Military Resistance 9K2: the Phone Call

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Military Resistance 9K2

Sgt. Richard Corder And HisWife Dharma, Were Charged $41For A Four-Second Credit-Card

Call To The U.S.She Said The Confusing RateStructure Was Ridiculous AndCalled On Military Families To

Fight Back
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At The Time, He Was Headed To IraqAnd Was Not Carrying Change

This Model Was Set Up As A CompleteRip-Off

11.7.11 By Joe Gould, Military Times [Excerpts]

A company accused of charging hidden payphone fees to troops traveling to and fromthe war zone is facing a possible class action filed by a soldier from Fort Hood, Texas,and his wife.

The lawsuit accuses BBG Global of not disclosing unconscionable credit-card fees forits payphones in the Leipzig/Halle Airport in Germany, a popular refueling destination enroute to and from Iraq and Afghanistan.

The lead and, so far only, plaintiffs, Sgt. Richard Corder and his wife Dharma, werecharged $41 for a four-second credit-card call to the U.S. in May. At the time, he washeaded to Iraq and was not carrying change.

Theyre taking advantage of soldiers in a vulnerable state, calling their wives andfamilies to tell them theyre OK after theyve just left them, said Dharma Corder, ofRound Rock, Texas. Its the perfect setup to take advantage of them. The Corders areasking a federal court in Waco to force BBG to refund fees it charged service membersand post more complete information about its rates on its pay phones.

This model was set up as a complete rip-off, she said. I guarantee that no onewould use these phones if they knew what they were being charged.

According to BBG Globals website, it owns and operates 350,000 payphones inairports, train stations and hotels in more than 30 countries.

The Corders attorney, John Mattes, is spearheading a separate but similar class actionin San Diego against BBGs domestic affiliate, BBG Communications.

Mattes argues that members of the military are captive while waiting at the Leipzigairport, often without European pocket change.

Without signs indicating otherwise, these unsuspecting victims are left to

assume the rate for credit card calls is the same as the advertised rate, which ismuch lower and only for cash calls.

Because of the unpredictability of military travel, the Leipzig stop is often the first timetroops on their way to and from home have a sense of their arrival time, Mattes said.

Its incredibly deceptive, its a bait and switch, Mattes said.


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The people serving their country and heading to the war zone didnt sign up to getripped off in Germany.

Corder is an infantryman with the 1st Battalion, 5th Cavalry Regiment, and was beingdeployed to Iraq for the third time when he called his wife from Leipzig, she said.

He left a four-second voice mail, saying he had arrived safety, and that he missedher and their children.

Soon after, she received an email notification from their bank about the charge andcalled BBG in an unsuccessful attempt to dispute it. They wouldnt talk to me because Iwasnt Richard and I didnt have his card number, she said. They wouldnt help me,and I thought that was crazy.

She said the confusing rate structure was ridiculous and called on military families tofight back.

Theres no excuse for that, she said. When you pay for gas, its $3.19, and you know

what youre getting.

IRAQ WAR REPORTS

U.S. Soldier Killed In Kirkuk When BoysAttacked An American Convoy With A

Thermal Bomb11.5.11 AFP

BAGHDAD A US soldier has been killed in northern Iraq, the US military said onFriday, the first American service member to die in an attack here since the USannounced its forces would depart by years end.

"A US service member was killed Thursday while conducting operations in northernIraq," the military said in a brief statement, without providing further details.

An Iraqi security source told AFP that boys attacked an American convoy in theethnically divided oil city of Kirkuk with a thermal bomb on Thursday.

A similar bomb was used against another convoy on Friday, the source said, withoutspecifying if it resulted in casualties.

The hand-thrown thermal bombs are especially effective against armoured vehicles.


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Pro-American Militia Members KilledBy Explosion In Iraq;

What Happened Today Was A ClearSecurity Breach

2011-11-05 Taiwan News

Six members of a pro-American Awakening militia died in an explosion while waiting inline for their salaries near Baquba, northeast of Baghdad, on Thursday.

The attack highlighted growing frustration with how the Iraqi government deals with theirsecurity.

The Awakening militias were originally created and paid under U.S. military auspices,but the job of disbursing their pay has gradually been handed over to the Iraqigovernment over the past three years. Tensions have developed over what militiamembers say has been late pay and other shabby treatment.

