Iraq Links

Background on the Iraq War & Student Protest Movements

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2,000 U.S. deaths in Iraq adds to pressure on Bush
25 Oct 2005 19:40:59 GMT

Source: Reuters

By Steve Holland

WASHINGTON, Oct 25 (Reuters) - Crossing the threshold of 2,000 American military deaths in Iraq on Tuesday added to the pressure on President George W. Bush to show progress in Iraq amid waning public support for the war.
Bush launched the Iraq war in 2003 hoping for a quick victory with minimal casualties. The Iraqi army was quickly defeated and, when confronted by early attacks by militants, Bush was initially defiant, declaring: "Bring 'em on!"
But within months the attacks grew in intensity, bogging down the U.S. force of more than 100,000 troops, aircraft and armor and delaying plans for rapid reconstruction of the shattered country.

The 2,000 threshold of American miliary deaths was a grim sign that despite some progress on the political front, much work lies ahead in halting insurgent attacks and stopping the flow into Iraq of foreign fighters from around the region, including Syria.

No change in strategy appeared likely as a result of the new death toll, and Bush said the best way to honor the fallen was to "complete the mission and lay the foundation of peace by spreading freedom."

Reuters

Locally:

Protests mark the 2,000 US soldier killed in Iraq

With the announcement that the 2,000th US soldier has died in Iraq, anti-war groups in the city are calling for emergency protests today, October 26th. More than 400 similar protests will be happening throughout the country.

5:30 PM--March from Friends Meeting House, 4836 Ellsworth Ave. (Oakland)

Pittsburgh chapters of the American Friends Service Committee, the Women~Rs League For Peace and Freedom and CodePink are organizing a women's silent candlelight march through Oakland. It starts at 5:30 PM, at the Friends Meeting House. (Men are also invited.) Participants will march through Oakland along Fifth Ave to Bigelow and back along Forbes Ave.

For more information contact, Scilla Wahrhaftig, AFSC Pittsburgh Office, 412-371-3607 peace.seeds@verizon.net

7:00 PM--Rally at the Carnegie Museum "Dinosaur" (Oakland)

Following the silent march, Pittsburgh Organizing Group (POG) is holding an emergency counter-recruitment rally starting at 7PM at the Carnegie Museum "Dinosaur" in Oakland.

For more information call 412-996-4986 or email pog@mutualaid.org.

PGHIndyMedia

Background:

CQ RESEARCHER REPORTS

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Prah, Pamela M. "Draft Debates." The CQ Researcher Online 15, no. 18 (August 19, 2005): 661-684. library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2005081900

Katel, Peter. "Exporting Democracy." The CQ Researcher Online 15, no. 12 (April 1, 2005): 269-292. library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2005040100

Triplett, William. "Treatment of Veterans." The CQ Researcher Online 14, no. 41 (November 19, 2004): 973-996. library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2004111900

Cooper, Mary H. "Privatizing the Military." The CQ Researcher Online 14, no. 24 (June 25, 2004): 565-588. library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2004062500

Hansen, Brian. "Globalization Backlash." The CQ Researcher Online 11, no. 33 (September 28, 2001): 761-784. library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre2001092800

Masci, David. "Student Activism." The CQ Researcher Online 8, no. 32 (August 8, 1998). library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre1998082800

Philips, Susan. "Student Journalism." The CQ Researcher Online 8, no. 21 (June 5, 1998). library.cqpress.com/cqresearcher/cqresrre1998060500


SOME NATIONAL GROUPS, all kinds

http://www.ruckus.org/
http://www.aim.org/
http://www.gsfp.org/
http://www.cato.org/
http://www.defenselink.mil/
http://www.optruth.org/
http://www.woundedwarriorproject.org/
http://www.sss.gov/
http://www.campusantiwar.net/
http://www.freerepublic.com/
http://www.yrnf.com/
http://www.militaryfreezone.org/
http://www.operation-support-our-troops.org/
www.counter-recruitment.org/website


SOME LOCAL GROUPS, all kinds

PGHIndyMedia:
pittsburgh.indymedia.org/
Quakers:
www.afsc.org/pittsburgh/counter-recruit.htm
PA Young Republicans:
www.payrs.com/
Socialist Workers Party:
www.socialistworker.org/2005-2/554/554_11_Pittsburgh.shtml
Anti-Flag (punk band/activists):
www.anti-flag.com/LI10.php?links=cause
Thomas Merton Christian Center:
www.thomasmertoncenter.org/
PGH End the War:
www.pittsburghendthewar.org/mamb/index.php
PGH Organizing Group:
www.organizepittsburgh.org/
Campus Republicans:
www.pacollegerepublicans.com/
Pitt ROTC:
www.pitt.edu/~armyrotc

These are some of the people officially behind the current protests at the recruitment center:

Pitt Against War
Veterans for Peace-Chapter 69
Heads Up Collective
Central Committee of Conscientious Objectors
Courage to Resist
Art in Action
Naked Souls Artist Alliance
Mother Speak
Fr. Louie Vitale
Students in Solidarity

National round-up of what the weblogs are saying:
http://daoureport.salon.com/

Monster list of Pittsburgh weblogs: http://pghbloggers.org/

SLA NewsLib Iraq links by topic:
www.ibiblio.org/slanews/internet/iraq.htm