Ann Wright is a retired Army Reserve colonel and a 29-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserves. She was one of only three persons who resigned from the U.S. government in opposition to...
Ann Wright is a retired Army Reserve colonel and a 29-year veteran of the Army and Army Reserves. She was one of only three persons who resigned from the U.S. government in opposition to the Iraq war. Since then, she has been writing and speaking out for peace.
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigNov 24, 2011
This week, 70 delegates from 20 countries, including Parliamentarians from 11 countries, have seen the disastrous effects of the 22-day Israeli attack on Gaza two years ago and the five-year naval and land blockade on Gaza. The trip was organized by the Council for European Palestinian Relations. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigNov 22, 2011
Last night after I finally got out of the Cairo airport after five hours of being detained upon my arrival, at least 32 had already been killed by the military around Tahrir Square with hundreds wounded. Tonight more have died as the police fired on protesters. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigNov 16, 2011
On November 18, 2011, the South Korean Navy will blast Gureombi, the smooth volcanic rock along the coastline of Gangjeong village of Jeju Island where the local people have been fighting day and night almost for five years to stop the naval base that will homeport naval vessels equipped with the American Aegis missile and will be a key link in the United States' Missile Defense System. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigNov 15, 2011
The Bradley Manning Support Network is calling for friends and allies everywhere to remind important decision-makers in the military and State Department that Bradley Manning supporters and the world are watching how the United States treats US military personnel in pre-trial confinement. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigNov 7, 2011
Despite very clear protests from the occupants of the two boats that they did not want to be taken to Israel, they were forcibly removed from the boats in a violent manner. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigSep 16, 2011
The entire edifice that allows the use of classification rests solely on the basis of executive orders that have been renewed and modified by various presidents. The ability to restrict information from the public is essentially an unchecked assertion of executive power. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigSep 8, 2011
Many sailors and personnel assigned to the Sixth Fleet command will be horrified to know of the decision of their senior leaders that no active duty sailor would attend the memorial service for 34 of their fellow sailors killed and 174 wounded 44 years ago and that their command would not come to the aid of an American sailor who had sailed 8,000 miles to honor their own. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigAug 26, 2011
The South Korean Navy wants to continue construction of a naval base for 18 ships and two submarines in an area that will destroy a pristine shoreline and endanger marine life. Local villagers and activists from the mainland of South Korea have struggled for five years to prevent the construction of the base. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigAug 17, 2011
Just this year the Israelis intercepted, boarded and impounded the French ship Dignite as it participated in Freedom Flotilla 2. That was done in international waters well clear of the coordinates provided by the Israelis for their blockade of Gaza and very near to the coordinates of the attack on the USS Liberty. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigAug 3, 2011
A small flotilla carrying human rights and peace activists to Israel-blockaded Gaza was itself blockaded in Greece after intense diplomatic pressure from Washington and Tel Aviv. But the Israeli news media continues to heap ridicule on the passengers. Dig deeper
Col. Ann Wright / TruthdigJun 18, 2011
Four female Nobel Peace laureates -- Mairead Maguire, Jody Williams, Shirin Ebadi and Rigoberta Menchú Tum -- have sent an open letter to U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, asking him to reconsider his position and to "call on all governments to support the safe passage of the Freedom Flotilla II." Dig deeper
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