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FOCUS | 40,000 US Troops Have Deserted Since 2000

Sat, 05 Aug 2006 11:36:45 -0700

 

 

FOCUS | 40,000 US Troops Have Deserted Since 2000

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Since 2000, about

40,000 troops from all branches of the military have deserted. Those who

help war resisters say desertion is more prevalent than the military has

admitted. " They lied in Vietnam with the amount of opposition to the war

and they're lying now, " said Eric Seitz, an attorney who represents

Army Lt. Ehren Watada, the first commissioned officer to refuse

deployment

to the war in Iraq.

 

 

VIDEO | Operation House Call Update

A Report by Geoffrey Millard and Scott Galindez

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

As " Operation House Call " winds

down, Geoffrey Millard speaks with participants about why they joined

the effort and what the reaction has been from Congress. " Operation

House Call, " a project of Military Families Speak Out that began June 22,

will be ending on Thursday, August 3, as Congress goes into its August

recess.

 

VIDEO | Murtha on Patriotism and the Cost of the War

An Interview by Geoffrey Millard and Scott Galindez

http://www.truthout.org/multimedia.htm

In Part 2 of our interview with

Congressman John Murtha, we ask him about the attacks on his

patriotism, the cost of the war, and his opposition to permanent bases

in Iraq.

 

 

 

 

 

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