"Oak-He-Doe-$he"
History...
1792, A group of brokers meeting at a coffee house in New York City organize the New York Stock Exchange. The first transactions are made under a tree on Wall Street.
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1875, The first Kentucky Derby is held at Churchill Downs, Kentucky; racehorse Aristides is the winner.
1938, Congress passed the Vinson Naval Act, providing for a two-ocean Navy.
1940, the Nazis occupied Brussels, Belgium, during World War II.
1946, President Truman seized control of the nation's railroads, delaying a threatened strike by engineers and trainmen.
1948, the Soviet Union recognized the new state of Israel.
1953 Patty Berg wins LPGA Reno Golf Open
1953 Yanks & Browns use record 41 players in a game
1954, The U.S. Supreme Court reverses an 1896 ruling that education should be "separate but equal," ruling that racial segregation in schools is unconstitutional.
Brown v. Board of Education National Historic Site
On May 17, 1954, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled unanimously that school segregation was a violation of constitutional rights. The National Park Service offers information on the designated historical site and links to further information about the ruling.
http://www.nps.gov/brvb/
1973, The U.S. Senate committee investigating Watergate begins its televised proceedings; allegations of wrongdoing in the affair lead to President Richard Nixon's resignation.
1980, rioting that claimed 18 lives erupted in Miami's Liberty City after an all-white jury in Tampa acquitted four former Miami police officers of fatally beating black insurance executive Arthur McDuffie.
1981 Kathy Whitworth wins LPGA Coca-Cola Golf Classic
1983 Israel & Lebanon sign a peace treaty
1987, 37 American sailors were killed when an Iraqi warplane attacked the U.S. Navy frigate Stark in the Persian Gulf. (Iraq and the U.S. called the attack a mistake.)
1987 Ayako Okamoto wins LPGA Chrysler-Plymouth Golf Classic
1987 USS Stark hit by Iraqi missiles, 37 sailors die
1989 Longest Cab Ride Ever: 14,000 miles cost $16,000!
1989 Nelson Mandela receives a BA degree from University of South Africa
1989 Vincent Van Gogh's "Portrait of Dr Gachet" auctioned for $825 million
1990 Cheers' star Kelsey Grammer sentenced to jail for 30 days for DWI
1990 Dow Jones average hits a record 2,831.71
1990 European court rules pension rights for both men & women
1992 38th Mazda LPGA Championship won by Betsy King
1992 Expos Gary Carter is 3rd to catch 2,000 games (joins Boone & Fisk)
1993 Intel's new Pentium processor is unveiled
1998 44th McDonald's LPGA Championship
Born...
1900, Ayatollah Khomeini, religious and political leader of Iran. This man is 105 years old? That doesn't seem realistic. I don't want to wish him any harm, but, he has been seen viewing missile launches and looking more fit than 105 years old. I am rather surprised.
1912, born Archibald Cox, attorney, educator, and special prosecutor during the Watergate scandal that led to the resignation of President Richard M. Nixon (1969-1974). Nixon dismissed Cox as special prosecutor in 1973 because Cox had requested access to secret White House tapes as part of his investigation. The firing provoked public outrage and led to the introduction of impeachment proceedings against Nixon in the United States Congress.
