by James Landrith · November 11, 2003
Over the weekend, along with 749 other veterans, I signed a letter (dated today) to the President regarding active duty and veteran health and benefit issues and the current situation in Iraq. The letter, coordinated by Veterans for Common Sense, is available here.
Also, click here to read the perspective of Sean Gonsalves on this topic.
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PROPHECY ___AMERICAS FUTURE IN IRAQ
READ__THEN THOSE WHO BELIEVE THAT OUR TROOPS BELONG IN IRAQ, THAT THIS PREEMPTORY ATTACK HAS MADE AMERICA SAFER, THAT AMERICA IS “FIGHTING THE TERRORIST ON THEIR SOIL__SO TO PREVENT ATTACKS ON AMERICA BY PREEMPTORY KILLING, THAT THE IRAQI PEOPLE ARE NOT >> ASSISTING THE ATTACKS ON OUR SOLDIERS__ HIDING THERE WHEREABOUTS AND ENGAGING IN THE ATTACKS AS WELL… FOR ALL WHO WOULD SACRAFICE YOUR SON, DAUGHTER, OR HUSBAND FOR THIS WAR, NOW BLOODY OCCUPATION…ANSWER WHAT HAS HAPPENED TO THE 6,000 SOLDIERS WHO HAVE BEEN EVACUATED FROM IRAQ AND OTHER SERIOUS QUESTIONS SURRONDING THIS WAR ___THEN TELL ME HOW CERTAIN YOU ARE OF AMERICAS PLACE IN HISTORY!
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PROPHECY__OMINOUS SIGNS OF AMERICA’S FUTURE IN IRAQ
AMERICA BE FOREWARNED ALL THE SIGNS POINT TO AN UNCONSCIONABLE TOLL ON? OUR SOLDIERS AND INNOCENT IRAQI PEOPLE THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO JUSTIFY IN THE FUTURE WHEN THE TRUTH IS FINALLY KNOWN ABOUT THIS WAR __NOW BLOODY OCCUPATION.
?REMEMBER THIS__THE LOSS OF LIFE IN IRAQ WILL BE IN NUMBERS MUCH GREATER THAN YOU CAN IMAGINE. THE IRAQI PEOPLE HATED SADDAM BUT NOW HAVE COME TO HOLD AMERICA IN EQUAL CONTEMPT.
???YES, WE HAVE THE TECHNOLOGY AND WEAPONRY? ___BUT THE IRAQI PEOPLE HAVE THE DANGEROUS COMBINATION OF ANGER AND THE? WILL TO OUST WHAT THEY NOW SEE AS AN INVADER.? THE COMBINED GROUPS? ARE NOW COOPERATING IN ONE EFFORT__THAT IS TO KILL THE AMERICANS ___ THAT THEY NOW VIEW AS THE? COLONIST, INVADER, AND PREDATOR WHO IS OCCUPYING THEIR COUNTRY.
OUR SOLDIERS IN IRAQ KNOW THE TRUTH_BUT THEY ARE SILENCED BY THE PENTAGON, AND THE FAMILIES AT HOME FEAR RETALIATION? THAT COULD PUT THEIR SONS IN GREATER DANGER.? THEY ARE RIGHT….IT IS UP TO US THE CITIZENS HERE TO STAND UP SPEAK OUT AND ACT ON OUR CONSCIENCE. IT IS UP TO US TO PROTECT OUR SOLDIERS AND?__SECURE OUR DEMOCRACY AS A MORAL PEOPLE.
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??????????? BRING OUR SOLDIERS HOME NOW!
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???THIS WAR IS A WAR OF POWER AND DOMINATION ___NOT OF WMDS OR A “WAR ON TERRORISM? NOR? CAN IT BRING DEMOCRACY TO IRAQ.?
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WE HAVE BECOME THE CREATORS?OF OUR OWN MISFORTUNE …IGNITING ANTI-AMERICAN SENTIMENT IN THE MIDDLE EAST _LIKE NEVER BEFORE.
