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Released: The Bush Administration's Secret Legal Memos
List of Memos
International Committee Of The Red Cross Torture Report
The Red Cross Torture Report: What It Means
Bush's Torture Rationale Debunked
IG Report: Waterboarding Was Neither "Efficacious Or Medically Safe"
Waterboarding Used 266 Times on 2 Suspects
Rice, Cheney Approved Waterboarding
The Torture Debate -- It's About Time
Shepard Smith Uncensored: "We Are America, We Do Not F**king Torture!" (VIDEO)
Philip Zelikow: Bush White House Attempted to Destroy Alternative Memo on Torture
"Daily Show" Takes On Torture Supporters (VIDEO)
Fear and Loathing of Change
Sign Petition to Appoint Special Prosecutor for Bush War Crimes
Tell Congress To Hold Impeachment Hearings Against Judge Jay Bybee
Rumsfeld and a mountain of misery
Holding Bush and Cheney Accountable
Thomas Ricks: America's 'Gamble' in Iraq
Harsh Interrogation Methods Raise Questions
Was Critical Note Muzzled By Bush White House?
Olbermann: Future Of The U.S. Depends On Torture Accountability (VIDEO)
Call on the Justice Department to Appoint a Special Prosecutor
Colbert on Torture Memos
In 2002, Military Agency Warned Against 'Torture'
Rice gave early 'waterboarding green light'
New Bush Torture Bombshell Memos: 10 Horrifying Discoveries
Spanish Judge’s Decision to Open New Criminal Investigation into U.S. Torture Program
Federal Court Permits Landmark ACLU Rendition Case To Go Forward
Bruce Fein and Mark Danner Discuss Torture on Moyers' Journal
The Bush White House's Appalling and Evil Legacy: Now We Know the Whole Story
A Torture Report Could Spell Big Trouble For Bush Lawyers
NYTimes'  editorial: The Torturers’ Manifesto
Abuse of Power: The Bush Administration's Secret Legal Memos
Guantanamo Testimonials Project
If Obama Doesn't Prosecute...
Hey Americans, the Pundits Blame You for Bush and Cheney's Torture Policies
Rumsfeld's Pentagon Papers
Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush
Engineering "Trust of the Indigenous Population": How Some Anthropologists Have Learned to Stop Worrying and Start Loving the Army
Little Known Military Thug Squad Still Brutalizing Prisoners at Gitmo Under Obama
Memory, War, and the Memory of War
Cheney's speech ignored some inconvenient truths
Abu Ghraib abuse photos 'show rape'
Noam Chomsky on American Amnesia
HELLHOLE
David Swanson's I've Seen 1,200 Torture Photos
War Profiteering in Iraq
Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions, Describes Brutal Treatment of Teenage Detainee
Spying Went Beyond Warrantless Wiretapping
Luke Mitchell's We Still Torture
Iraqi Weapons Monitor Describes Abuse At Hands Of U.S. Interrogators
Blackwater Founder Implicated in Murder
Top 25 Censored Stories for 2009
The Best of Times: A Former Prisoner Remembers Ramadan at Guantánamo
Iraqi Weapons Monitor Describes Abuse At Hands Of U.S. Interrogators
Susan Lindauer: Secret Charges and The Patriot Act
Investigative Journalist Jane Mayer Probes CIA Secrets
Jane Mayer discusses Red Cross' report on CIA torture


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Moyers on Iraqi Refugees
Iraq Refugee Problem Still a Growing Crisis
Refugee Crisis Threatens Future of Iraq
The Iraqi Refugee Crisis
Poverty Gets the Survivors
Despite US troop surge, number of Iraqi refugees in EU nearly doubled in 2007
Survival Sex In Iraq
In Jordan, aid for Iraqi refugees is often redirected
Failed Responsibility: Iraqi Refugees in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon
US Agrees To Afghan Airstrike Probe
In 2002, Military Agency Warned Against 'Torture'
Cheney Is Linked to Concealment of C.I.A. Project
Iraq e-mails shed doubt on run-up to war
Obama Can’t Turn the Page on Bush
U.S. Inaction Seen After Taliban P.O.W.’s Died


Looking For Ways to Help the Iraqi Refugees?

Here are three organizations who are working to better the lives of the Iraqi refugees. For the first two organizations, designate your donations as being for the "Iraqi refugees in Syria"

Mercy Corps
Dept. W
P.O. Box 2669
Portland, OR 97208-2669


UNHCR-United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
(The UN Refugee Agency)
Case Postale 2500
CH-1211 Genève 2 Dépôt
Suisse.