1956, Sugar Ray Leonard, boxer
Missing in Action
1966 DEERE DONALD T. SNYDER TX
1967 DODGE RONALD WAYNE SAN DIEGO CA PHOTO SEEN IN PARIS PAPER REMAINS RETURNED 07/08/81
1967 LEWIS CHARLIE G. FAYETTEVILLE NC
1968 YOUNG CHARLES L. NEW YORK NY
1969 STEWART VIRGIL G. BATON ROUGE LA
1970 WESTWOOD NORMAN P. JR. WEST HARTFORD CT
1971 PEARCE DALE A. MENTOR OH
1971 SOYLAND DAVID P. RAPID CITY SD
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1961 MC MORROW JOHN P. 08/17/62 RELEASED
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1961 WOLFKILL GRANT 08/17/62 RELEASED AIR AMERICA NBC REPORTER? ALIVE 98 H34 PASSENGER ONLY
1966 BALCOM RALPH C. SEATTLE WA NEGATIVE SAR CONTACT
1966 JENSEN GEORGE W. SEATTLE WA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
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1966 TAPP MARSHALL L. LOS ANGELES CA NO RADIO CONTACT POSS DEAD REMAINS RETURNED 12/13/99
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1967 HEILIGER DONALD L. MADISON WI 02/18/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1967 HILL CHARLES DALE ROLLA MO
1967 POLLARD BEN M. SHELBYVILLE KY 03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV ALIVE AND WELL 98
1975 BENEDETT DANIEL A. AUBURN KING WA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
1975 BLESSING LYNN LANCASTER PA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS ID 05/08/00
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1975 COPENHAVER GREGORY S. PORT DEPOSIT MD 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS IDENTIFIED 05/08/00
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1975 LONEY ASHTON N. ALBANY NY 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS
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1975 TURNER KELTON R. LOS ANGELES CA 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REMAINS ID'D 05/17/00
1975 VAN DE GEER RICHARD COLUMBUS OH 05/15/75 MAYAGUEZ INCIDENT LOSS REAMINS IDENTIFIED 06/22/00
1979 RAPP JEFF 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
1979 SMITH EMMETT Q. 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
1979 SMITH KAREN 07/79 RELEASED ALGERNON S/V
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1966 KING DONALD L. MUSKEGON MI NO ADDIDIONAL INTEL INFO
1966 RALSTON FRANK D. III DENVER CO
1967 ROLLINS DAVID J. OAKLAND CA "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (PIOCHE, NEVADA)" ALIVE IN 98
1967 SOUTHWICK CHARLES E. FAIRBANKS AK "03/04/73 RELEASED BY DRV (SEATTLE, WA)" " ""EV"" ALIVE AND WELL 98"
1968 COTA ERNEST K. SAN DIEGO CA
1968 KARGER BARRY E. PRATHER CA REMAINS RETURNED 01/94
Journalism at Risk
Journalists protest colleague's trial
UPI - Monday, May 16, 2005
Date: Monday, May 16, 2005 5:45:22 AM EST
SANAA, Yemen, May 16 (UPI) -- Yemen's Journalists Union called for a sit-in protest Monday outside a court where a fellow journalist is on trial for possessing alcohol in his car.
"The trial is actually a political one and has nothing to do with the fact that Abdel Rahim Mohsen had a bottle of alcohol in his car when he was arrested. ... The charge is only a pretext," said a statement by the union.
http://www.menafn.com/qn_news_story.asp?StoryId=CqOGAWeidEwvTzw4TAM91CM5HBgLZDhm
SAUDI ARABIA: REFORMISTS JAILED FOR CRITICISING REGIME
Riyadh, 16 May (AKI) - Three academics in Saudi Arabia have been given jail sentences ranging between six and nine years for encouraging dissent in the Kingdom and disobeying the ruler. The Riyadh Higher Court delivered the verdict at the end of a nine year trial, mostly conducted in private. The three men - Ali al-Dumaini, who got a nine year sentence, Abdullah al-Hamed, who got seven, and Matruk al-Faleh, who got six years - have already been in prison for more than a year.
http://www.adnki.com/index_2Level.php?cat=Politics&loid=8.0.167154613&par=0
The Arab News
FINALLY. A Dayton Directive.
Iraqi Sunnis Propose a Way Out
Mehdi Lebouachera, Agence France Presse
BAGHDAD, 17 May 2005 — Sunni Arab leaders called yesterday for an independent group — rather than Parliament — to write Iraq’s new constitution, a day after US Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice said minorities should play a greater role in drafting the basic law.
“We propose forming a committee outside Parliament with representatives from across Iraq,” Nasser Al-Ani, a spokesman for the Sunni Arab Iraq Islamic Party, said. “We want our Shiite partners to give us an expanded role in this process.”
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63909&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Sadr Urges Restraint, Sectarian Harmony
Agence France Presse
NAJAF, Iraq, 17 May 2005 — Iraq’s firebrand Shiite cleric Moqtada Sadr made a rare public appearance in Najaf yesterday to call for restraint amid sectarian tension between Shiite and Sunni Muslims.
“Any action targeting unarmed civilians is forbidden under any circumstances,” Sadr said during a news conference, the first held by the young cleric since the fierce fighting that pitted his militia against US troops last year in Najaf.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63897&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Red Cross Chief Visits Kingdom
Judy Al-Bakr, Arab News
RIYADH, 17 May 2005 — Dr. Saleh Al-Towaijry, acting head of the Red Crescent Society, met on Sunday with Jakob Kellenberger, president of the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in Riyadh.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=63917&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Al-Libbi’s Arrest Broke Al-Qaeda Back: Musharraf
Huma Aamir Malik, Arab News
KARACHI, 17 May 2005 — The recent capture of alleged Al-Qaeda No.3 Abu Faraj Al-Libbi has helped “break the back” of the group, Pakistan’s President Pervez Musharraf said in an interview to the Financial Times yesterday.