On Thursday, the militiamen arrived early in the morning at an Iraqi army barracksoutside Baquba and were told to stand in line and wait.

Such lines of security service employees at recruiting stations or elsewhere areknown to be a favored target for insurgents.

What happened today was a clear security breach, Ziyad Ahmed, an official in theDiyala provincial council, said in an interview.

A second bomb, planted in a car parked nearby, blew up a few minutes after the first,hitting people who were trying to help the wounded. Together, the two bombs killed sixand wounded 35, a regional health official said.

The Iraqi government has said it intends to replace militias with police officers where it isfeasible to do so, and to offer civilian jobs in government agencies to militiamen whostand down.

Awakening members, though, complain of grudging treatment by the centralgovernment, including the hassle in being paid.

A prominent militia leader in Baghdad, Ali Hatim Suliman, said members were nowreceiving salaries as irregularly as once every three months. Back pay is owed toabout 5,000 members, he said.

They deal with us just to satisfy the Americans, he said.


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In a sign of the tension in Baghdad, the police Monday raided Sulimans office in avilla in the capital, after he criticized Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki in a televisioninterview last month and called al-Malikis cabinet members animals.

The police denied that the raid was retaliation and said they were merely investigatingwhether Suliman had proper title to the building.

About 50,000 Iraqis now serve in Awakening units, the Al-Mada newspaper reportedWednesday, down from about 180,000 at the peak of the movement in 2007. TheMinistry of Water Resources said this week that it had hired 559 militiamen, a meagercontribution to the job of winding down the militias.

More Resistance Action

Nov 3 (Reuters) & Nov 5 (Reuters) & Taiwan News

BAGHDAD - Insurgents in a speeding car, using silenced weapons, shot dead policeBrigadier Jalil Ibadi, the deputy commander of border crossings, in Baghdads easternZayouna district, an Interior Ministry source said.

MOSUL - A roadside bomb went off near an Iraqi army patrol, wounding two soldiers inwestern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, a local police source said.

BAGHDAD - A roadside bomb exploded near a restaurant in Baghdad's central Karradadistrict, killing four policemen and wounding six others, the sources said.

QAIYARA - Insurgents stormed the home of a policeman and killed him in the town ofQaiyara, 290 km (180 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

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AFGHANISTAN WAR REPORTS

Oklahoma Soldier Killed In Paktia

Oklahoma National Guard 19-year-old Pfc. Sarina Butcher of Checotah, Okla. Butcherand 26-year-old Spc. Christopher Gailey of Ochelata died November 1 when theirvehicle was attacked with an improvised explosive device in Paktia province. Butcher is

the first female Oklahoma National Guard Soldier to be killed during wartime and is alsothe youngest Oklahoma Citizen-Soldier to die in combat in Iraq and Afghanistan. (APPhoto/Oklahoma National Guard)

Army Ranger Killed In Afghanistan JustA Good, Honest Kid

Pfc. Christopher Horns, 20, died Saturday.


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October 24, 2011 JAKOB RODGERS, THE GAZETTE

A Colorado Springs Army Ranger killed over the weekend was remembered Monday asan avid outdoorsman who followed his fathers footsteps to the Army and, ultimately, intoAfghanistan.

He was just a good, honest kid, said Martha Horns, the soldiers aunt. Its hard for usto understand this whole thing.

Pfc. Christopher Horns, 20, died Saturday when insurgents attacked his unit inKandahar, Afghanistan, with an improvised bomb, according to the Department ofDefense.

Two other soldiers, Sgt. 1st Class Kristoffer Domeij, 29, of San Diego, and 1st Lt. AshleyWhite, 24, a North Carolina National Guardsman from Alliance, Ohio, also were killed inthe attack. Details of the attack have not been released.

Domeij, whose mother lives in Colorado Springs, served with Horns in the 2nd Battalion

of the 75th Ranger Regiment at Joint Base Lewis-McChord outside of Tacoma, Wash.

Christopher Horns assignment to the 75th Ranger Regiment was the realization of along-held dream, his family said.

The career seemed to be a natural fit. His father, Larry Horns, served nearly 30 years inthe Army and the family spent a few years in Colorado Springs. Larry Horns served atour in Afghanistan near the beginning of the war.

