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Stories from 2003-04-15

Ballots Can Keep Bullets From Flying

Elizabeth Ready and John Moyers | TomPaine.com | April 15, 2003

" 'Peace' means more than just 'anti-war.' It summarizes in a word the concepts of economic and environmental justice, civil rights, equality, democracy and compassion. With that understanding in mind, peace organizers can broaden the call for a massive [voter] registration." [more]

Hundreds of Soldiers Emerge as Conscientious Objectors

Gabriel Packard | Common Dreams | April 15, 2003

"Although only a handful of them have gone public, at least several hundred U.S. soldiers have applied for conscientious objector status since January. " [more]

Troops Kill 10, Injure 100 Firing on Iraqi Protesters

STAFF | Agence France-Presse | April 15, 2003

"At least 10 people were killed and scores wounded in the northern Iraqi city of Mosul when US troops fired on a crowd angered by a speech by the new US-backed governor, witnesses reported." [more]

US Has No Plans to Count Civilian Casualties

Bradley Graham and Dan Morgan | Washington Post | April 15, 2003

"The Pentagon said yesterday that it has no plans to determine how many Iraqi civilians may have been killed or injured or suffered property damage as a result of U.S. military operations in Iraq." [more]

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This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.