AltWeeklies Wire
Don't Ask, Don't Helpnew
Medics who could be treating soldiers in Iraq are home instead -- because they're gay.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
02-02-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Don't Ask, Don't Tellnew
The Bush team chants, "We do not torture," but nobody around the world believes them.
The Village Voice |
Nat Hentoff |
01-30-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Going, Going, Gonenew
Four more days, five more nights -- that's how long staff sergeant Danny Campos, 35, has until he is deployed to Iraq.
Orlando Weekly |
James Carlson |
01-26-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
On Bin Laden's Bedside Tablenew
Bill Blum, author of Rogue Nation, ponders life after the big Osama blurb.
The Village Voice |
James Ridgeway |
01-23-2006 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Come Die in Iraqnew
Increasingly, military recruiters find themselves struggling against a growing anti-war movement that aims to block recruitment on high-school and college campuses.
Boston Phoenix |
Deirdre Fulton |
12-06-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Why You Should Know About the Death of Jimmy Chastainnew
A soldier handled toxic chemicals during the Gulf War. The government made it difficult for him to receive benefits.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
John Sugg |
12-01-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Sgt. Briggs's Warnew
Bob Briggs got a head full of shrapnel in Iraq. Then he came home to more wars: to regain the use of his half-paralyzed body, and to get the U.S. government to pay for his medical care.
City Pages (Twin Cities) |
Molly Priesmeyer |
11-30-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Veteran Complains of 'Massive Killing' in Fallujahnew
A Colorado Springs veteran, Jeff Englehart, claims the United States used a flesh-melting substance called white phosphorus in an assault on Fallujah.
Colorado Springs Independent |
Michael de Yoanna |
11-18-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The War Withinnew
At war in Iraq for eleven months, Stephen Sherwood was a "rock-solid" soldier. Back home for nine days, he came undone in a tragic fit of violence, shooting his wife, then turning a gun on himself.
Rocky Mountain Bullhorn |
Joshua Zaffos |
10-10-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Casualties on the Home Frontnew
Murders and suicides by military personnel might be part of the Iraq war toll.
Seattle Weekly |
Rick Anderson |
08-31-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Uncle Sam's Rolodexnew
Massachusetts peace organizations are going head-to-head with military recruiters in order to offer potential soldiers alternative information to signing up.
Dig Boston |
Chris Farone |
08-10-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Tough Lesson in Gun Buyingnew
Amaya Hanshaw joined the Air Force under the GI Bill so she could pay for college later. Instead, she might be starting a prison sentence for buying two pistols.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Rebecca Ford |
07-22-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
The Fate of Georgia's Fortsnew
The seemingly losing battle to save four Georgia military bases -- and 6,000 military and civilian jobs -- has state and local officials debating what to do with the properties, should the bases close.
Creative Loafing (Atlanta) |
Alyssa Abkowitz |
07-07-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Fort Carsondadnew
To prepare its soldiers for war, the U.S. Army is building mock Iraqi villages on a military base near you -- complete with anti-Bush graffiti and Iraqi-American villagers.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-24-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
Lionesses of Iraqnew
As a military police platoon leader in Operation Iraqi Freedom, 1st Lt. Erica Smith was about as close as a woman can get to combat in today's military. But that was far from the only battle she had to face in Iraq.
Boulder Weekly |
Joel Warner |
06-08-2005 |
War
Tags: war & peace
