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By Col. Ann Wright Pilots stationed at Hancock now fly Reaper drones remotely over Afghanistan. The drones are armed with Hellfire missiles and laser-guided bombs. Far more civilians, including many women and children, are killed than are “targeted” insurgents. Although the use of drones has enraged the governments of Afghanistan and Pakistan, the Obama administration has dramatically increased their use.
Posted on Apr 26, 2011
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By Col. Ann Wright The second Gaza Freedom Flotilla is scheduled to sail in late May with more ships and more passengers than the May, 2010 Gaza Freedom Flotilla that the Israelis attacked killing 9 passengers and wounding 50. Twenty-two countries have national campaigns to join the second flotilla.
Posted on Apr 14, 2011
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By Col. Ann Wright The 2009 report also acknowledged that retaliation against those who report rape, sexual assault and sexual harassment is widespread and that military personnel do not report rape and sexual assault because doing so is perceived as having “lasting career and security clearance repercussions.”
Posted on Feb 20, 2011
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By Col. Ann Wright The U.S. military’s treatment of Pfc. Bradley Manning is tragically consistent with its treatment of persons detained in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo. America’s military uses harsh conditions and torture to break the person to provide whatever information the military wants to receive.
Posted on Jan 6, 2011
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By Col. Ann Wright Several diplomatic cables released by WikiLeaks depict possibly illegal actions by the U.S. government, but the chances of anyone being held accountable for these actions are slim, says Col. Wright.
Posted on Nov 29, 2010
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By Col. Ann Wright A perfect storm is developing against the American military in the Afghan/Pak theater as floods, drones, ongoing revelations of war crimes by exhausted and jaded troops as well as American trained death squads, hatred for Blackwater and its clones, Pashtun ambitions for a Pashtunistan and an America teetering on the edge of economic depression all continue to intensify the coming storm’s ferocity.
Posted on Sep 29, 2010
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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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