Whenever he visited relatives, all Christopher Horns gushed about was jumping out ofplanes or popping targets at the shooting range.

He never talked about girls, he never talked about cars he talked about the Army,Martha Horns said. Id never seen such pride as I did in his voice when he talked aboutserving his country.

His uncle, Martin Horns, said his nephew had trained for boot camp months before heshipped out and lost about 40 pounds in the process. He qualified for Ranger schoolright out of boot camp, he said.

Theres a high dropout rate but he made it through and he was so proud to be aRanger, Martin Horns said.

He was also a fun-loving kid, he said. Once, to demonstrate his strength, Christopher

Horns picked up his uncle and ran up a trail with railroad ties.

We were going up that hill. I was 220 pounds and he carried me up those steps, MartinHorns laughed.

Christopher Horns loved Colorado Springs and wanted to call it home.


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He drove to the foothills of Pikes Peak to ride his dirt bike or hike, Martha Horns said.And he proposed to his girlfriend an engagement so recent that he had yet tointroduce his fianc to his family.

He just fit in, said his grandmother, Barbara Horns. He was not shy, he was notboisterous. He loved life.

His family plans to hold a memorial service in Iowa, where many of his relatives live.When that service draws to a close, his ashes will be flown to Colorado Springs andspread in the nearby mountains. Hes in heaven, Martha Horns said. And were veryproud of what hes done for us.

Marine Who Surprised Family atChristmas Killed

Lance Cpl. Jason N. Barfield: WSFA

October 26, 2011 By Beth Ford Roth, KPBS

The large, loving family of Lance Cpl. Jason N. Barfield didnt think he would make ithome to Ashford, Alabama for Christmas last December, because he was assigned tocold weather training at Twentynine Palms.

But Barfield did get leave, and set up a surprise reunion for his young sister at herelementary school, and his mother at the family home. The homecomings were coveredby the Dothan Eagle.

It would be Barfields last Christmas.


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Barfield, just 22-years-old, was killed Monday in Helmand province, Afghanistan.Barfield was assigned to 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, 1st Marine Division, I MarineExpeditionary Force, according to the Department of Defense.

The Dothan Eagle reports Barfield was one of seven children.

Barfields family and friends have set up a Facebook page for loved ones to leavemessages of condolence. It now has more than 3,500 members.

Private Matthew James Sean HaseldinKilled In Helmand Province

4 Nov 11 Ministry of Defence

It is with regret that the Ministry of Defence must confirm the death of Private Matthew

Haseldin from 2nd Battalion The Mercian Regiment (2 MERCIAN) in Afghanistan onThursday 3 November 2011.

Private Haseldin was killed in Nahr-e Saraj district, Helmand province, while on anoperation to maintain freedom of movement for the local population. His patrol cameunder attack from insurgents and sadly, during the attack, he sustained a fatal gunshotwound.

Private Haseldin joined C Company Group just after they had deployed to the Nahr-eSaraj District in Helmand province as part of Combined Force Burma. The Battalion isresponsible for securing freedom of movement along Route 611, which is a key MainSupply Route linking Gereshk city with other district centres in Helmand province and

beyond, including Kandahar City.

On the morning of 3 November 2011, Private Haseldin's patrol deployed from theiroperating base to clear and secure areas along Route 611, a key ground line ofcommunication.

Whilst conducting a check, the patrol came under attack from sustained small arms fireand underslung grenades during which Private Haseldin was fatally wounded.

POLITICIANS CANT BE COUNTED ON TO HALT

THE BLOODSHED

THE TROOPS HAVE THE POWER TO STOP THEWARS


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Bombers And Attackers Besiege TheOffice Of A Logistics Company WorkingWith Foreign Forces On The Outskirts

Of Herat City

Foreign support base attacked in Herat November 3, 2011. Photo by MOHAMMADSHOIB/REUTERS

November 3, 2011 By Aref Karimi (AFP) & By RAY RIVERA and SHARIFULLAHSAHAK, New York Times

HERAT, Afghanistan Two Afghan guards were killed Thursday when bombers andattackers besieged the office of a logistics company working with foreign forces, near theNATO-led forces western HQ.

After the explosions, three insurgents, also in army uniforms, stormed the compoundand took positions inside a building, he said, exchanging gunfire with Afghan guards andsecurity forces as helicopters flew overhead.

