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CONFLICTS / OPINION Fri Jul 13, 2007 @ 11:27am neoform

Alter Net -- Interviews with 50 Iraq war veterans reveal disturbing patterns of behavior by US troops in Iraq against innocent civilians -- brutal acts that often go unreported and almost always go unpunished. Over the past several months The Nation has interviewed.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri Jun 13, 2008 @ 8:20am neoform

BBC News -- President Robert Mugabe has warned that Zimbabwe's war of independence veterans are ready to fight to stop the MDC gaining power, state media report. Mr Mugabe was quoted by the Herald newspaper as saying the veterans had asked approval to take up arms.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Fri May 9, 2008 @ 8:26am neoform

BBC News -- Zimbabwe's "war veterans" militia plan to intimidate voters by posing as police officers during the presidential run-off, a policeman has told the BBC. He said they would be based inside polling stations during the vote, whose date has not yet been fix.. Read More

CONFLICTS / NEWS Mon Jul 23, 2007 @ 2:33pm neoform

CNN -- Frustrated by delays in health care, a coalition of injured Iraq war veterans is accusing VA Secretary Jim Nicholson of breaking the law by denying them disability pay and mental health treatment. The class-action lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Ve.. Read More

CONFLICTS / OPINION Wed Jul 4, 2007 @ 1:18pm neoform

Alter Net -- Three veterans of the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan share the nightmare experiences that war has brought into their lives. Statistics are one way to tell the story of the approximately 1.4 million servicemen and women who've been to Iraq and Afghanistan.. Read More