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Stories from 2003-06-17

A Broken Body, a Broken Story, Pieced Together

Dana Priest, William Booth and Susan Schmidt | Washington Post | June 17, 2003

"An investigation reveals that Pvt. Lynch — still in the hospital after 67 days — suffered bone-crushing injuries in a crash during the ambush." [more]

Blair Accused of Deception in Iraq Weapons Threat

Pete Harrison | Reuters | June 17, 2003

"Two former senior British ministers accused Prime Minister Tony Blair of deceiving the public at the start of a parliamentary inquiry on Tuesday into the government's justification for launching a war with Iraq." [more]

Detainees' Names May Be Withheld

Ted Bridis | Associated Press | June 17, 2003

"A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that the Bush administration is not obligated to publicly identify the 762 foreigners it detained in the weeks and months after the Sept. 11 terror attacks." [more]

Liberian Rebels, President Sign Truce

STAFF | Agence France-Presse | June 17, 2003

"Liberian rebels signed a long-awaited ceasefire with President Charles Taylor's government to end a devastating four-year civil war which has spread havoc across west Africa." [more]

Tales of Despair From Guantánamo

Carlotta Gall with Neil A. Lewis | New York Times | June 17, 2003

"Afghans and Pakistanis who were detained for many months by the American military at Guantánamo Bay in Cuba before being released without charges are describing the conditions as so desperate that some captives tried to kill themselves." [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.