January 9, 2007 Letters and Announcements to Al-Jazeerah Editor

Cafferty Blasts the "McCain Doctrine"

New Bush conflict terminology:

Surge: Means escalation of the war by sending more troops to Iraq

Way forward: Means staying the course no matter what

More in this video:

http://movies.crooksandliars.com/Cafferty-Iraq-Surge.wmv

U.S. Faces Major Hurdles in Prosecuting Padilla

The story begins on May 8, 2002, when Padilla, a 31-year-old American citizen returning from Egypt, was arrested at O'Hare International Airport in Chicago. Padilla, who had converted to Islam while in prison 10 years earlier, was the focus of a major terrorism investigation.

Federal officials believed he had met with top al-Qaeda officials, even Osama bin Laden, and was on a mission to set off a radioactive dirty bomb in a major U.S. city. Many of those claims turned out to be untrue, or at least unsubstantiated. But at the time, just seven months after the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, a number of government insiders were convinced of Padilla's involvement in a terrorist plot. President Bush signed an order declaring Padilla an enemy combatant.

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=6682846

Tim Stinson

Guantanamo

Fellow vets and supporter,

On November 11, a coalition of groups, including Vets for Peace Chapter 032, are going to present and accounted for at a demonstration at the entrance to Southern Command calling for the closing of the Guantanamo Bay prison.

It's going to be 5 long years since the Middle Eastern prisoners were transported to the Caribbean island of Cuba. They are held with no charges filed, no real legal representation and undergo the systemic torture that the Republican administration implemented while claiming that this human rights violation was a part on a global war on terror.

Show your outrage! Please view the attachment for details and participate.

Vets for Peace