Monthly Archives: September 2005

Hire a Hero and Stand Down By Edward G. Aulman The Nassau County Veterans Service Agency in association with the United Veterans Organization and the...

Ailing veterans blame their MS on Gulf WarTheir mission now is to spread the word about other illnessesBy Mike Barber On a morning at Westlake...

Is Full Metal Jacket the greatest Vietnam War Movie ever? 

Why I Was Smiling By Cindy SheehanI had a huge grin on my face when I was getting arrested. I have received a lot of...

The U.S. Has Plans to Invade Iran Before Bush's Term EndsBy Walter C. Uhler Bill Gertz is a right-wing national security reporter for the Rev....

In an echo of the Abu Ghraib fiasco, grisly images of dead, mutilated Iraqis are traded for access to pornography, an apparent breach of...

National Commander Thanks VFW/Aux Members Kansas City, MO.--The newly elected national commander of the Veterans of Foreign Wars toured the hurricane-ravaged areas of Mississippi and...

20,000 Soldiers leave for 2nd Deployment this Friday The 101st Airborne Division is once again answering the call to serve in Iraq. Around 20,000 soldiers got...

Partnership Aims to Expand Employment Resources for U.S. Veterans ROCKVILLE, MD -- U.S. veterans with disabilities seeking work assistance will have access to expanded employment...

Lynddie England found guilty of abuse at Abu Ghraib prison Lynndie England, the American soldier who was photographed smiling in photographs of Iraqi prisoners being...

Sheehan arrested while protesting outside Whitehouse US military mother Cindy Sheehan, whose vigil outside President George W Bush's Texas ranch drew attention to the anti-war movement,...

NY Mets Pitcher Danny Graves to Co-Host Delegation with Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund WASHINGTON, DC Major League Baseball's first-ever Vietnamese-born player, Danny Graves,...

Our Government is Failing UsRobert Schneider This country claims to be a government of the people and for the people and yet we seldom...

Don't Drink the Water, Troops! WASHINGTON-- Outrage overflowed on Capitol Hill this summer when members of Congress learned that Halliburton's dining halls in Iraq had...

US army plans to bulk-buy anthraxBy David Hambling THE US military wants to buy large quantities of anthrax, in a controversial move that is...

The Inevitable War with IranBy Mike Whitney  "Since the result of any referral of the Iran issue to the Security Council is all but guaranteed,...

Protest converges on Capitol Washington--Opponents of the war in Iraq rallied by the thousands Saturday to demand the return of U.S. troops, staging a day...

16,000 Troops poised to roll NEW ORLEANS - Three weeks after the Gulf Coast was pummeled by Hurricane Katrina, Army emergency responders there are preparing...

Vets say there is no comparison between Iraq and Vietnam warsBy Stacy Neumann Too different to even compare, that's what the Bush Administration says when...

O'Reilly Vs Donahue A Classic Showdown The Phil versus Bill Show Expose the fallacies of the Cindy Sheehan/Bush Clash by Joseph Allen In an amazing dichotomy of...

Hidden casualties, horrifying storiesBy Tim Wheeler WASHINGTON Many soldiers wounded in Iraq suffer injuries so terrible they would have died in past wars. But...

Nazi hunter Simon Wiesenthal dies BERLIN Simon Wiesenthal was very open about why he became a tireless Nazi hunter: He didn't want to meet...

Tuition assistance for veterans' children in jeopardy Michigan--The family of U.S. Army reservist Kelly Matthews, killed during the Persian Gulf War, counted on promised state...

Tons of British aid donated to help Hurricane Katrina victims to be BURNED by AmericansBy Ryan Parry HUNDREDS of tons of British food aid shipped...

Bush suggests lifting the ban on using the military domesticallyBy Mark Sappenfield WASHINGTON As Washington picks through the lessons learned from hurricane Katrina, there...

We want our country back!By Cindy Sheehan  So we have come to cash this check - a check that will give us upon demand the...

Hamburger Hll (1987):  a movie review Is Hamburger Hill the greatest Vietnam War Movie of All Time?  Vote Now! by JP War at its worst, men at...

Is New Orleans worth saving?By Christian Parenti The water in the lower Ninth Ward is thickening into a glassy, fetid slick as the gasoline, oil,...

She compiles care packages for soldiers in Iraq, AfghanistanBy Joe Menard ROCHESTER -- What started out as a simple Internet search for information on war...

Vets groups slam review of combat stress cases By Rick Rogers A government review of 72,000 post-traumatic stress disorder cases planned for early next year...

Would 'a little tenderness' toward the Iraqis help?By William R. Polk Under the headline A little tenderness can turn around insurgents, the International Herald...

We've Raised a Half-Million Dollars and Sent Over 50 Tons of Food and Water By Michael Moore Last week I closed my New York production office...

...And pledges massive rebuilding effort NEW ORLEANS: President George W Bush accepted blame for the US government's flawed response to Hurricane Katrina in a nationally...

Service members, civilians unite to send message of hope to Katrina victimsBy Master Sgt. Lek Mateo ALI AIR BASE, Iraq Americans serving in Iraq who...

The Government Knows Best?By Robert Schneider You've heard it said: " The government knows best what's good for its citizens."  We're in trouble if you...

National Guard Endures from one Gulf to anotherBy Diane M. Grassi  There is evidence that there will be many heroic tales to be told and...

VA Announces 72 Grants for Homeless Programs WASHINGTON, Sept. 15-- The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) has awarded 72 grants worth nearly $14 million...

Pentagon Hosts Ceremony for National POW/MIA Recognition Day Secretary of Defense Donald H. Rumsfeld and Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Richard Myers...

Army Reveals Truth around Soldier's Death 15 Months Later WASHINGTON--  Last weekend on Sept. 9, Meredith, of Mountain View, Calif., was informed by the U.S....

"Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it." George Santayana Iraq's children have returned to school for the start of a fresh...

A NATIONWIDE CALL FOR INFO FROM SURVIVORSby Brian Harring, Domestic Intelligence Reporter Has the Bush administration drastically understated the U.S. military death count by redefining...

Former maintenance worker finds new job in county jailBy Allen Essex U.S. Army Reservist Frank Garza came home from Iraq with injuries to his arm...