The final attacker was killed around 1:30 p.m., said Col. Abdul Zahir, director of theprovincial Criminal Investigative Directorate.

Western troops were deployed to quash the attack at the offices of Monaco-basedinternational firm ES-KO on the outskirts of Herat city, where NATO soldiers passedcontrol to Afghan forces four months ago.

It happened a few hundred metres (yards) from the International Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) headquarters in western Afghanistan, which is Italian-led, as well asHerats airport.


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Afghan and coalition forces evacuated 31 civilians from the compound during the attack,which took place about a half mile from NATOs regional headquarters in HeratProvince, said Sgt. Juan Ardura Santa Engracia, a spokesman for the regional NATOcommand.

One foreign soldier was among five people injured in the three hour battle attack,according to Herat governors spokesman Mohayddin Noori.

An AFP reporter saw a wounded Italian soldier being walked away from the scene.

Officials said the attack happened when two bombers detonated a car bomb at the gatesof the office, allowing three accomplices to get inside.

A vehicle smashed into a second checkpoint and detonated seconds later, he said.

The bombers were wearing Afghan Army uniforms.

"Five attackers were killed along with two guards working for ES-KO company," Nooritold a press conference after the attack finished.

"Five people -- one policeman, one ISAF soldier and one intelligence officer along withtwo other guards of the company -- were wounded in todays attack."

The Taliban, leaders of the decade-long insurgency in Afghanistan since the late 2001US-led invasion ousted them from power, claimed they carried out the raid, according tothe SITE Intelligence Group.

Taliban spokesman Muhammad Yusuf, in a statement monitored by SITE, said one ofthe fighters detonated an explosives-laden vehicle at the gates, enabling other attackers

to enter.

The ISAF spokesman in western Afghanistan, who declined to be quoted by name, saidit had provided ground and air support to Thursdays operation, which took place outsidethe compound of Regional Command West.

Noori said that ISAF helicopters had been scrambled.

Noor Khan Nekzad, a regional police spokesman, said foreign forces killed theinsurgents but the ISAF spokesman could not confirm this.

One witness, who did not give his name, told AFP he saw several wounded people

evacuated after two men with guns and rocket-propelled grenades ran into the office andopened fire.

IF YOU DONT LIKE THE RESISTANCEEND THE OCCUPATION


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WELCOME TO OBAMAWORLD. HAVE A NICEDAY.

US soldiers check the bodies after a bomber in Kabul, Afghanistan, Oct. 29, 2011, strucka foreign troop convoy on the outskirts of Kabul on, causing casualties among servicemembers. (AP Photo/Ahmad Jamshid)...

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MILITARY NEWS

Iraq Veterans Against The War AndDozens Of Other Uniformed Veterans


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Known As Veterans Of The 99%March To The New York Stock

Exchange In Support Of Occupy WallStreet:Homage To Scott Olsen, A Former

Marine And Iraq War Vet Who SustainedA Skull Fracture After He Was Injured ByPolice At An Occupy Oakland Protest

NOVEMBER 02 Democratic Underground, news.daylife.com

Members of the New York City chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War and dozens ofother uniformed veterans known as Veterans of the 99% marched from VietnamVeterans Plaza to the New York Stock Exchange November 2, 2011 in New York City.

The veterans groups, which feature current and former members of the United Statesmilitary, marched in support of Occupy Wall Street and to pay homage to Scott Olsen, aformer Marine and Iraq War vet who sustained a skull fracture after he was injured bypolice at an Occupy Oakland protest.


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MORE:

West Coast Veterans Action At OccupyOakland

Nov 3rd, 2011: Veterans form line to blockade the Port of Oakland: Photo by JeffPaterson, Courage to Resist


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MORE:

Veterans Join The 99% Occupy Wall

Street ProtestersWe Are In Solidarity Not Only With

Scott Olsen, But In Solidarity With TheEntire Occupy Wall Street Movement,

Said Specialist Kyle Quigley

[Thanks to Pham Binh, Military Resistance Organization, who sent this in.]

November 2 2011 BY Jonathan Lemire & Kerry Burke, NEW YORK DAILY NEWS[Excerpts]

Dozens of veterans marched on Wall Street Wednesday in support of the 99 percentand a young soldier injured last week when demonstrators clashed with police inOakland, Calif.