The paper yesterday published extracts from an online-interview with Musharraf in which he claimed that the arrest of Abu Faraj Al-Libbi had severed the links between the central command and members on the ground.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63875&d=17&m=5&y=2005
Pakistan Demands Probe Into Qur’an Desecration
Agence France Presse
ISLAMABAD, 17 May 2005 — Pakistan renewed its demand yesterday that the United States conduct a thorough probe and share its findings into reported desecration of the Holy Qur’an, despite a clarification issued by Newsweek that its story may be wrong.
“We have noted the clarification issued by the Newsweek that the story may be based on certain wrong assumptions,” Foreign Office spokesman Jalil Abbas Jilani told a weekly press briefing.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63876&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Why the Guantanamo Incident Created So Much Commotion
Adrienne McPhail, worthington90@cybernet.it
“Newsweek” published in its May 9 issue an article (since retracted) that included two sentences causing riots and demonstrations in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries in which 16 people have been killed and another 100 injured. Citing investigators probing alleged abuses at the detention center at Guantanamo Bay, the article stated that US interrogators had flushed a copy of the Qur’an down a toilet. The response from the Muslim world was one of outrage and destruction. Protesters in Afghanistan smashed windows, burned pictures of President Bush and United Nations vehicles and attacked government offices and international agencies. Approximately 1,500 activists from the Hamas staged an anti-US demonstration in the Gaza Strip.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63921&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion
Newsweek Retracts Report
Agencies
WASHINGTON, 17 May 2005 — Newsweek magazine yesterday issued a retraction of an article alleging abuse of the Qur’an at the Guantanamo Bay detention facility which sparked deadly protests in Afghanistan and other Muslim countries.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63907&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Al-Jazeera Reporter Insists on Innocence
Agence France Presse
MADRID, 17 May 2005 — Television reporter Tayssir Alluni yesterday recounted how he interviewed Al-Qaeda leader Osama Bin Laden weeks after the Sept. 11 attacks in the United States and told a Spanish court he was innocent of charges linking him with the terrorist group.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63881&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Lebanon Ex-Foes Form Poll Alliances
Hala Boncompagni, Agence France Presse
BEIRUT, 17 May 2005 — Campaigning kicked off yesterday for parliamentary elections in Lebanon as former civil war foes formed unlikely political alliances.
The influential head of the Maronite Church, meanwhile, reiterated calls for efforts to ensure the polls are representative of Lebanon’s different sects.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63910&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Somali PM Sacks Minister as Govt. Split Grows
Reuters
NAIROBI, 17 May 2005 — Somalia’s interim prime minister sacked his information minister, an aide said yesterday, underlining a growing split threatening the fledgling transitional government.
The administration, tasked with ending 14 years of chaos in Somalia, is facing an acrimonious division over where it should be based after relocating from neighboring Kenya where it was formed at peace talks last year.
“It’s true that Mohamud Abdullahi Jama has been replaced as the information minister, I can confirm that,” said Yusuf Ismail Baribari, a senior figure in the interim government, speaking on behalf of Prime Minister Ali Mohamed Gedi. Jama said he had not been informed of his demotion.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63895&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Italian Kidnapped in Afghanistan
Agencies
KABUL, 17 May 2005 — An Italian aid worker was abducted yesterday by a gang of armed men in the Afghan capital Kabul, Italian Embassy and police officials said.
Afghan police had earlier identified the woman as Canadian. “Yes, we can confirm that an Italian woman was abducted today in Kabul,” an embassy spokesman told AFP.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63899&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=world.jpg&category=World
Suspect Arrested After Huge Drug Haul in Riyadh
M. Ghazanfar Ali Khan, Arab News
RIYADH, 17 May 2005 — Saudi police have detained a suspected drug trafficker after recovering 440,000 tablets of the banned stimulant fenethylline (commonly known under the trade name Captagon) with an estimated street value of SR23 million.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=1§ion=0&article=63916&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=kingdom.jpg&category=Kingdom
Editorial: North Korean Gamble
17 May 2005
The North Korean dictatorship may have learned nothing about feeding its own people let alone creating an economy even a fraction as successful as that of South Korea, but the regime has proved itself the absolute master of international blackmail, which is the closest this isolated and paranoid state comes to diplomacy.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63893&d=17&m=5&y=2005
Jerusalem needs to be an international city. This issue is far too upsetting for everyone around the world.
