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The Three-Chord Sound of Homenew

Soldiers in Iraq find solace in punk music, but a band that played for them was met with angry anti-war protest.

Sacramento News & Review | Jimmy Calanchini | 05-13-2005 | War

Spying on the Governmentnew

A University of California, Berkeley, geographer maps the secret military bases of the American West -- where billions of dollars disappear into creepy clandestine projects.

San Francisco Bay Guardian | A. C. Thompson | 05-04-2005 | War

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Major Tom to Ground Controlnew

Activist Tom Hayden gives Canada's New Democratic Party a strategy to win refuge for U.S. soldiers fleeing service in Iraq.

NOW Magazine | Matt Mernagh | 04-29-2005 | War

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Vietnam veteran Joe Wilkins, who built a distinguished career in academia and local and state government, claims he was twice wounded in combat and earned the nation's third-highest decoration, a Silver Star. The military says otherwise.

Illinois Times | Dusty Rhodes | 04-05-2005 | War

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Stopping 'Stop-Loss'new

The federal 9th Circuit Court is coming to Seattle to hear the case of a National Guard soldier forced to stay on.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 03-30-2005 | War

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Soldier's Storynew

A Marine, killed in Iraq, leaves behind an extended family with differing opinions about the war.

Sacramento News & Review | Melinda Welsh | 03-25-2005 | War

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The Antiwar Credibility Gapnew

Rather than being reflexively antimilitary, antiwar activists should learn to understand and embrace why this war is bad from the perspective of the men and women fighting it.

Seattle Weekly | Geov Parrish | 03-23-2005 | War

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Weapons of Mass Improvisationnew

The roadside bomb has mass appeal among insurgents and is having a massive impact.

Seattle Weekly | Rick Anderson | 03-09-2005 | War

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Safe at Home, Ill at Easenew

The biggest group of Washington state soldiers who served in Iraq are starting to return, and it's not clear we're ready for them.

Seattle Weekly | Nina Shapiro | 03-09-2005 | War

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Second Stringers: Reservists in Iraq

Reservists, by definition, aren‘t professional soldiers. They’re military amateurs and a lot of them know it. The result is that many reservists in Iraq are scared all the time, and according to some soldiers, that means mistakes.

Charleston City Paper | David Axe | 03-08-2005 | War

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Shell Shock: How Do You Identify A Soldier With PTSD?new

Soldiers returning from Iraq are often experiencing post traumatic stress disorder. How do you identify it? How do you deal with it?

Jackson Free Press | Brett Potter | 02-17-2005 | War

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Iraq and Rollnew

In the music biz, the question of who survives and who doesn't usually comes down to timing, strategy and luck. In that sense, it's a lot like war -- which the four members of Lucid Dissent, home from Iraq, know all too well.

Westword | Laura Bond | 02-11-2005 | War

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