tanks. The radiation level may testify to the fact that the US army used uranium-cored projectiles in the raids. Japan’s Kyodo News agency reported from Baghdad, a group of specialists had found several radioactive tanks in the area of the Iraqi town of Samawa, where the Japanese contingent was stationed.
The abandoned military hardware is dangerous to (…)