Ex-soldier appeals desertion court-martial – Army News, news from Iraq, – Army Times

Ex-soldier appeals desertion court-martial – Army News, news from Iraq, – Army Times

Source: www.armytimes.com

OKLAHOMA CITY — A former soldier who was court-martialed for desertion after not returning with his Florida National Guard unit to Iraq in 2003 has filed an appeal in his case.

    Camilo Mejia, first CO of Iraq War who was imprisoned at Ft. Sill for 10 months, wants Army to overturn his conviction for desertion. He asserted torture was taking place, and Army refused to allow, but then after Camilo was released, Abu Graib came out.    

A French Revelation, or The Burning Bush

Rules of Disengagement:The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent

Rules of Disengagement:The Politics and Honor of Military Dissent

Source: p3books.com

Rules of Disengagement examines the reasons men and women in the military have disobeyed orders and resisted the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. It takes readers into the courtroom where sailors, soldiers, and Marines have argued that these wars are illegal under international law and unconstitutional…

    A good friend of mine is co-author of this book. If you are interested in learning about resistance in the military and in supporting those resisters, you should buy it.     

Military – The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Military – The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in Iraq, 2006-2008

Source: www.booktv.org

From Politics and Prose Bookstore in Washington, DC, Thomas Ricks talks about his new book, “The Gamble,” which looks at the change in military strategy in Iraq since 2006 and the people who were responsible for it.

    Caught end of this talk on Book TV this morning. Depressing assessment by the author of Fiasco about US military needing to be in in Iraq for years to come. Follow the link to the Amazon page for a Q & A with Ricks.    

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Alcohol abuse by GIs soars since ‘03 – USATODAY.com

Alcohol abuse by GIs soars since ‘03 – USATODAY.com

Source: www.usatoday.com

The rate of Army soldiers enrolled in treatment programs for alcohol dependency or abuse has nearly doubled since 2003 a sign of the growing stress of repeated deployments in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to Army statistics and interviews.

Vigil and peace walk for Okie War Resister Joshua Key

With apologies for the last minute nature of this event, you are invited to join us to support an Oklahoma man who is one of the Iraq war resisters in Canada who is facing deportation. Let’s show support for one of our own.
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Remembering 6 years of war in Iraq

Today is the anniversary of the beginning of the Iraq War, the night George W. Bush got on TV and told the American people that he was going to save us from Saddam Hussein’s plans to obliterate the US with his nuclear weapons and we had to stop him before he killed us all.
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Ramsey Clark: Why indictment is a must

I get tons of email from progressive organizations every day, all that I’ve opted into but can’ really keep up with.  Most I don’t pass on in toto here, especially when it’s an appeal for money, as a lot of it is  ( I don’t degrudge them that, I just can’t help them all, and [...]