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Eyewitness accounts of the occupations...
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan | Iraq Veterans Against the War
Winter Soldier: America Must Hear These Vets' Stories | War on Iraq | AlterNet
[SIZE=-1]AlterNet, CA - 2 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted March 15, 2008. I missed the Winter Soldier Investigation in 1971. At the time I was married to a vet who desperately ...[/SIZE]
War stories echo an earlier winter
[SIZE=-1]MSNBC - 5 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By Steve Vogel Grim-faced and sorrowful, former soldiers and Marines sat before an audience of several hundred yesterday in Silver Spring and shared their ...[/SIZE]
US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq
[SIZE=-1]Tehran Times, Iran - 18 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The US Congress' approval in December of $70 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan mean the twin conflicts are now more costly to American ...[/SIZE]
US veterans urge soldiers to speak out against Iraq war
[SIZE=-1]AFP - Mar 13, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]WASHINGTON (AFP) — US veterans and active-duty soldiers on Thursday kicked off an event in Washington to protest the war in Iraq, urging other members of ...[/SIZE]
Will American war crimes be revealed?
[SIZE=-1]Salon - Mar 12, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Like Vietnam vets did decades ago, a group of soldiers are poised to speak out about atrocities they say the US committed in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...[/SIZE]
The Winter Soldiers
[SIZE=-1]Yahoo! News - Mar 12, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Nation -- From tomorrow through Saturday the Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan hearings in Washington, DC will feature testimony from US veterans ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier 2008; speaking out against war
[SIZE=-1]Joplin Independent, MO - 11 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A soldier has one paramount concern: coming back alive. But what happens when he or she does return but with a conscience wracked by guilt? ...[/SIZE]
The Irony and Absurdity of Occupation (Winter Soldier Day 2)
[SIZE=-1]OpEdNews, PA - 12 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]by Kevin Gosztola Page 1 of 2 page(s) ***This article will not do the first full day of hearings in the Winter Soldier Investigation justice. ...[/SIZE]
Veterans groups offer different views of conflict
[SIZE=-1]Stars and Stripes, DC - 17 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — A pair of veterans groups on opposite sides of the country this week are offering drastically different ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier: Hundreds of Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ...
[SIZE=-1]Democracy Now, NY - 22 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are gathering in Maryland this weekend to testify about their experiences in the wars. The testimony begins at 9 ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier testimonials
[SIZE=-1]Real News Network, NY - 23 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]This month, for four days in Washington, DC, beginning on March 13, there will be a second Winter Soldier gathering – 37 years after the first. ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier: Hundreds of Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ...
[SIZE=-1]Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Mar 14, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]by via Democracy Now Friday, March 14, 2008 :Hundreds of veterans and active-duty soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are gathering today for the ...[/SIZE]
Iraq Soldiers to Testify about War Crimes: KPFA Radio to Broadcast ...
[SIZE=-1]Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Mar 13, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]by KPFA Radio To listen to the historic Winter Soldier broadcast, tune into KPFA Radio 94.1 or 88.1 FM in Northern California or The War Comes Home, A Project of KPFA Radio ...[/SIZE]
Listen to war veterans; nation's soul at stake
[SIZE=-1]Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Mar 13, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In 1971 there was an event called ``Winter Soldier.'' It was Vietnam vets gathering together to tell the truth about that war. They testified about the war ...[/SIZE]
Eyewitness accounts of the occupations...
Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan | Iraq Veterans Against the War
Winter Soldier: America Must Hear These Vets' Stories | War on Iraq | AlterNet
Turner's first confirmed kill was on April 18, 2006. He shot an Iraqi boy in front of his father. It took a second shot to kill him. He had a photograph of the boy's open skull. Turner was personally congratulated by his commanding officer, who proceeded to offer a four day pass to anyone who got a kill by stabbing one of the enemy. Turner ended with, "I am sorry for the hate and destruction that I have inflicted on innocent people. I am sorry for the things I did. I am no longer the monster that I once was."
Adam Kokesh enlisted in the Marines not because he agreed with the war, but because he "wanted to help clean up the mess." Instead of the schools and water facilities his President had promised he would be helping to build, he found himself policing a wanton project of human and social destruction. He manned "snap" check points where Marines in camouflage at dusk shot unsuspecting drivers who had failed to see them. He described feeling "funny" when he had to decide whether or not to pose with the trophy remains. "I wasn't the one who killed this guy." Kokesh was ordered to shoot at Iraqi police and firemen who were out after curfew putting out a fire that had been started by American rounds. That one he managed to stop with his "little bit of Arabic," but Kokesh wasn't optimistic about our prospects in Iraq. "We care so the American people don't have to. As soon as you choose looking good over doing right, you lose."
Clifton Hicks talked about free fire orders in city neighborhoods and the indiscriminate, often vengeful, targeting of cars and civilians, and about riding through the gates of their compound one night, aware that the humvee in front of his had run over a civilian. No one said anything because it had been a long hard day. They had all been in country long enough to feel that the bigger deal was "being separated from your cot" for the hours it would have taken to fill out the paperwork.
Jason Hurt, a medic from East Tennessee, said, "I am a peaceful person, and I drew down on an 80 year old woman. I hate guns. They should all be melted down into jewelry." And he added, if this were happening where he lives, if some foreign occupying force came into his part of the world, "every self-respecting citizen would come out of the hills with a shotgun to defend their country."
Vincent Emanuelli was appalled by the way American soldiers treated Iraqi dead. "Standard operating procedure was to run over them or take pictures."
Sergio Corrigan said that all an Iraqi needed was a heavy bag and a shovel to become a target. And looking back, with a "clear mind and not so much anger," he wanted to "apologize to the people of Iraq."