Close to 40 people walked in unison from Vietnam Veterans Plaza to Zuccotti Park,holding signs which read: I am still serving my country.

The demonstrators attempted to walk up to the stock exchange, the symbolic heart ofNew Yorks financial district, and were met by a barricade of police on horseback.

We swore to protect and defend the constitution of the United States of America, thegroup chanted.

Were here to support the Occupy movement.

The march was led by the New York chapter of Iraq Veterans Against the War andended at Occupy Wall Streets Zuccotti Park encampment in lower Manhattan.

NYPD officers on motorbikes lined Broadway as the protesters stopped in front of TrinityChurch, where they held a moment of silence for their brother Scott Olsen.

Olsen, 24, a two-time Iraq war veteran suffered a skull fracture on Oct. 25 when a policeprojectile struck him as officers tried to remove Occupy Oakland from their camp outsidethe city hall.

We are in solidarity not only with Scott Olsen, but in solidarity with the entire OccupyWall Street movement," said Specialist Kyle Quigley, who served in Iraq from 2005 to2006.


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Were letting them know its not just a bunch of kids without jobs, were here torepresent the veterans.

Service members from Iraq, Afghanistan and Vietnam have become vocal supporters ofOccupy Wall Street since the campaign to end corporate greed and social inequalitybegan on Sept. 17 in New York. Olsens injury has further galvanized support.

Veterans hope to draw attention to the economic and social hardships troops face afterreturning from combat.

DO YOU HAVE A FRIEND OR RELATIVE IN MILITARYSERVICE?

Forward Military Resistance along, or send us the address if you wish andwell send it regularly.

Whether in Afghanistan, Iraq or stuck on a base in the USA, this is extraimportant for your service friend, too often cut off from access toencouraging news of growing resistance to the wars and economicinjustice, inside the armed services and at home.

Send email requests to address up top or write to: The Military Resistance,Box 126, 2576 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10025-5657. Phone: 888.711.2550

NOT ANOTHER DAYNOT ANOTHER DOLLAR

NOT ANOTHER LIFE


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The casket of Army Spc. Michael Elm, 25, of Phoenix, Ariz. at Arlington NationalCemetery in Arlington, Va., Oct. 31, 2011. Elm died Oct. 14 in Khowst, Afghanistan, ofwounds suffered when insurgents attacked his unit with an improvised explosive device.(AP Photo/Cliff Owen)

250 From Fort Carson Off To ObamasImperial Slaughterhouse

FORT CARSON, CO - NOVEMBER 04: Departure ceremony for Afghanistan-boundsoldiers on November 4, 2011 in Fort Carson, Colorado. Some 250 medical soldiersfrom the U.S. Army 10th Combat Support Hospital are deploying to Afghanistan in thenext two weeks. (Photo by John Moore/Getty Images)


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War Zone Hard Drug Arrest Cases

Get Wildly Different Outcomes:Two Cases In Afghanistan InvolvedA Marine And An Airman Busted ForSmoking Hashish, Which Is Not Hard

To Find In That CountryHeroin Also Ubiquitous In Afghanistan

10.31.2011 By Andrew Tilghman, Army Times [Excerpts]

Army Staff Sgt. Mark Chartier was deployed at a combat outpost in Afghanistan in 2010,when he was caught stealing morphine from the aid station.

But he didnt just leave behind empty vials of liquid morphine he refilled the vials witha saline solution and returned them to their proper place to avoid detection, courtrecords show.

Chartier also stole a slew of other prescription medications, including Valium, the sleepaid Ambien, the stimulant Adderall, the muscle relaxant Flexeril and the antipsychotic

drug Seroquel.

He was court-martialed at Bagram Air Field, Afghanistan, in April 2010 and sentenced to10 months confinement, reduction to E-4 and a dishonorable discharge.

I know this is going to be a surprise to some people, but General Order NumberOne is not always followed, said Lt. Col. Sheila Seitz, a project officer with theArmy Center for Substance Abuse Programs, referring to the militarys 2003 orderprohibiting troops from drinking alcohol or using drugs while deployed.