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??????WE DO NOT BELONG IN THIS REGION. IT IS NOT OURS TO TAKE AND THE BLOOD OF EVERY YOUNG SOLDIER SHED IN IRAQ IS A? ONEROUS SEARING REMINDER OF THAT.
?? THIS? CRUSADE? INVADING AND OCCUPYING A COUNTRY IN THE MIDDLE EAST?_CANNOT BE COMPARED TO ANY OTHER REGION.? THERE? ARE EXTENSIVE CONSIDERATIONS? IN? A HISTORY OF BLOODY RELIGIOUS WARS FOUGHT __THAT HAVE? NOTHING TO DO WITH GOD.
???? PREEMPTORY KILLING IS NOT …AND CAN NEVER BE _JUST.??? MONARCHS,? KINGS AND TYRANTS ARE WELL KNOWN FOR TAKING THE POSITION OF JUDGE, JUROR AND EXECUTER.?
WE HAVE VIOLATED THE MOST BASIC LAW OF RIGHTEOUS_______WE HAVE? NOW BECOME? JUDGE,? JUROR AND EXECUTOR OF A COUNTRY WHO WE DEEMED UNFIT TO BE RULED…YET THIS WAS THE VERY LEADER (SADDAM) WHO THE U.S. COMMERCE? LICENSED DOW CHEMICAL TO SHIP 1.5M?…AND? OTHER U.S. COMPANIES TO SHIP ANTHRAX.
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WE MUST INFORM THE CITIZENS AS TO THE CLEAR AND PRESENT DANGER THAT THIS OCCUPATION PRESENTS TO OUR TROOPS, AMERICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD.
GET OUR SOLDIERS OUT BEFORE WE LOSE HUNDREDS MORE. >>>VERY SOON IN A BLOODY TOLL THAT WE WILL NOT BE ABLE TO RECONCILE AND IMMERSE DEEPER INTO THE ABYSS.
THERE IS A REASON WHY NO COUNTRY HAS OFFERED ANY TROOPS OF ANY SUBSTANCE TO ASSIST US IN THIS OCCUPATION. WE DO NOT BELONG IN IRAQ. GIVE THE THE IRAQI PEOPLE THEIR COUNTRY BACK, AND TAKE OUR SOLDIERS HOME __ALIVE IN EXCHANGE. WE MUST DEMAND THAT OUR SOLDIERS BE BROUGHT HOME NOW!
WASHINGTON POST SEPT 2: NUMBER OF WOUNDED ON THE RISE. BY VERNON LOEB
BURIED IN THIS COMPELLING ARTICLE IS THE SHOCKING REVELATION THAT THOUSANDS (4,500+) SOLDIERS HAVE BECOME “PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY ILL IN IRAQ AND HAD TO BE EVACUATED BACK TO THE UNITED STATES. THIS CLEARLY ILLUSTRATES THE PENTAGON HAS MANIPULATED THE NUMBERS AS TO THE REAL TOLL ON OUR SOLDIERS THAT THIS OCCUPATION HAS TAKEN AND OUR “FREE PRESS” HAS DELIBERATELY __NOT ASKED THE MOST OBVIOUS “RIGHT QUESTIONS” WHICH WOULD EXPOSE THIS TRAGEDY.
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USA TODAY OCT 13 ARMY PROBES SOLDIERS SUICIDES
BY GREGG ZOROYA
http://www.usatoday.com/news/nation/2003-10-13-army-suicides-usat_x.htm
THE 13 “ACKNOWLEDGED” SUICIDES ALONG WITH POSSIBLE A DOZEN MORE UNDER INVESTIGATION IS TESTIMONY THAT ____THE REALITIES ON THE GROUND ARE IN FACT, DRAMATICALLY WORSE…THAN EVEN PORTRAYED BY THE PRESS.