Collateral Repair Project
P.O. Box 8160
Medford, OR 97501

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Looking For Ways to Help the Iraqi injured?

No More Victims

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Looking for Ways to Help the People of Afghanistan?

Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan (RAWA)
Afghan Women's Mission

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Military Matters


G.I. Coffeehouse Now Open Near Ft. Lewis


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Department of Veterans Affairs
Suicide Prevention
1-800-273-TALK (8255)

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Latest News on Lt. Ehren Watada
Justice Dept. Drops Case Against War Resister Watada


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Learn more about this war and resistance to this war from those who have been there:

Iraq Veterans Against The War (IVAW)
Why does IVAW oppose this war?
Winter Soldier Project
“We Blew Her to Pieces”

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From Sniper To War Resister
How we can support those troops who refuse to fight?
Courage To Resist

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Military Families Speak Out

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Additional Resources and Action Items:

G.I. Voice
G.I. Radio
An Appeal for Redress from the War in Iraq
The Sandbox: Dispatches from Troops in Iraq and Afghanistan
U.S. Soldiers in Iraq Stage Mutiny
Dear Canada: Let U.S. War Resisters Stay
Central Committee for Conscientious Objectors
GI Rights HOTLINE
Flyer on GI Rights
Center on Conscience and War
Veterans For Peace
Veterans For Peace, Tacoma Chapter
Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America (IAVA) Action Items
West Point Graduates Against The War
VetVoice.com
GI Rights
Portland Sanctuary City
Bellingham Sanctuary City
Seattle Draft and Military Counseling Center
Support U.S. War Resisters in Canada
Soldier Say No Blogspot
Countering the Ramp Up in Military Recruiting

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Support Our Troops,
Bring Them Home Now

Coming Home From Iraq
Help Our Veterans Vote
Contractors Still Electrocuting Troops
Injured GI's Care Reflects Army's Uneven Progress
Behind TV Analysts, Pentagon's Hidden Hand
Vets of Bush's Wars Sue the VA
Official Tally of War Injuries Omits 20,000 Brain Injuries
Undiagnosed Brain Injury: The Hidden Legacy of Iraq
Bush Loses Ground With Military Families
The Real Iraq We Knew by 12 Former Army Captains
Estimated 8000 Women Veterans Are Homeless
The Other War: Iraq Vets Bear Witness
Marines Fail to Get Gear to Troops
Fatigue Cripples U.S. Army in Iraq
Army Suicides at Highest Level in 26 Years
NYTimes op-ed piece "The War as We Saw It"
Chris Hedges on troops being placed in "atrocity producing situations"
Military Wife Confronts Bill Kristol on C-SPAN
GI to her family: Ask many questions if I die
1 out of 4 Homeless are Veterans
 Newsweek's 'How Do You Fund A War But Not The Casualties?'
"Hidden Epidemic" of Military Suicide
Cost of Iraq War Is Staggering
Fewer U.S. Soldiers Have High School Diplomas
Bush Administration Orders More Substandard Helmets
Military Doctors Withholding Treatment From Soldiers With Mental Health Problems
Top Iraq Contractor Skirts US Taxes Offshore
The Man Between War and Peace
Group of Iraqis Asks UN to Take Over
Watch 60 Minutes'  Nightmare At Guantanamo Bay
Gates Boosts Job Eligibility for Troops with PTSD
The Invisible Wounds of War
Philippe Sands on The Al Qahtani Debacle
Military Wives Fight Army to Help Husbands
Advice to Stop PTSD Diagnoses Triggers Probe
VA Hid Suicide Risk, Internal E-Mails Show
"They Used Pat for Public Consumption, Just Like Jessica Lynch": An Interview with Mary Tillman
PBS presents NOW: Fighting the Army
Help Me, Please, I'm Dying
Electrical Risks at Iraq Bases Are Worse Than Said
Failure to Fix Base Hazards Worried Pentagon Official
"We're Going to Be Paying For This For a While": Soldiers Bring the War Home
NYTimes' War Torn: Across America, Deadly Echoes of Foreign Battles
Elliott Adams Statement at the House Judiciary Committee on Presidential Powers
America's Medicated Army
Howard Zinn's No One Wins In A War
McCain and the POW Cover-up
Congressional Report Card on Veterans' Issues
"Hidden Epidemic" of Military Suicide
View the Arlington West Memorial
Generals Find Suicide a Frustrating Enemy
U.S. Occupation of Iraq Continues Unabated
Confidential memo reveals US plan to provoke an invasion of Iraq
Panetta Admits CIA Misled Congress on "Significant Actions"
Toxins Take a Toll on Troops
Jeremy Scahill and Desanitizing Modern Warfare
Militarizing the Homeland
RETHINK AFGHANISTAN: Civilian Casualties
Watch Torturing Democracy
Watch Bruce Fein and Mark Danner on Moyers' Journal
Former Insider Shatters Credibility of Military Commissions, Describes Brutal Treatment of Teenage Detainee
Coming Home From Iraq
An Open Letter to President Obama
Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of Military
Jane Mayer: The Risks Of A Remote-Controlled War
Suicide Toll Fuels Worry That Army Is Strained

