Groups Preparing New Push Against Iraq War

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http://www.truthout.org/docs_2005/021905Y.shtml

Lots of stuff about military families increasingly against this war.




Groups Preparing New Push Against Iraq War

By Evelyn Nieves
The Washington Post

Friday 18 February 2005

Invasion anniversary next month is date of campaign kickoff.

On Feb. 15, 2003, as millions of people worldwide took to the streets to protest the imminent U.S. invasion of Iraq, Marine Lance Cpl. Michael Hoffman was in Kuwait, awaiting deployment to Baghdad.

Two years later, Hoffman, 25, is a civilian on the lecture circuit, introducing himself as an Iraq Veteran Against the War. On March 19, when war opponents plan to converge near Fort Bragg in Fayetteville, N.C., to mark the date of the invasion, Hoffman, who co-founded the Iraq veterans group, will be one of the lead speakers.

"I disagreed with the war before I went over," said Hoffman, the son of a steelworker from Allentown, Pa. "But now, I can talk about the reality of war - what it's really like, the lack of support the troops have, the civilians being killed. The biggest problem with Iraq right now is the occupation."

Along with Gold Star Families for Peace, which is made up of people who have lost loved ones in Iraq, Iraq Veterans Against the War holds a powerful claim among peace groups as ones who can speak from experience about the consequences of the war. Together, they will be front and center among the scores of peace groups that are hoping to keep the war - and its repercussions - in the public consciousness.....

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1. Everytime I see someone like this..

I get hopeful that maybe some of the mainstream will hear about it like the domino effect!@