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News: Peace
Soldiers' photos from Iraq
Submitted by: Lauren Anzaldo / 02 Feb 2005 Publisher: Under Mars
A wide variety of photos taken by American soldiers in Iraq. Some of them are tourist photos of landscapes, camels and donkeys, etc. Some feature daily life on the base. And some are very graphic photos of dead Iraqis and parts of Iraqis. There is a sequence of photos showing a tank running over at least one human body.
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News: Miscellaneous : Peace
Rumsfeld cancels German Trip after War Crimes Accusations
Submitted by: vfp / 25 Jan 2005 Publisher: al Jazeera
US Defence Secretary Donald Rumsfeld cancelled a planned visit to Germany after a US human rights organisation asked German authorities to prosecute him for war crimes, Deutsche Presse-Agentur (dpa) has learned.
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News: Peace
Few but Organized, Iraq Veterans Turn War Critics
Submitted by: vfp / 25 Jan 2005 Publisher: New York Times
Sean Huze enlisted in the Marine Corps right after the Sept. 11 attacks and was, in his own words, "red, white and blue all the way" when he deployed to Iraq 16 months later. Unquestioning in his support of the invasion, he grew irritated when his father, a former National Guardsman, expressed doubts about the war. Today, all that has changed. Haunted by the civilian casualties he witnessed, Corporal Huze has become one of a small but increasing number of Iraq veterans who have formed or joined groups to oppose the war or to criticize the way it is being fought.
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News: Protest Activity
Photos of Inaugural Protests around the World
Submitted by: IMC / 21 Jan 2005 Publisher: Common Dreams
These are photos of protests around the US and around the planet that took place as Bush was inaugurated Thursday
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News: Protest Activity
Mock Coffins and Jeers as Bush Sworn In
Submitted by: S. Pate' / 21 Jan 2005 Publisher: AP
As the president's motorcade made its way down Pennsylvania Avenue from the Capitol to the White House amid the tightest security in inaugural history, thousands of protesters along the parade route and nearby downtown streets booed, chanted slogans and carried placards condemning Bush's policies at home and abroad.
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News: Peace
Images Behind Soldier's Iraq Refusal
Submitted by: imc / 18 Jan 2005 Publisher: common dreams
HINESVILLE, Ga. - A young girl clutching her arm blackened by burns, dogs feeding off bodies in mass graves � the images still haunt Sgt. Kevin Benderman 15 months after he came home from Iraq. Witnessing the brutal reality of war, Benderman stunned his commanders when he sought a discharge as a conscientious objector after 10 years in the Army.
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News: Miscellaneous
Pentagon spurned plan to initiate "gay bomb"
Submitted by: Scott / 16 Jan 2005 Publisher: Yahoo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. military rejected a 1994 proposal to develop an "aphrodisiac" to spur homosexual activity among enemy troops but is hard at work on other less-than-lethal weapons, defense officials said on Sunday.
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News: Peace
Pensacola Veterans Group Stages Protest Against War in Iraq
Submitted by: VFP / 16 Jan 2005 Publisher: Pensacola News Journal
Activists throughout the nation are filling the days with protests as Thursday's presidential inauguration approaches. The same holds true in Pensacola, where more than 50 people gathered at noon Saturday at Garden and Palafox streets in a nonpartisan, anti-war rally organized by Pensacola Veterans for Peace.
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