A review of the more than 100 courts-martial convened last year in U.S. CentralCommand reveals that more than a dozen involved drugs and alcohol, offering a windowon the rarely discussed circumstances of substance abuse that persist even in the mostfar-flung units fighting todays wars.

Punishment often is severe. But some commanders cut troops slack and reduce theirsentences what some military lawyers call the deployment discount. And dependingon where youre deploying, the discount gets better, said Phil Cave, a Virginia-basedlawyer who has defended troops in Afghanistan and Iraq in cases involving drugs,fraternization and sexual assault.


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Each drug case downrange has unique circumstances, possibly none more sothan that of Army Sgt. 1st Class Stacy Armstrong.

While in Afghanistan, she put marijuana in food and served it to a first lieutenant,who unknowingly ate it. Armstrong was court-martialed and given 16 monthsconfinement.

Two cases in Afghanistan involved a Marine and an airman busted for smoking hashish,which is not hard to find in that country.

The Marine got nine months confinement, the airman three.

Heroin, also ubiquitous in Afghanistan, figured in the case of Army Spc. DanielEdenfield, who was busted for distributing brown-powder heroin.

He also pleaded guilty to possession with intent to distribute 162 tablets of Xanax and 40codeine pills. He was sentenced to 12 months confinement.

Army Pfc. Alexander Robinson didnt get off as easy. He also was deployed toAfghanistan when he was busted with a big stash that included heroin, marijuana andsteroids. He was also found drunk on post, records show. He was sentenced to ninemonths confinement, reduction to E-1 and given a bad-conduct discharge.

Army Pfc. Lisa Carpenter was given 10 months confinement after pleading guilty tosmoking methamphetamine while on post at a forward operating base in Afghanistan.She was also reduced to E-1 and given a bad-conduct discharge.

Army Sgt. William Mosley, a military police officer, was deployed to Iraq when he wasbusted trying to sell Valium to junior soldiers. He was sentenced to reduction to E-1 anda bad-conduct discharge but his commander chose not to give him the bad-conduct

discharge.

Many violations are handled through nonjudicial punishment, partly becausecommanders dont like to convene war-zone courts-martial, which can be a hugelogistical task in the far-flung corners of Iraq and Afghanistan.

It requires finding a judge, gathering lawyers and witnesses, and creating a U.S.-stylecourtroom in places where simply supplying food and water can be a challenge.

Thats why defense lawyers say deployed troops can catch a break on some violations.Commanders acknowledge that they must weigh the demands of a court-martial againstthe needs of the unit and its mission.

That may have been the case for an Army sergeant accused of sell-ing 50 grams ofValium while deployed to Iraq. His commander ultimately withdrew the charges, courtrecords show.

Do the pressures of the environment influence decisions? It would be naive to think theydont, said Col. Charles Pede, head of the criminal division of the Army Judge AdvocateGeneral, who served as the chief JAG in Iraq in 2008 and 2009.


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The question is, are they reasonable, informed decisions, and does it serve the goodorder and discipline of that command? Pede said. I wouldnt call it a deploymentdiscount so much as the pragmatic practice of law.

Troops Invited:Comments, arguments, articles, and letters from service menand women, and veterans, are especially welcome. Write to Box126, 2576 Broadway, New York, N.Y. 10025-5657 or [email protected]: Name, I.D., withheld unless yourequest publication. Same address to unsubscribe.

FORWARD OBSERVATIONS

At a time like this, scorching irony, not convincing argument, is needed. Oh hadI the ability, and could reach the nations ear, I would, pour out a fiery stream of

biting ridicule, blasting reproach, withering sarcasm, and stern rebuke.

For it is not light that is needed, but fire; it is not the gentle shower, but thunder.

We need the storm, the whirlwind, and the earthquake.

The limits of tyrants are prescribed by the endurance of those whom theyoppose.
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Frederick Douglass, 1852

The Nixon administration claimed and received great credit for withdrawing theArmy from Vietnam, but it was the rebellion of low-ranking GIs that forced the

government to abandon a hopeless suicidal policy.-- David Cortright; Soldiers In Revolt

The 1% U.S. Corporate Flag

Vets at Occupy Portland, Oregon; November 2, 2011 Photo by Mike Hastie

From: Mike HastieTo: Military Resistance NewsletterSent: November 03, 2011Subject: The 1% U.S. Corporate Flag

The 1% U.S. Corporate Flag

This is the same flag that charged up Wounded Knee.This is the same flag that charged up San Juan Hill.

