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Army Imprisons Soldier for Singing Against Stop-Loss Policy
Submitted by oroszlan on Sat, 01/09/2010 - 6:29am.Army Imprisons Soldier for Singing Against Stop-Loss Policy
By Dahr Jamail, Truthout 1/8/10
http://www.truthout.org/article/army-imprisons-soldier-singing-against-s...
Army Specialist and Iraq war veteran Marc Hall was incarcerated by the US Army on December 11, 2009, in Liberty County Jail, Georgia, for recording a song that expresses his anger over the Army's stop-loss policy.
Stop-loss is a policy that allows the Army to keep soldiers active beyond the end of their signed contracts. According to the Pentagon, more than 120,000 soldiers have been affected by stop-loss since 2001, and currently 13,000 soldiers are serving under stop-loss orders. read more »
Army Sends Infant to Protective Services, Mom to Afghanistan
Submitted by mgibbs on Fri, 11/13/2009 - 1:26pm.Army has mom, Alexis Hutchinson, arrested and 11-month old son put into county foster care system. Alexis has now been ordered to deploy to Afghanistan on Sunday, November 15, where she will be court martialed.
Action Alert: Contact Congresswoman Barbara Lee to urge her to "Request that the Army not deploy Alexis Hutchinson to Afghanistan so that she can care for her son." From the 9th District (Oakland-Berkeley, CA) phone: 510-763-0370 (fax: 510-763-6538). Nationwide: 202- 225-2661 (fax: 202-225-9817).
Donate to Alexis' legal and family support fund (couragetoresist.org/alexis)
Alexis' attorney now available for media interviews.
By friends of Alexis and Courage to Resist. November 12, 2009 read more »
Mar 2 Update on Marc Hall
Submitted by mgibbs on Tue, 03/02/2010 - 3:43pm.(Update from National VFP)
Two weeks ago, many of us signed an email to the Army to support Spc. Marc Hall in his struggle to remain in the United States for his court martial for allegedly threatening military officers in a protest rap song he wrote.
Attorneys for Marc had filed a petition with the U.S. District Court of the Southern District of Georgia on February 14 in an attempt to stop the Army from transferring Marc to Iraq. The petition was denied by a Georgia Federal Court.
Marc did fly out of Georgia to Iraq this weekend. According to his military defense JAG, Marc was flown from Hunter Army Airfield headed to Balad, Iraq. From there he will be transported to Camp Arifjan, Kuwait. read more »
US death toll in Iraq war hits 4,000
Submitted by alex on Mon, 03/24/2008 - 12:30am.
By ROBERT H. REID, Associated Press March 24, 2008
BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb killed four U.S. soldiers in Baghdad on
Sunday, the military said, pushing the overall American death toll in
the five-year war to at least 4,000. The grim milestone came on a day
when at least 61 people were killed across the country.
Rockets
and mortars pounded the U.S.-protected Green Zone, underscoring the
fragile security situation and the resilience of both Sunni and Shiite
extremist groups despite an overall lull in violence.
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