US Iraq War Veterans' Voices Rise in Protest

[IrateCitizen]

Glad to see three of my friends from Iraq Vets Against the War getting the word out!

Published on Tuesday, October 26, 2004 by the Inter Press Service
US Iraq War Veterans' Voices Rise in Protest
by Dahr Jamail

SAN FRANCISCO - With the news that members of a U.S. Army reserve platoon have been arrested in Iraq for refusing a ”suicide mission,” dissent among veterans of the U.S.-led campaign in that country continues to grow.

The recent incident mirrors other stories of troops being sent on missions without proper equipment, and again raises the spectre of plummeting troop morale as the security situation in Iraq deteriorates and elections scheduled for January approach.

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Army National Guard member Sergeant Kelly Dougherty served for 10 months in Iraq at Tallil Air Base, near Nasiriya. ”The people in Iraq didn't have money or jobs and their cities were destitute,” said Dougherty, who worked escorting convoys and patrols.

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”I think it was definitely wrong to go into Iraq,” she added. ”I thought that before we went in and the intelligence is proving this now.”

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Another veteran of the war in Iraq is Corporal Alex Ryabov, who participated in the invasion of Iraq until May 9. ”What I realise after having been there is that it (the war) is such a huge waste of life on both sides,” he said in an interview.

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[zbdent]

1. Tinfoil alert - I'm now wondering if the "suicide mission" was the

"October Surprise", and the 50 or so Iraqis who were shot in the back of the head were the ones who were "in the know" about the "ambush" . . .

October Surprise - a bunch of dead US soldiers in an ambush attack, "We cannot let these deaths go unavenged! Only Me can lead you in this time of war!" (Me being *)

[Tamyrlin79]

2. You really do need the tinfoil for that one.

It's definitely a stretch, particularly when 50 Americans dying in one day would NOT have helped Bush.