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"The Iraq Veterans Memorial is an online war memorial that honors the members of the U.S. armed forces who have lost their lives serving in the Iraq War. The Memorial is a collection of video memories from family, friends, military colleagues, and co-workers of those that have fallen."
Iraq Veterans Memorial

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Seymour Hirsh on Iran
  Frontline's Showdown with Iran
Cheney misleads on Iran

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Afghanistan Revisited

Collateral Ceremonial Damage

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Upcoming Protests

Stand for Peace
Every Sunday
Noon to 1:00 PM
Intersection of South 320th Street and Pacific Hwy South in Federal Way

The change that we all hoped for has yet to come. We are out there reminding others and ourselves that casualties, both civilian and military, continue to mount in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Occasionally, other matters of peace and justice make an appearance on our signs (e.g. Universal Healthcare). Please join us whenever you can, we'll be out there every Sunday.

  5275 U.S. Military Dead in Iraq and Afghanistan
     1,339,771  Iraqi Civilian Deaths
12,057 Afghan Civilian Deaths
66,851 U.S. Military Injuries in Iraq***
12, 026 U.S. Military Injuries in Afghanistan***
5,359,084 Iraqi Injured
48,228 Afghan Injured
4,800,000 Iraqi war refugees
12.5 billion dollars per month
0 Weapons of mass destruction
  Eight Years Too Many

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Former Rumsfeld/Wolfwowitz Deputy: Iraq War Is A ‘Major Debacle,’ ‘Classic Case Of Failure’   Read critique here
Independent Poll Confirms Iraqi Death Toll Over a Million
Iraq Veterans say "ENOUGH"
Maliki Says "ENOUGH"
THE NEW YORK TIMES Says "ENOUGH"
Attorney with the Department of Justice says "ENOUGH"
Dahr Jamail has been saying "ENOUGH"
Rick Steves says "ENOUGH"
Paul Craig Roberts says "ENOUGH"
Sharon Olds and Marilyn Horne say "No" to the White House
Newspapers Join Forces Against the War
Even David Brooks Can't Find Something Nice to Say
This Lack of Transparency and Accountability Should Have Us All Shouting "ENOUGH"
Scott Ritter's Reporting From Baghdad
Olberman on Bogus Terror Threat
State Dept. Official Thwarted Probes
Sanchez calls Bush "incompetent"
The Architects of War: Where Are They Now?
Frank Rich: The 'Good Germans' Among Us
Olbermann on Daniel Levin and Waterboarding
Listen to an interview with Haifa Zangana, author of  City of Widows: An Iraqi Woman's Account of War and Resistance
Ret. JAGs say waterboarding is inhumane
FBI 'Clean Team' Re-Interrogated 9/11 Suspects
CIA Admits Waterboarding Inmates
Army Buried Story Faulting Iraq Planning
AFSC's The Cost of War
A war of utter folly by Hans Blix
Mystery Loophole Wouldn't Require Reporting Fraud While Abroad
Glenn Greenwald's  John Yoo's War Crimes
  Phillippe Sands'  The Green Light
Andrew Sullivan on War Crimes
Bleak Picture of Iraq Conditions
Listen to This American Life's  The Audacity of Government
Forced Drugging of Guantánamo Prisoners: A Crisis for Health Professionals
Dahlia Lithwick's  Getting Away With Torture
MediaMatters on NYTimes article on Military Analysts
Abrupt Dismissal Of Judge Is More Evidence Of Military Commissions' Illegitimacy
U.K. rights group: U.S. has photographic evidence of torture
Paul Alexander: How Karl Rove Played Politics While People Drowned
Pentagon Told Guantanamo Interrogators To Trash Evidence
Revealed: Secret plan to keep Iraq under US Control
Lawmakers Urge Probe of Harsh Interrogation Tactics
The Three Trillion Dollar Shopping Spree
McClatchy's Investigation of Guantanamo Bay Detainees
The Physicians for Human Rights Report: Broken Laws, Broken Lives
Moyers interviews Philippe Sands, author of Torture Team
Interrogation For Profit
 NSA's Domestic Spying Grows As Agency Sweeps Up Data
Gag Orders on 70 Cases of War Profiteering
Dahlia Lithwick's  Getting Away With Torture
Despair Drives Suicide Attacks by Iraqi Women
Hill Briefed on Waterboarding in 2002
   CIA Destroyed 2 Tapes Showing Interrogation
Olbermann speaks w/Georgetown Law Professor Katyal
Censoring the Truth of Iraq
SeattlePI's Congress should impeach Bush now
Countdown: Impeachment & Subpoenas, Bush Continues To Evade Justice
Ray McGovern's Creeping Fascism: History's Lessons
Listen to Jane Mayer's interview about The Dark Side with Amy Goodman of Democracy Now
Seymour M. Hersh's Preparing the Battlefield
Eric Lichtblau's Judge Rejects Bush’s View on Wiretaps
McClatchy's Investigation of Guantanamo Bay Detainees
at-Largely's Cheney pay-to-play
Canada Rejects Testimony Obtained ThroughWaterboarding
'Angler' Takes Measure Of Cheney's  Influence
Dahr Jamail on The Myth of Sectarianism
The Physicians for Human Rights Report: Broken Laws, Broken Lives
Marcia and Thomas Mitchell: The Spy Who Tried To Stop A War
Extraordinary Rendition
Court: US govt can't block detainee photos release
Charles Faddis "Operation Hotel California"
Is Posse Comitatus Dead?
Inside Account of U.S. Eavesdropping on Americans

