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Sign Petition to get MoveOn.org to Poll entire Membership on Impeachment
It’s Time for MoveOn to Start Talking about Impeachment: (Sign Petition Here) To Eli Pariser, MoveOn.org Executive Director: With more than 3 million members, MoveOn plays a vital role not only in shaping public policy, but in educating the American public about the most important political issues of the day. With this power comes a…
Anti-Occupation Protest in Iraq Underplayed in U.S. Press
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Senate bars bill to restore detainee rights
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U.S. soldiers with missing limbs allowed to return to active duty
Associated Press In the blur of smoke and blood after a bomb blew up under his Humvee in Iraq, Sgt. Tawan Williamson looked down at his shredded leg and knew it couldn’t be saved. His military career, though, pulled through. Less than a year after the attack, Williams is running again with a high-tech prosthetic…
Iraqi lawmakers protest US treatment
Ann M. Simmons, LA Times Dozens of Iraqi lawmakers walked out of parliament Wednesday to protest what they view as overly aggressive and humiliating treatment by U.S. soldiers as representatives enter Baghdad’s heavily fortified Green Zone, where the legislature is located. “I and many of my colleagues who live outside the Green Zone face a…