I STRONGLY URGE YOU TO REVIEW THE DEPT OF DEFENSE NEWS RELEASE SINCE APRIL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF HOW MANY SUSPICIOUS DEATHS IE: NON-COMBAT, DROWNINGS AND NON-COMBAT WEAPONS DISCHARGE DEATHS YOU FIND. ALSO SEE CNN.COM WAR IN IRAQ CASUALITIES WITH OUR SOLDIERS PHOTOS AND CAUSE OF DEATH.
http://www.defenselink.mil/releases http://www.cnn.com/ SEE: SPECIAL REPORTS WAR IN IRAQ
CASUALITIES
THE NUMBER OF SUICIDES IS FAR BEYOND THE NORMAL RANGE >>> THE PENTAGON IS CONCEALING THE TRUTH ABOUT HOW MANY SOLDIERS HAVE COMMITTED SUICIDE__ THE SHOCKING NUMBER OF SOLDIERS WHO HAVE SUFFERED NERVOUS BREAKDOWNS AND HOW MANY HAVE BEEN DRIVEN TO ATTEMPT SUICIDE, IN EXTREME DESPERATION TO ESCAPE THEIR EMOTIONAL TORMENT DUE TO THE TREMENDOUS TRAUMA OF THIS GOD FORBIDDEN OCCUPATION.
WE CITIZENS OF THE U.S. MUST PROTECT OUR SOLDIERS
TO HELL WITH THE PUBLIC RELATIONS ___WE MUST DEMAND THE FACTS. THESE EXTREMELY BAZARRE, HIGHLY DISTURBING OCCURRENCES ARE TAKING AN UNCONSCIONABLE TOLL ON OUR SOLDIERS PHYSICAL AS WELL AS EMOTIONAL AND MENTAL STATE. THE REPORTED 4,500+ SOLDIERS WHO HAD BECAME __ PHYSICALLY AND MENTALLY ILL AS OF OF SEPT 2 ARTICLE IN THE WASHINGTON POST, AND CERTAINLY THOUSANDS MORE SINCE.
WHO ARE >>>FOREVER SCARRED BY WHAT THEY HAVE WITNESSED AND HAVE BEEN FORCED TO PARTICIPATE IN. AMERICA MUST DEMAND ANSWERS AND SOON.
DO NOT BE DECIEVED BY THE RHETORIC_THINK! DO NOT ACCEPT THE USE OF DECIET DECEPTION AND MANIPULATION AS IT IS NOT RIGHTOUS.
CHRISTIAN SCIENCE MONITOR SEPT 6 2002 ARTICLE: SOME FACTS, LESS FACTUAL.
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p01s02-wosc.html
PLEASE, YOU MUST LISTEN TO YOUR CONSCIENCE
…FOR THAT IS THE WINDOW TO YOUR SOUL AND THE PATH TO AMERICAS SALVATION AWAY FROM THIS INSIDIOUS AGENDA.
SEPT 11 WAS THE “SHOCK N’ AWE” THAT BROUGHT AMERICA TO ITS KNEES…THE TRUTH WILL BRING AMERICA TO ITS FEET. WE CANNOT ACCEPT ANYTHING LESS THAN THE FULL TRUTH SURRONDING THE EVENTS THAT HAVE SO PROFOUNDLY EFFECTED AMERICA AND THE REST OF THE WORLD AND NOW, THE CIRCUMSTANCES ABOUT THIS BLOODY OCCUPATION IN IRAQ.
http://www.usacitizens4truth.com/desireeyagan.html
DESIREE YAGAN SYRACUSE, NEW YORK
11/12/2003 1:41:00
This is a Siren of the future Sounding…AMERICA!
Hear it and see the TRUTH of This Preemptory War with Iraq __ Now Occupation. Give the Iraqi people their Country back and Bring Our Soldiers Home in Exchange…Before its too late.
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__WE HAVE BEEN DECIEVED
This Occupation Has Nothing To Do With Spreading Democracy in The Region, War On Terrorism, Or Protecting America and Freedom.
IRAQ HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH SEPT 11th
If any country could have been justified for retaliation or carring out the War On Terrorism…it would have been Saudi Arabia. Where 16 of the 19 hijackers hailed from and is well known for sponsoring terrorism.
The White House tells us that the media Concentrates on the negative news from Iraq. Rather than reporting about the “good things” taking place.
