Tag Archives: iraq

Bradley Manning Update

PRESS RELEASE BRADLEY MANNING SUPPORT NETWORK www.bradleymanning.org Jeff Paterson, Kevin Zeese April 19, 2011 MILITARY MOVES TO FURTHER ISOLATE BRADLEY MANNING WITH TRANSFER TO KANSAS Alleged WikiLeaks source to be moved away from attorney and DC-area backers; however, Kansas residents already preparing to spearhead support “The military and Administration has been shocked by the support Bradley Manning has garnered globally–specifically… (more…)

Damaged Soldiers Forced To Redeploy

Soldier Suffering from PTSD Threatened with Redeployment (FORT CAMPBELL, January 7) Less than two months after surrendering himself at Fort Campbell from AWOL status, Army Spc. Jeff Hanks awaits imminent redeployment to Afghanistan without having received treatment for war wounds. Hanks, who has served in both Iraq and Afghanistan, returned to the U.S. on leave this past September suffering from… (more…)

Religion Not Terror

Tikkun to heal, repair and transform the world Editor’s Note: We at Tikkun/NSP who often critique the extremism and violence that characterizes Israeli attacks on Palestinians and Arabs have an equal responsibility to critique the extremists in the Arab world. Ziad Asali, former chair of the ADC (Arab Anti-Discrimination Committee), was an honoree at a Tikkun/NSP conference in D.C. in… (more…)

My Views on Military Service

I believe that a strong defense keeps the peace. This is what I was taught while I was in the military. There is a United Nations Charter or something like that, that makes it unlawful for any nation to declare war with another nation. Before the world wars, the law of the land was to declare war on them before… (more…)

Let your light shine into the darkness

There are two rooms and a door between the two. One room is dark and one room is lighted. Open the door – The darkness will not enter the lit room, but the light will enter the dark room. Jim Mylott Jim served in the first Gulf War and Kosovo, but it was during his service in Iraq in 2003… (more…)

Poem of The Day – In The Eclips of The Dawn

From the abc.net.au IN THE ECLIPSE OF THE DAWN Surrounded by sophisticated bobwire In the eclipse of the dawn circling overhead is a bat and a dove They send their love I’m not understanding why I’m here protected Across the fence is life destructed I know I should feel so lucky I can’t knowing that there are lives in destruction… (more…)

Mosque NEAR Ground Zero – A Jewish Perspective

Tikkun to heal, repair and transform the world A note from Rabbi Michael Lerner Join or Donate Now! Shame on ADL for opposing Mosque 2 blocks from Ground Zero by Rabbi Michael Lerner The ADL (Anti-Defamation League) publicly opposes the construction two blocks from Ground Zero of the Cordoba House (also known as Park 51), which the planners imagine as… (more…)

The Children of Iraq

JUST IN 1/3/2011 ______________________________________________ Dear Friend of the IRC, Thanks to you and thousands of other donors, we surpassed our matching gift goal — and raised more than $1.5 million to help refugees! My colleagues and I are deeply grateful for your support. Around the world, the crises affecting innocent survivors of war and disaster seem never-ending. Yet in the… (more…)

From Veterans For Peace on Afghanistan

For Immediate Release Veterans For Peace: www.veteransforpeace.org March 27, 2009 CONTACT: Mike Ferner 419-360-3621 Michael T. McPhearson 314-303-8874 Today President Obama announced what he termed, “a comprehensive, new strategy for Afghanistan and Pakistan.” The President went on to say, “I want the American people to understand that we have a clear and focused goal: to disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-Qaida… (more…)

From The Mail Box – KBR

An important victory for two lone IVAW members in Texas, Bryan Hannah and Greg Foster, who were able to get Hays County, Texas commissioners to reconsider doing business with former Halliburton subsidiary KBR. See second article for the latest from CNN on the way KBR fulfills its federal contracts in Iraq, in case you have somehow missed it. And here… (more…)