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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Winter soldiers march again

Posted by Amy Goodman on Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:48 AM

Last weekend, in the lead up to the fifth anniversary of the invasion of Iraq, a remarkable gathering occurred just outside Washington, D.C., called Winter Soldier: Iraq and Afghanistan, Eyewitness Accounts of the Occupations. Hundreds of veterans of these two wars, along with active-duty soldiers, came together to offer testimony about the horrors of war, including atrocities they witnessed or committed themselves.

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Thursday, March 27, 2008

Winter soldiers march again

Posted by Amy Goodman on Thu, Mar 27, 2008 at 10:48 AM

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