This is the same flag that charged up Watts.This is the same flag that charged up My Lai.This is the same flag that charged up Fallujah.This is the same flag that charged up Oakland.This is the same flag that charged up everythingthat is greed on Wall Street.The American flag that has 50 stars on it no longer exists.There is only one star on it now,


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and that is the 1% star.It is star power,anditisdestroying

America.

Mike HastieArmy Medic VietnamNovember 3, 2011

Photo and caption from the portfolio of Mike Hastie, US Army Medic, Vietnam1970-71. (For more of his outstanding work, contact at:([email protected]) T)

One day while I was in a bunker in Vietnam, a sniper round went over my head.The person who fired that weapon was not a terrorist, a rebel, an extremist, or aso-called insurgent. The Vietnamese individual who tried to kill me was a citizenof Vietnam, who did not want me in his country. This truth escapes millions.

Mike HastieU.S. Army MedicVietnam 1970-71December 13, 2004

Occupiers Past And Present:

The Occupy Movement Is Here To Stay,Come Hell Or High Water, Because The

Status Quo Is Unacceptable

Pham Binh is an activist and recent graduate of Hunter College in NYC. His articleshave been published at Znet, Asia Times Online, Dissident Voice, and Monthly ReviewOnline. He can be reached at: [email protected]. Other articles by Pham Binh:http://dissidentvoice.org/author/PhamBinh/

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11.4.11 by Pham Binh, Dissident Voice

November 4th, 2011

Occupy has gone viral.

First we had flash trading, then flash mobs, and now a flash movement.
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]


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But this is no flash in the pan.

The Occupy movement is here to stay, come hell or high water, because the status quois unacceptable.

Not since the 1960s and 1930s have tens of thousands of people been this defiant anddetermined to win economic and social justice.

What is unfolding is in many ways a synthesis of the movements of those eras.

Our emphasis on mass, nonviolent resistance in the face of repression is a product ofthe civil rights movement. When four black students used the occupy tactic at a whites-only Woolworths lunch counter on February 1, 1960, they had no idea they would triggera wave of occupations at lunch counters throughout the South and solidarity pickets atsegregationist stores in the North.

Similarly, the Occupy movement spread to 250 cities and towns in every region of the

country in less than a month. Occupy has even spread to South Korea, Pakistan, andAustralia.

After the passage of the Civil Rights Act in 1964, Dr. King launched a Poor PeoplesCampaign which he saw as the opening of a bloodless war to final victory over racismand poverty. King was aiding a black sanitation workers strike when he was murderedin Memphis, Tennessee in 1968.

Today, the occupiers in Liberty Plaza sport buttons from the 1963 march for jobs andfreedom where Dr. King gave his I Have a Dream speech, a sign that Dr. Kingsstruggle against poverty and racism did not die with him.

While it took a decade before the civil rights movement spread north into inner city blackand Hispanic communities, it took weeks for Occupy the Hood to appear. The support ofunions from the get-go allowed us to avoid the hardhat-activist divide that plagued the1960s movements.

The occupy tactic was pioneered in the 1930s by the unemployed, veterans, and labormovements.

The Bloombergville occupations that came just before Occupy Wall Street sought tohighlight the plight of people affected by Mayor Bloombergs budget cuts by creatingmodern day Hoovervilles, the Great Depressions shantytowns that thousands lived inafter they lost their homes, jobs, and savings as the Hoover administration did nothing.

In the early 1930s, thousands of unemployed people occupied parks near city hallsdemanding jobs, unemployment benefits, and government relief. Many of theseoccupations were dispersed by the police, but they succeeded with the creation of reliefprograms and public works projects.

In 1932 tens of thousands of unemployed World War One veterans occupied Capitol Hillin Washington, D.C. seeking the bonus Congress promised them for wages lost whilethey served in European trenches. They were brutally dispersed by the U.S. military, but


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ultimately won when Congress passed the G.I. bill in 1944 giving veterans money forcollege and low-interest loans to buy homes and start business.

Workers in Flint, Michigan occupied their factories in 1936, sparking copycat actions inworkplaces all over America that eventually gave birth to the AFL-CIO.

