Iraq & Afghanistan War

Declaration of Peace in Iraq

October 14, 2008

Declaration of Peace in Iraq  WE DECLARE PEACE! Thousands of people across the United States DECLARED PEACE in the more than 375 Declaration of Peace events took place the week of September 21-28! We raised our voices and took action to call for a concrete and rapid plan to end the US occupation of...
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Peace Must Be Dared… It Is the Great Venture!

October 14, 2008

By Geffrey B. Kelly Students who are discovering Dietrich Bonhoeffer for the first time are fascinated by the fact that this moral leader and courageous member of the plot to kill Adolf Hitler was not only an ordained minister, but throughout most of his professional career he was also an avowed pacifist. Even when...
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Haditha is Arabic for My Lai

October 14, 2008

 RAHUL MAHAJAN Empire Notes   One day in November 2005, Marines in Haditha decided to take revenge for the death of one of their comrades from an IED by deliberately murdering 24 innocent, unarmed men, women, and children. They went into their houses and shot them at close range. Adults begged and pleaded and...
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