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JJ, I am so glad you brought up my ongoing attention to the human toll we pay for this unjust war.  I thank you for your service and respectfully ask that you not assume you know my feelings.  I [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Aug 12 to 18: Sgt Alicia Birchett  29  Mashpee MA Sgt Andrew Lancaster  23  Stocton IL Sgt Scot Kirkpatrick  26  Reston VA Sgt William Scates  31  Oklahoma City OK Spc [...]

Financial Times recently reported the Gates Foundation is diverging from its primary missions, to irradiate AIDS and Malaria world-wide, and focusing $5 million “for a project granting [...]

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Those who died in Iraq from Aug 5 to 11: Spc Daniel Reyes 25 SanDiego CA Sgt Bradley Marshall 37 Little Rock AR Spc Charles Leonard Jr 29 Monroe LA Sgt Joey Link 29 Portland TN Spc Justin [...]

The Washington Post printed a Peace Action West letter in response to last week’s article about the “failure” of diplomacy with Iran: Room for Diplomacy on Iran Regarding the [...]

Earlier on this blog I commented on Sen. Hillary Clinton’s attack on Sen. Barrak Obama and his stance on nuclear weapons. Frankly, I believe (like many of you) that neither candidate has fully [...]

“All I know is that you have participated directly or indirectly in the crime.” Why is Half of Iraq in Absolute Poverty? By: Layla Anwar This is a line from an article written by an Iraqi woman [...]

Barack Obama’s statement, last Thursday, that he would not use nuclear weapons “in any circumstance” to fight terrorism in Afghanistan and Pakistan and drew criticism from chief [...]