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Ann Wright is a retired Army Reserve colonel and a 29-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserves. She was also a diplomat in Nicaragua, Grenada,...

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Amnesty’s Shilling for US Wars

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Col. Ann Wright discusses Amnesty International’s involvement in NATO.

Posted on Jun 18, 2012

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The Dark Side of the Prestigious Marine Barracks

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.

Posted on May 8, 2012

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US Military Leadership Says “Zero Tolerance for Murder, Assault and Hazing,” But Marine Corps Courts

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Despite the U.S. military’s official position that it has zero tolerance for violence and hazing in its ranks, recent Marine Corps court-martial plea bargains and court-martial decisions suggest otherwise.

Posted on Feb 13, 2012

The Trial of Bradley Manning—Rule of Law or Rule of Intimidation, Retaliation, Retribution?

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Until citizen activist protests six months ago in March 2011 brought sufficient attention to the harsh conditions of Manning’s pre-trial confinement, the US military was treating him as if he were beyond the scrutiny of the law—as if he were an “enemy combatant” in Guantanamo or Abu Ghraib.

Posted on Dec 17, 2011

U.S. Free Speech Hypocrisy

By Col. Ann Wright

The 50-year U.S. condemnation of Cuba’s human rights violations and the U.S. support for 64 years of the brutal Israeli government’s treatment of Palestinians demonstrates solidly the hypocrisy of the United States government.

Posted on Dec 12, 2011

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Col. Ann Wright
Col. Ann Wright

Ann Wright is a retired Army Reserve colonel and a 29-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserves. She was also a diplomat in Nicaragua, Grenada, Somalia, Uzbekistan, Kyrgyzstan, Sierra Leone, Micronesia, Afghanistan and Mongolia. She resigned from the Department of State on March 19, 2003, in opposition to the Iraq war. She is the co-author of “Dissent: Voices of Conscience” (http://www.voicesofconscience.com).

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