Col. Ann Wright on Truthdig: Drilling Beneath the Headlines http://www.truthdig.com/col_ann_wright Truthdig, a Web magazine that provides expert in-depth coverage of current affairs as well as a variety of thoughtful, provocative content assembled from a progressive point of view. Editor, Robert Scheer. Publisher, Zuade Kaufman. en editor@truthdig.com Copyright 2013 2013-04-09T03:08:00+00:00 http://www.truthdig.com/ http://www.truthdig.com/images/rss_feed_promo.gif Truthdig logo Families of Flotilla Dead Want More Than an Apology http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/families_of_flotilla_dead_want_more_than_an_apology_20130408/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/families_of_flotilla_dead_want_more_than_an_apology_20130408/ ann wright, benjamin netanyahu, gaza, gaza flotilla, gaza flotilla raid, gaza strip, israel, military, palestine, palestinians, turkey, Col. Ann Wright's Columns

The Turkish NGO that coordinated part of the 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla says that families of the nine passengers killed by Israeli commandos have rejected the country’s recent apology.

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]]> 2013-04-09T03:08:00+00:00 10 Years Later and I’m Still Protesting War http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/10_years_later_and_im_still_protesting_war_20130319/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/10_years_later_and_im_still_protesting_war_20130319/ afghanistan, ann wright, bush, col ann wright, drones, george w bush, government, iraq, military, pakistan, protest, terrorism, war, Col. Ann Wright's Columns

A decade ago, I resigned my post in opposition to President George W. Bush’s war on Iraq.

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]]> 2013-03-19T07:41:00+00:00 America’s Drones Are Homeward Bound http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/americas_drones_are_homeward_bound_20120717/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/americas_drones_are_homeward_bound_20120717/ afghanistan, ann wright, congress, drone caucus, drones, government, iraq, law enforcement, privacy, war,

The FAA has until Sept. 30, 2015, to formulate a plan to integrate up to 30,000 drones into U.S. airspace.

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]]> 2012-07-17T08:10:00+00:00 The Dark Side of the Prestigious Marine Barracks http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_dark_side_of_the_prestigious_marine_barracks_20120508/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/the_dark_side_of_the_prestigious_marine_barracks_20120508/ ann wright, congress, marine barracks, marine corps, marines, military, pentagon, rape, rape in the military, sexual assault, sexual harassment, war, white house, women,

The Marine Barracks in Washington, D.C., is the showplace of the Marine Corps. It is also the home of officers and enlisted men of the Marine Corps who have been accused of sexually harassing, assaulting and raping female Marine officers and enlisted and civilian women who work there.

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]]> 2012-05-08T07:08:00+00:00 U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080826_us_military_keeping_secrets_about_female_soldiers_suicides/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080826_us_military_keeping_secrets_about_female_soldiers_suicides/ afghanistan, alyssa peterson, ann wright, army, ciara durkin, female soldier, gina sparks, iraq, jamie leigh jones, keisha morgan, lavena johnson, military, suicide, tina priest, military service

Since I posted on April 28 the article “Is There an Army Cover Up of the Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers,” the deaths of two more U.S. Army women in Iraq and Afghanistan have been listed as suicides—the Sept. 28, 2007, death of 30-year-old Spc. Ciara Durkin and the Feb. 22, 2008, death of 25-year-old Spc. Keisha Morgan. Both “suicides” are disputed by the families of the women.

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]]> 2008-08-27T05:37:00+00:00 Sexual Assault in the Military: A DoD Cover-Up? http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080801_sexual_assault_in_the_military_a_dod_cover_up/ http://www.truthdig.com/report/item/20080801_sexual_assault_in_the_military_a_dod_cover_up/ army, civilian, combat, department of defense, dod, homicide, iraq, kbr, lavena johnson, military, rape, sexual assault, waxman, Maria Lauterbach

There was quite a struggle in Congress this week [July 27-Aug. 2]. The Department of Defense refused to allow the senior civilian in charge of its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office to testify in Thursday’s hearing on sexual assault in the military. Above, Marine Lance Cpl. Maria Lauterbach, who reported being raped in 2007 and whose body was found buried in a backyard in 2008.

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