Justice Probe: Partisan Politics Had Role In Firings
Bush Rule Changes Could Block Product-Safety Suits
Angler' Takes Measure Of Cheney's Influence
Dahr Jamail's The Cost of Slumber
Glenn Greenwald discusses Rule of Law on Moyers' Journal
The Hidden Casualties of War
Seymour Hersh describes 'executive assassination ring'

Bill Moyers reflects on the Recent Violence in the Middle East

Welcome to Vietnam, Mr. President
US Torture: Voices from the Black Sites
Stop Bombing Us: Osama Isn’t Here, Says Pakistan
Obama Brings Gitmo And Rendition To Bagram (And Not The Geneva Conventions)

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Every Tuesday in Downtown Seattle
Stand with us every Tuesday at the Seattle Federal building, at 2nd Ave and Madison, from 11-am until 1-pm, or any time within that time frame. Invite some of your family members and/or friends to come with you. New folks can bring their own signs, but please keep the focus on ending the war and bringing our troops home. I'll also have some extra signs available. For more information, please contact

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Tacoma Peace Vigils

Wednesdays: 5-6pm in front of the Federal Courthouse on Pacific Avenue
For more information, please contact People for Peace, Justice, and Healing

Thursdays :  noon to 1pm at 6th and Sprague after the Farmer’s Market is done for the year (after October 18th)        Fridays: 5-6pm in front of Johnny’s Seafood on Ruston Way, on Tacoma’s waterfront.
Saturdays:   12:30pm to 1:30pm on Freedom Bridge in Lakewood
For more information, please contact United For Peace of Pierce County

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Weekly Protests in Issaquah
Every Wednesday, from 4-5 PM
By the Issaquah Library on Front St. & Sunset
For more information, please contact

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Southend Neighbors For Peace and Justice holds vigils in Burien at the northwest corner of the 1st Avenue South and S.148th Street (under the "Welcome To Burien" arch) intersection every time the death toll in Iraq crosses the 100 U.S. soldier benchmark.

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Amazing And Chilling Protest In Switzerland

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 See the inspiration behind the A28 "Spell It Out" protest. Brad had 1000 people show up for his beach collage
in San Francisco. Be forewarned, the following video link has very graphic depictions of the war in Iraq interspersed with scenes of the California protesters. 

http://www.ifilm.com/profile/james_cavenaugh/video/2827514

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The True Cost of War
  4359 U.S. Military Dead     66,851 U.S. Military Injuries***     1,339,771  Iraqi Civilian Deaths     4,854,864 Iraqi Injured
4,800,000 Iraqi war refugees     12.5 billion dollars per month which would be better spent reducing the deficit, introducing universal healthcare, expanding social services, exploring alternative energy sources, supporting education programs, etc.




"Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities." -Voltaire