History came full circle when the AFL-CIO, created by the occupy tactic, mobilized itsmembers early Friday morning to block Mayor Bloomberg from evicting us. The Occupymovement and the unions are catalysts for one another. We march with union workerslocked out by Sothebys, with Verizons union members, and alongside postal workerswho are fighting mass layoffs. Because of the Occupy movement, the AFL-CIO recentlysigned up 25,000 new, unorganized workers in one week.

Some of us may not realize it, but we stand on the shoulders of the giants who camebefore us.

DANGER: POLITICIANS AT WORK

Feds Order YouTube To RemoveVideo For Containing

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Governments, Particularly TheUnited States And Britain, Are

Getting More Aggressive In PushingFor Web CensorshipU.S. Authorities Hit Google With 70%

Rise In Takedown Orders

October 26, 2011 Paul Joseph Watson, Prison Planet

The number of takedown orders received by Google from authorities based in the UnitedStates rose dramatically over the past year, with demands to remove information,

including videos containing government criticism, increasing by 70 per cent.

In the US, Google received 757 takedown requests across its sites and services, up 70per cent from the second half of last year, reports technology website V3.co.uk.

US authorities also called for the removal of 113 videos from YouTube, includingseveral documenting alleged police brutality which Google refused to take down.

The figures are revealed in Googles newly released transparency report, which alsodetails how the number of user data requests by US authorities increased by 29 percent compared to the last reporting period.

The reason listed for the removal of a You Tube video in one instance isgovernment criticism.

The exact identity or content of the video is not divulged.

The report states that the removal requests pertaining to police brutality weredone on the grounds of defamation and are included in that separate category,meaning the takedown order on the grounds of government criticism was madeby the executive, ie the federal government.

The report does not indicate whether or not You Tube complied with the removalrequest, but it did comply with 63 per cent of the total requests made.

The number of Items requested to be removed by US authorities was almost seven-fold the number requested to be removed by Chinese authorities, a country muchmaligned for its Internet censorship policies.

As we have previously documented, Google-owned You Tube has complied withthousands of requests worldwide to remove political protest videos that areclearly not in violation of any copyright or national security interests and do notconstitute defamation.


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One such example was You Tubes compliance with a request from the Britishgovernment to censor footage of the British Constitution Groups Lawful Rebellionprotest, during which they attempted to civilly arrest Judge Michael Peake at Birkenheadcounty court.

When viewers in the UK attempted to watch videos of the protest, they were met with themessage, This content is not available in your country due to a government removalrequest.

Indeed, the latest figures show that takedown requests on behalf of British authoritieshave also skyrocketed by 71 per cent, including 44 removal orders in the first half of thisyear which came directly from the UK government, one of which was the Birkenheadprotest footage.

These figures illustrate how governments, particularly the United States andBritain, are getting more aggressive in pushing for web censorship as the stateincreasingly tries to strangle the last bastion of true free speech, the Internet, as

authorities simultaneously try to advance draconian cybersecurity measures thatwould hand them complete control over the world wide web.

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A Letter from Bank of America:An Apology to Our Customers

November 2, 2011 The Borowitz Report

NEW YORK The following letter was sent today by Bank of America to all of its debitcard customers:

Dear Valued Customer:

As most of you probably know by now, last month we instituted a $5 monthly fee for allof our debit card users. To say that what followed this decision was a shitstorm wouldbe a massive understatement.

Considering that just three years earlier taxpayers had bailed us out with billions of theirhard-earned dollars, its understandable that Bank of America was compared to a personwho, as he is pulled from a burning building, turns and kicks the fireman in the nuts.

Thats why we are writing to you today with a simple message: Our bad.

And to tell you that we are refunding the $5 to you, effective immediately. All you haveto do is pay a simple, one-time $10 refund fee.

You can receive your refund online, or pick it up at your nearest Bank of Americabranch, where a teller will hand the money directly to you for a simple, one-time $15handling fee.

If you do visit your branch, feel free to use any of our services, including our state of theart ballpoint pens and deposit slips. (Prices on request.)

Again, accept our apologies for instituting the debit card fee. We have learned ourlesson, and we make this solemn promise: next time we squeeze money from you, welldo it in a way you wont notice.

Sincerely,Bank of America

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