Civilian Casualties in Iraq?

We have a densely argued discussion of the available evidence andliterature review in footnote number 30 of our open letter: http://www.stanford.edu/group/antiwar/cgi-bin/mediawiki/index.php?title=Condi_coalition_letter_draft#cite_note-29 (Why does the link for footnote 30 ends in “note-29”. I think I blame computer scientists who like to

Remarks at dinner

These are my prepared remarks, what I said was some approximation to these. Hi, I’m Dan. I’m a grad student here in the mathematics department. Thanks for coming. We are here today because we’re concerned. We’re here today to make

Aid for Afghanistan; "non-combat" in Iraq

Very edifying and informative reports today on Democracy Now about Afghanistan and Iraq. Afghans Urge Obama to Send Aid, Not Troops, to Afghanistanhttp://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/26/afghans_urge_obama_to_send_aid Report: Despite Obama’s Vow, Combat Brigades Will Stay in Iraqhttp://www.democracynow.org/2009/3/26/report_despite_obamas_vow_combat_brigades

Recent articles

Interesting war / war crime related stories I’ve come across recently. 1. Afghanistan Afghan opinion hardens against UShttp://www.theage.com.au/world/afghan-opinion-hardens-against-us-20090222-8enj.html?page=-1 Obama’s War: US Involvement in Afghanistan, Past, Present & Futurehttp://www.democracynow.org/2009/2/23/obamas_war_us_involvement_in_afghanistan 2. Iraq Iraq’s queer underground railroadhttp://www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/2009/feb/25/iraq-gay-rights Despite Celebrated Speech, Has Obama Really

One of my prisoners

An extraordinary moment, or so I thought, on Democracy Now today (Tues Sep 9 2008), as they played “highlights” of the RNC. The speaker is Benjamin Thompson, a member of Iraq Veterans Against the War. I thought it was spectacular