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Travis Bishop is free! Afghanistan war resister finally released from the brig at Fort Lewis l. Travis originally was sentenced to 12 months in a court-martial in Texas for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan for reasons of conscience. 31 March 2010
Afghanistan war refuser Travis Bishop released three months earlier. He was originally sentenced to 12 months but served a total of seven months and 12 days. 26 March 2010
Single mom Alexis Hutchinson wins discharge! To everyone who signed the petition or donated to her legal defense, thank you. 11 February 2010
Sign the petition to support a single mother facing court martial for inability to find childcare "I appeal to you to find a compassionate resolution to a difficult situation. Please drop the charges against Spc. Hutchinson." 21 January 2010
Suicide claims more US military lives than Afghan war A 2009 survey found that at least 15 percent of former soldiers in the 20 to 24 age bracket were unemployed.....450 of the 800 homeless in Brevard County were Iraq or Afghanistan veterans. Shelters in California are reporting twice as many requests for assistance from new veterans compared with 2007....they will eventually outnumber the more than 100,000 homeless Vietnam vets. 6 January 2010
At Fort Hood, Some Violence Is Too Familiar "Our soldiers are coming back and not getting the help they need....Whether it's self-medicating, anger or violence, these are the consequences of war, and you have to think about all the people affected by soldiers coming home, the parents, spouses, children, brothers, sisters, aunts and cousins." 9 November 2009
Major Nidal Malik Hasan: Soldiers' psychiatrist who heard frontline testimonies Though born in America, he had suffered harassment from fellow soldiers who questioned his loyalty to the US and commented on his Middle East ethnicity. 6 November 2009
A Letter from US Afghan Refusenik Travis Bishop from the Ft. Lewis stockade "Things here at Fort Lewis are grim. I was in isolation the first ten days I was here. It was hell, and I never want to go back to that....we are treated like children, or murderers, by most of the guards….They barely even show us common human courtesy and respect". 20 October 2009
Another Afghanistan War Resister Sentenced and Jailed Sergeant Travis Bishop was convicted on all charges and sentenced to one year in prison, loss of pay, and reduction in rank. 14 August 2009
Afghan War Refuser Gets Just One Month In Jail. Fort Hood, Texas - A Fort Hood soldier was sentenced Wednesday to a month in jail for refusing to deploy to Afghanistan over his beliefs that the war violates international law. 07 August 2009
I thought freeing the country from the Taliban would help. So right after Sept. 11 I signed up and joined the U.S. military invasion of my home country, Afghanistan. But the U.S. has done nothing to improve our lives. April 2003
We are the target of terrorists because we stand for dictatorship, bondage, and human exploitation in the world.
September 2001
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