Either this administration has a Clear Disconnect from Reality or more likely, they are interested in Damage Control…at all cost and the TRUTH is the Very First Casuality of this Increasingly Bloody Occupation.
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The White House has tried to Obscure and Distract the American people from Seeing the Terrible Reality of this GOD FORBIDDEN War.
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The Act of Preemptory Killing __With Total Disregard of the Rest of the World’s Opinion. This administration chooses the “go it alone” policy…Because We Can! After all, We are the Only Super Power left and to Hell With International Law and The Rest Of The World!
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Now we find that we ALONE incur the price of our defiance of the U.N…The cost? 87 billion
_6,000 U.S> casualities (now, Thousands more since the date of Sept 2) and in Blood of our young soldiers …in a war that now has INFLAMED
the whole Region and is Clearly Spiraling Out of Control.
Yes, we have Secured the Oil Fields…and we Trade the lives of our Soldiers in exchange. Think…Do you Really believe the…ever changing Assertions and Contradicting Rhetoric from the administration that, the Continued Bloody Attacks on our Troops are Actually Signs, Proof that the United States is…
__Winning the Peace
__WInning the Hearts and Minds of the Iraqi People
__Spreading Democracy in Iraq as a Model for the Region.
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THIS IS CLASSIC ORWELLIAN SPEECH
Black is White__White is Black __It is Double speak! Think for yourself. We CANNOT Possible be “Winning the Peace” in Iraq when ALL the International Aid Organizations have pulled out of Iraq. Including the following: International Red Cross (Who for the first time in 140 years of existence is bombed) __when the United Nations __when Doctors Without Borders and all Other Aid Agencies Pull Out of Iraq!
IRAQ IS A FORTRESS
WHAT THE MEDIA WILL NOT TELL YOU
Do You Understand that the Citys are now fortified with “Blast Walls” that run throughout Iraq?
These Blast Walls are Concrete Walls _7 yards high __Topped with razor wire and many feet thick. These Walls, Monstrosities are Everywhere and is the Visual REALITY of JUST How Dangerous Iraq Really is >7 months since the War was Officially ended. Again OUR mass media has hardly touched upon on the Extraordinary measures the U.S> has implemented in an a Desperate attempt to Reduce the Casualities of our Soldiers. Why not? Because it Betrays the complaints from the White House Press that there are a lot of Good things Happening in Iraq. To report from Iraq The Extrodinary measures being taken to keep our Troops and L. Paul Bremer Alive would seriously conflict with “all the good things and Progress…said to be happening”.
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Iraqi civilians are being killed by the bombings and by our troops in accidental shootings in an extremely dangerous enviroment where the enemy Cannot be discerned __from the innocent passerby.
WE ARE NOT SEEN AS LIBERATORS
“Attack in North Iraq Kills Two Americans”
…Crowd reportedly Mutilate Soldiers Bodies Washington Post Foreign Service Nov 24 Page A-10
**The Terrible display of Hatred on Nov 23rd brought back memories of the Oct 1993 scene in Somalia, when locals dragged the bodies of Marines killed in fighting with warloads, through the streets.
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Life is Better In Iraq __For Who?
OUR SOLDIERS CANNOT LEAVE THE BARRACKS WITHOUT FULL BODY ARMOR AND MUST REMAIN IN THEIR HUMVEES AND TANKS knowing they face possible Ambush or Attacks at any moment. They are moving TARGETS waiting to see which soldiers will draw __the short straws for that day… to end in death or mutilated in a bomb blast.
November 23rd two soldiers will killed in Mosul. Ambushed at an intersection in their vehicle. The most Searing Reality as to where America is headed with this Occupation in Iraq…The two Soldiers Bodies were reported to have been dragged out of their vehicle __ by an crowd of Iraqis who then took blocks of CEMENT and …crushed our soldiers…
It is ABUNDANTLY clear this is an Act of Hatred__Not of Paid Terrorist or of Criminal Elements >as THE DEPT OF DEFENSE and The WHITE HOUSE have Asserted in every press briefing.
