War

Those who died in Iraq from Oct 14 to 20: Spc Jason Koutroubas 21 Dunnellon FL Sgt Justin Monschke 28 Krum TX Pvt Kenneth Iwasinski 22 W Springfield MA Ltn Thomas Martin 27 Ward AR Cpl Sarah [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Oct 7 to 13: Cpl Gilberto Meza  21  Oxnard CA Cpl Zurab Choghosvili  26  (Soviet) Georgia Cpl Benjamin Dillon  22  Rootstown OH Cpl Jeremy Burris  22   Tacoma WA Frank [...]

The makers of this movie testified before Congress on the waste of taxpayer money. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6cJlJudDtVE&rel=1]

In 1961, Joseph Heller’s Catch-22 gave a face to war profiteering with the character Milo – a mess officer during WWII. Milo secretly replaces the CO2 cartridges in the emergency life vests with [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Sep 30 to Oct 6: Sgt Randel Olguin  24  Ralls TX Spc Chirasak Vidhyarkorn  32  Queens NY Sgt Herman Murkerson Jr  35  Adger AL Sea Shayna Schnell  19  Tell City IN Sgt [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Sep 23 to 29:: Cpl Anthony Bento 23 San Diego CA Sgt Kevin Brown 38 Harrah OK Sgt Zachary Tomczak 24 Huron SD Sgt Randy Johnson 34 Washington DC Sgt Donnie Dixon 37 [...]

This week we have all seen the horrors unfold the territory formerly known as Burma. It was renamed Myanmar in recent years by the ruling military junta.  Up until 2 weeks ago Myanmar was the [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Sep 16 to 22: Pvt Brandon Thorsen  22  Trenton FL Sgt Michael Townes  29  Las Vegas NV Spc Donald Valentine III  21  Orange Park FL Spc Nicholas Olson  22  Novato CA [...]

Yesterday, Iranian President Mahmouhd Ahmenajad spoke at Columbia University.  His appearance was met with controversy and intrigue around our country.  Everyone was so upset that Columbia would [...]

I have held my opinion on this blog from some months now regarding the Jena 6 but I cannot any longer.  I felt, at first, that this was not part of our mission at Peace Action.  Then I received a [...]