Two Views From GI Special

WELCOME TO IRAQNAM:

HAVE A NICE DAY

A U.S. soldier from Second Stryker Cavalry Regiment crosses a river near Qara Tappah, about 75 miles northeast of Baghdad in Diyala province July 22, 2008. (AP Photo/Maya Alleruzzo)

U.S. OCCUPATION RECRUITING DRIVE IN HIGH GEAR;
RECRUITING FOR THE ARMED RESISTANCE THAT IS

Iraqi citizens forced out of their house at gunpoint by foreign occupation soldiers from the USA are forced to lie down in the street with their faces in the dirt during a home invasion military terror operation ordered by U.S. command in Baghdad's Sadr City July 12, 2008. [Photo: REUTERS/Damir Sagolj]
[There’s nothing quite like invading somebody else’s country and busting into their houses by force to arouse an intense desire to kill you in the patriotic, self-respecting civilians who live there.
[But your commanders know that, don’t they? Don’t they?]
Iraqi citizens have no right to resist home invasions by occupation soldiers from the USA. If they do, they may be arrested, wounded, or killed.
“In the States, if police burst into your house, kicking down doors and swearing at you, you would call your lawyer and file a lawsuit,” said Wood, 42, from Iowa, who did not accompany Halladay’s Charlie Company, from his battalion, on Thursday’s raid. “Here, there are no lawyers. Their resources are limited, so they plant IEDs (improvised explosive devices) instead.”

GI SPECIAL 6G15:

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Vietnam: They Stopped An Imperial War

“The single largest failure of the anti-war movement at this point is the lack of outreach to the troops.” Tim Goodrich, Iraq Veterans Against The War

“The military are the final, essential weak point of Bush and Cheney.” David McReynolds 9.29.07

STOP! [Our] Loss

From GI Special 5L1:
U.S. Iraq Casualties Jump To More Than 82,000:
At Least 20,000 Troops Suffered Brain Trauma In Iraq But Are Not Counted As “Wounded In Action”
November 27, 2007 By Michael Munk, Via Portside
US military occupation forces in Iraq suffered at least 55 combat casualties in the week ending Nov. 27, as the official total reached at least 62,044.
[…] US media divert attention from the actual cost in American life and limb by routinely reporting only the total killed (3,878 as of Nov. 27) and rarely mentioning the 28,582 wounded in combat.
To further minimize public perception of the cost, they cover for the Pentagon by ignoring the 30,300 (as of Oct. 1) military victims of accidents and illness that caused death or were serious enough to require medical evacuation, although the 3,878 reported deaths include 716 (up one last week) who died from those same causes, including 130 suicides.
USA Today reported Nov 23 that at least 20,000 US troops suffered brain trauma in Iraq but are not counted as “wounded in action.”
[...] The reason they are excluded from official Pentagon figures is that “Soldiers and Marines whose wounds were discovered after they left Iraq are not added to the official casualty list, says Army Col. Robert Labutta, a neurologist and brain injury consultant for the Pentagon.