Citizen Soldier is a GI/veterans rights advocacy group founded during the Vietnam war. They have recently provided legal defense and public advocacy for Gulf War refusers.

Vietnam Veterans Against the War, Inc. (VVAW) is a national veterans' organization that was founded in New York City in 1967 after six Vietnam vets marched together in a peace demonstration. "We will do all we can to prevent another generation from being put through a similar tragedy and we will continue to demand dignity and respect for veterans of all eras."

Other Veterans Groups:

Veterans Against Iraq War is a coalition of American veterans who support our troops but oppose war with Iraq or any other nation that does not pose a clear and present danger to our people and nation.

Vietnam Veterans of America Foundation (VVAF) is dedicated to global security and reducing the worldwide threat posed by war and conflict through programs that promote justice and freedom.

Veterans for Common Sense: In August 2002, recognizing the U.S. could be moving toward war against Iraq, several Gulf War combat veterans became concerned and then met to discuss these troubling developments. They agreed the experienced voice of Gulf War veterans was absent from the debate. They also agreed to form an organization so the concerns of veterans would be raised and discussed in public before the bullets started flying again.

The National Gulf Veterans and Families Association is an organization for British veterans of the 1991 Gulf War, and now the invasion of Iraq, "to provide immediate and ongoing support to those persons who are, or have been, suffering medical or psychiatric disorders since their service in the Persian Gulf Conflict 1991 & 2003, to secure and enhance their quality of life and assist in prevention of repeat events." Much useful information.

Information on the War:

United for Peace and Justice is the broadest antiwar organization in the country. High quality web site with plenty of info. Very political.

Occupation Watch is an excellent source for keeping up with every aspect of the US occupation in Iraq.

Truthout is a news and editorial weblog that has tons of access to information not covered in the mainstream media.

Center for Defense Information : CDI's mission is to "educate the public and inform policy-makers about issues of security policy, strategy, operations, weapon systems and defense budgeting, and to produce creative solutions to the problems of today and tomorrow." A good source of technical information on the military.

The Institute for Southern Studies has a page that gives you the skinny on multi-billion-dollar war profits. Bechtel, Halliburton, MCI and other companies have landed lucrative Iraq "reconstruction" contracts – which include hundreds of millions in taxpayer funds– despite sordid histories of financial fraud, cost over-runs, and devastation in local communities across the globe.

Iraq Photos dot com is a news blog on the war in Iraq. It is well updated, and pulls no punches. They also archive many high quality photographs that are not available anywhere else.

Links for background and commentary on US military operations in Afghanistan:

http://www.theconversation.org/47quest.html

http://www.thedebate.org/thedebate/afghanistan.asp

http://www.globalresearch.ca/articles/PHI205A.html

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