12-13-06 US MILITARY TO PROTEST WAR IN PUBLIC!!
Active-Duty Military Personnel Will Protest War in Iraq on Wednesday
Wednesday, more than a hundred members of active duty military, reserve, and National Guard will speak out against the War in Iraq. Organizers say this will be the first time active servicemembers will voice a protest since the United States entered Iraq in March 2003.Senior Navy Seaman Jonathan Hutto will be among them. He wants to make it clear. He's not against war, "I want to state that we're not pacifists here." He's just against this war: The one placing U.S. troops in Iraq. Hutto says, "We think at this moment that the occupation is seriously flawed... We've lost many American lives - over 2,700, and 20,000 have been mangled and disfigured because of this war and we have actual priorities here at home that we need to look at - education, healthcare."read more www.appealforredress.org
Wednesday, more than a hundred members of active duty military, reserve, and National Guard will speak out against the War in Iraq. Organizers say this will be the first time active servicemembers will voice a protest since the United States entered Iraq in March 2003.Senior Navy Seaman Jonathan Hutto will be among them. He wants to make it clear. He's not against war, "I want to state that we're not pacifists here." He's just against this war: The one placing U.S. troops in Iraq. Hutto says, "We think at this moment that the occupation is seriously flawed... We've lost many American lives - over 2,700, and 20,000 have been mangled and disfigured because of this war and we have actual priorities here at home that we need to look at - education, healthcare."read more www.appealforredress.org
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Iraq Study Group Report – What The Media Isn’t Telling You
Media Matters for America has identified six findings in the Iraq Study Group's report that major news outlets have largely overlooked. They Include: The Pentagon has significantly underreported the extent of violence in Iraq.U.S. officials possess little knowledge about the sources of the ongoing attacks.The situation in Afghanistan has grown so dire that U.S. troops may need to be diverted there from Iraq.U.S. considering extending National Guard and Army reserves deploymentsSpending on Iraq war is subject to little scrutiny.Lack of Arabic speakers
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Media Matters for America has identified six findings in the Iraq Study Group's report that major news outlets have largely overlooked. They Include: The Pentagon has significantly underreported the extent of violence in Iraq.U.S. officials possess little knowledge about the sources of the ongoing attacks.The situation in Afghanistan has grown so dire that U.S. troops may need to be diverted there from Iraq.U.S. considering extending National Guard and Army reserves deploymentsSpending on Iraq war is subject to little scrutiny.Lack of Arabic speakers
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Family Mourns Soldiers Death
December 7, 2006 - The mother of Sgt. Keith Fiscus of Townsend, Delaware talked to Action News Thursday about the loss of her son in Iraq. A week ago Pamela Fiscus heard from her son Army Sgt. Keith Fiscus, who was doing a second tour in Baghdad. On Saturday she received the horrifying news that he'd been killed as a result of injuries sustained when a roadside bomb blew up near his vehicle. His father has no words... the entire family is devastated and wants people to know what a fine, patriotic human being the 26-year-old soldier was. Sgt. Fiscus was due to leave Iraq in February. His family has been told that Keith and a fellow soldier were on their way to clear a roadside bomb when their Humvee triggered another bomb. With the political controversy more bitter than ever about President Bush's handling of the war, the Fiscus family has a message for the White House. "How many more families have to go through this? It's time to quit and bring them home. Because they all know it's a senseless war. Our soldiers know they're there for a senseless reason. I don't care what anyone else says." Pamela Said. Sgt. Keith Fiscus is the 14th soldier from Delaware to die in Iraq. His funeral and burial with full military honors will be a week from Thursday at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia./
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