James Gilligan struggled to tell about the night he saw a flash on a mountainside and tried to call in for fire. But he took his compass reading too close to a machine gun and the heavy metal threw he reading off. An Afghani village was decimated and he will never be the same.
Will these Winter Soldiers be Ignored?Adam Kokesh enlisted in the Marines not because he agreed with the war, but because he "wanted to help clean up the mess." Instead of the schools and water facilities his President had promised he would be helping to build, he found himself policing a wanton project of human and social destruction. He manned "snap" check points where Marines in camouflage at dusk shot unsuspecting drivers who had failed to see them. He described feeling "funny" when he had to decide whether or not to pose with the trophy remains. "I wasn't the one who killed this guy." Kokesh was ordered to shoot at Iraqi police and firemen who were out after curfew putting out a fire that had been started by American rounds. That one he managed to stop with his "little bit of Arabic," but Kokesh wasn't optimistic about our prospects in Iraq. "We care so the American people don't have to. As soon as you choose looking good over doing right, you lose."
Clifton Hicks talked about free fire orders in city neighborhoods and the indiscriminate, often vengeful, targeting of cars and civilians, and about riding through the gates of their compound one night, aware that the humvee in front of his had run over a civilian. No one said anything because it had been a long hard day. They had all been in country long enough to feel that the bigger deal was "being separated from your cot" for the hours it would have taken to fill out the paperwork.
Jason Hurt, a medic from East Tennessee, said, "I am a peaceful person, and I drew down on an 80 year old woman. I hate guns. They should all be melted down into jewelry." And he added, if this were happening where he lives, if some foreign occupying force came into his part of the world, "every self-respecting citizen would come out of the hills with a shotgun to defend their country."
Vincent Emanuelli was appalled by the way American soldiers treated Iraqi dead. "Standard operating procedure was to run over them or take pictures."
Sergio Corrigan said that all an Iraqi needed was a heavy bag and a shovel to become a target. And looking back, with a "clear mind and not so much anger," he wanted to "apologize to the people of Iraq."
James Gilligan struggled to tell about the night he saw a flash on a mountainside and tried to call in for fire. But he took his compass reading too close to a machine gun and the heavy metal threw he reading off. An Afghani village was decimated and he will never be the same.
[SIZE=-1]AlterNet, CA - 2 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By Penny Coleman, AlterNet. Posted March 15, 2008. I missed the Winter Soldier Investigation in 1971. At the time I was married to a vet who desperately ...[/SIZE]
War stories echo an earlier winter
[SIZE=-1]MSNBC - 5 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By Steve Vogel Grim-faced and sorrowful, former soldiers and Marines sat before an audience of several hundred yesterday in Silver Spring and shared their ...[/SIZE]
US war crimes in Afghanistan and Iraq
[SIZE=-1]Tehran Times, Iran - 18 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The US Congress' approval in December of $70 billion more for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan mean the twin conflicts are now more costly to American ...[/SIZE]
US veterans urge soldiers to speak out against Iraq war[SIZE=-1]AFP - Mar 13, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]WASHINGTON (AFP) — US veterans and active-duty soldiers on Thursday kicked off an event in Washington to protest the war in Iraq, urging other members of ...[/SIZE]
Will American war crimes be revealed?[SIZE=-1]Salon - Mar 12, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Like Vietnam vets did decades ago, a group of soldiers are poised to speak out about atrocities they say the US committed in Iraq and Afghanistan. ...[/SIZE]
The Winter Soldiers
[SIZE=-1]Yahoo! News - Mar 12, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]The Nation -- From tomorrow through Saturday the Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan hearings in Washington, DC will feature testimony from US veterans ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier 2008; speaking out against war
[SIZE=-1]Joplin Independent, MO - 11 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]A soldier has one paramount concern: coming back alive. But what happens when he or she does return but with a conscience wracked by guilt? ...[/SIZE]
The Irony and Absurdity of Occupation (Winter Soldier Day 2)
[SIZE=-1]OpEdNews, PA - 12 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]by Kevin Gosztola Page 1 of 2 page(s) ***This article will not do the first full day of hearings in the Winter Soldier Investigation justice. ...[/SIZE]
Veterans groups offer different views of conflict
[SIZE=-1]Stars and Stripes, DC - 17 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]By Leo Shane III, Stars and Stripes WASHINGTON — A pair of veterans groups on opposite sides of the country this week are offering drastically different ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier: Hundreds of Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ...
[SIZE=-1]Democracy Now, NY - 22 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]Hundreds of Iraq and Afghanistan veterans are gathering in Maryland this weekend to testify about their experiences in the wars. The testimony begins at 9 ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier testimonials
[SIZE=-1]Real News Network, NY - 23 hours ago[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]This month, for four days in Washington, DC, beginning on March 13, there will be a second Winter Soldier gathering – 37 years after the first. ...[/SIZE]
Winter Soldier: Hundreds of Veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ...
[SIZE=-1]Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Mar 14, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]by via Democracy Now Friday, March 14, 2008 :Hundreds of veterans and active-duty soldiers of the Iraq and Afghanistan wars are gathering today for the ...[/SIZE]
Iraq Soldiers to Testify about War Crimes: KPFA Radio to Broadcast ...
[SIZE=-1]Bay Area Indymedia, CA - Mar 13, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]by KPFA Radio To listen to the historic Winter Soldier broadcast, tune into KPFA Radio 94.1 or 88.1 FM in Northern California or The War Comes Home, A Project of KPFA Radio ...[/SIZE]
Listen to war veterans; nation's soul at stake
[SIZE=-1]Bloomington Pantagraph, USA - Mar 13, 2008[/SIZE]
[SIZE=-1]In 1971 there was an event called ``Winter Soldier.'' It was Vietnam vets gathering together to tell the truth about that war. They testified about the war ...[/SIZE]
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