Iraq

Our Voters for Peace and Security campaign has been focusing on getting candidates to clarify what they mean by “withdrawal” from Iraq.  Many of the plans offered involve withdrawing combat [...]

The Washington Post published a poll today showing that the majority of Americans do not want to see President Bush receive the full $190 billion he is requesting to continue the wars in Iraq and [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Sep 16 to 22: Pvt Brandon Thorsen  22  Trenton FL Sgt Michael Townes  29  Las Vegas NV Spc Donald Valentine III  21  Orange Park FL Spc Nicholas Olson  22  Novato CA [...]

Yesterday, Iranian President Mahmouhd Ahmenajad spoke at Columbia University.  His appearance was met with controversy and intrigue around our country.  Everyone was so upset that Columbia would [...]

The congressional strategy to end the occupation of Iraq seems to be changing daily, with calls for compromise one day and votes on tougher measures the next.  In our continued efforts to [...]

Slate magazine has put together a handy “Iraq Position Locator” on its website.  You can see the opinions of presidential candidates, politicians, pundits and reports, and how they have [...]

Today is the first Iraq Moratorium Day.  For my action, I mailed boxes that contained the names of 20,678 voters across the country who signed Peace Action West’s Iraq pledge to members of [...]

The Senate took up several Iraq votes this week, but was unable to pass anything that would change US strategy in Iraq.  The first attempt was on the Webb amendment I mentioned earlier in [...]

I have held my opinion on this blog from some months now regarding the Jena 6 but I cannot any longer.  I felt, at first, that this was not part of our mission at Peace Action.  Then I received a [...]

Those who died in Iraq from Sep 9 to 15: Cpl Javier Paredes  24  San Antonio TX Cpl Lance Clark  21  Cookeville TN Sgt Courtney Hollinsworth  26  Yonkers NY Sgt Alexander Gagalac  28  Wahiawa HI [...]