I ask you WHAT ELSE can they say? Iraq is a Public Relations Nightmare. The alternative is to ___tell the TRUTH and that would mean America would demand our soldiers brought home.
NO, this was a Terrible Demonstration by Iraqi
People of there Contempt for the U.S. Occupation. This was an Act of Hatred and it is Our Soldiers __who are the Focus.
This horrific act committed on our troops can only cause __Inner Conflict about the deep contempt for the very people who we are said to have liberated. The vicious cycle of killing, in this Bloody Occupation is Beginning to Escalate with No End In Sight.
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The aggressive raids on homes carried out by U.S. Forces searching for Those _suspected to be engaging in the attacks on our troops and their weapons …
The accidental shootings of innocent civilains, the midnight raids, the detainments of Iraqis, the checkpoints throughout Iraq, the accidental shootings of innocent Iraqis …All Further Alienate the very people who we are Told are now “Liberated” .
Each Soldiers Ever Present Heightened Fear of the >next unknown ambush by Gunfire at anytime __By an Improvised Explosive Device, Rocket- Propelled Grenade or Remote Controlled Mine.
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We have been Deceived __the Warmongers of this administration have Opened Pandora’s Box
…now it is up to us, The American people to put a Stop to this KILLING. For we have a Responsibility to our Soldiers and to Heart and Soul of America.
Bring our Soldiers home…that is how America redeems its Conscience.
Pre-emptory Killing is Not and __NEVER Will be Just. We Crossed the line of Righteous…its time to Withdraw and exert the Strength to do what is Right for America and Our National Security Interest __To Stop Further Inflaming a Region Where We Do Not Belong __and Have NO Right to Impose Our Will.
Allow The World Community to participate in humanitarian efforts and what ever viable efforts that are advisable __considering what options are open.
DESIREE YAGAN __SYRACUSE NEW YORK
http://www.usacitizens4truth.com/desireeyagan.html
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CROWDS REPORTEDLY MUTILATE SOLDIERS’ BODIES
By Anthony Shadid
Washington Post Foreign Service
Monday, November 24, 2003; Page A10
BAGHDAD, Nov. 23 — Assailants killed two U.S. soldiers riding in a civilian car Sunday in the northern city of Mosul and, in a bloody scene, crowds then reportedly mutilated their bodies, trashed the vehicles and made off with the soldiers’ belongings.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A8411-2003Nov23.html
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IN WAR, SOME TRUTH LESS FACTUAL
http://www.csmonitor.com/2002/0906/p01s02-wosc.html
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THERE IS A SERIOUS LACK OF MEDIA COVERAGE ABOUT OUR WOUNDED AND ILL SOLDIERS. THIS IS NOT PATRIOTISM…IT IS BETRAYAL. HONOR OUR SOLDIERS BY ASKING WHAT YOU CAN DO!
AMERICA’S HEROES OF FREEDOM
http://www.americasheroes.us
http://www.usacitizens4truth.com/desireeyagan.html
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IRAQ DEMOCRACY A DREAM, BUSH TOLD
THE AGE NEWSPAPER AUGUST 15 2003
By Bryan Bender (Globe Newspaper)
http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2003/08/14/1060588524354.html
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U.S. Wounded In The Shadows
By David Eisenberg Oct 2 2003 (Asia Times Online)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/EJ02AK01.html
Logic Of Occupation Points To More Trouble
By Jim Loeb Sept 25 2003 (Asia Times Online)
http://www.atimes.com/atimes/Middle_East/E125AK02.html
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AMERICAS HIDDEN BATTLFIELD TOLL: 6,000 U.S. CASUALITIES EVACUATED FROM IRAQ__
http://observer.guardian.co.uk/print/0,3858,4753236-102275,00.html
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Check My Sources ….Then Please, help me get the Message out and Post This where Ever you can.
DESIREE YAGAN __SYRACUSE NEW YORK
yagan911intelli4@aol.com
http://www.usacitizens4truth.com/desireeyagan.html
12/5/2003 1:19:00