Work on Israel’s Wall Starts in June
Hisham Abu Taha, Arab News
GAZA CITY, 17 May 2005 — Israel will begin work on a wall that will create a corridor linking the largest Jewish settlement in the West Bank to Jerusalem next month, weeks before it starts withdrawing from the Gaza Strip. The construction will in effect expand Jerusalem’s boundaries and cut off Palestinians from the city they seek as a future capital.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=4§ion=0&article=63908&d=17&m=5&y=2005
There is a problem in Uzbekistan with terrorist networks. There were many Uzbeks at the Beslan School killings. In addition, there are Uzbek warlords in Afghanistan conducting drug crops of poppies for profit. I believe there is a great deal in Uzbeckistan that is questionable at this point. This doesn't even come close to The Ukraine. There is reason to believe this uprising is an attempt to create sympathy, inappropriate sympathy for terrorists. I understand the analogy with the Taliban in Afghanistan but at the same time they are terrible oppressors and the sympathy shown here mostly irreverant to human rights.
No Democracy for Uzbekistan?
Linda Heard, sierra12th@yahoo.co.uk
Uzbek soldiers shot dead up to 500 civilians in the town of Andjian, according to a host of eyewitness reports, but instead of condemning such excesses, a White House spokesman dismisses the dead as “Islamic terrorists” and suggests Uzbeks should seek democracy “through peaceful means...”
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=7§ion=0&article=63919&d=17&m=5&y=2005&pix=opinion.jpg&category=Opinion
Saudi Arabia to Allow Foreign Investors to Own 60% of Banks
Khalil Hanware, Arab News
JEDDAH, 17 May 2005 — Saudi Arabia will allow foreign investors to own 60 percent of the local banks’ capital instead of 49 percent before the end of this year.
Al-Eqtisadiah business daily quoted informed sources as saying that Saudi Arabia would take this step according to the requirements needed to become a member of the World Trade Organization.
http://www.arabnews.com/?page=6§ion=0&article=63923&d=17&m=5&y=2005
The Boston Globe
Frozen dinners are healthier than you think
By Lawrence Lindner May 17, 2005
Consumers who contribute to the $6 billion in annual supermarket sales of frozen meals can throw off some guilt for taking a shortcut to dinner.
http://www.boston.com/yourlife/health/fitness/articles/2005/05/17/frozen_dinners_are_healthier_than_you_think/
Father, daughter shot to death; two arrested
May 17, 2005
LYNN, Mass. -- Two men were charged Tuesday with fatally shooting a father and his teenage daughter in a Lynn apartment.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/massachusetts/articles/2005/05/17/father_daughter_shot_to_death_two_arrested/
McCain says deal on Bush nominees uncertain
By Thomas Ferraro May 17, 2005
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - On the eve of a high-stakes showdown, a key lawmaker said on Tuesday it was unclear if a group of bipartisan U.S. senators could strike a deal on President Bush's contested judicial nominees.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/washington/articles/2005/05/17/mccain_says_deal_on_bush_nominees_uncertain/
Atlanta killings suspect pleads not guilty
By Harry R. Weber, Associated Press Writer May 17, 2005
ATLANTA -- A rape defendant accused of killing a judge and three others during and after his escape from the downtown courthouse pleaded not guilty Tuesday to murder charges that could bring the death penalty.
At the brief hearing, Brian Nichols, 33, was polite and soft-spoken, answering routine questions from Superior Court Judge Hilton Fuller.
His lawyer entered a not guilty plea for him in the 54-count indictment issued earlier this month. Nichols is charged with murder, kidnapping, escape and other counts.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/17/atlanta_killings_suspect_pleads_not_guilty/
Developer eyes 'Parthenon' atop skyscraper
May 17, 2005
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A developer who is the descendant of Greek immigrants proposed building one of the capital's tallest skyscrapers with a scale replica of the Parthenon on top.
http://www.boston.com/news/odd/articles/2005/05/17/developer_eyes_parthenon_atop_skyscraper/
Summers sets $50m women's initiative
Harvard panels recommend steps
By Marcella Bombardieri, Globe Staff May 17, 2005
Harvard president Lawrence H. Summers yesterday pledged to spend $50 million over the next decade to improve the climate for women on campus as two task forces unveiled recommendations designed to boost the training, recruitment, and advancement of women, from undergraduates to senior faculty.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/higher/articles/2005/05/17/summers_sets_50m_womens_initiative/
ACLU suit sees religious content in abstinence plan
By Jonathan Saltzman, Globe Staff May 17, 2005
The American Civil Liberties Union filed a lawsuit in federal court in Boston yesterday challenging the US government's funding of a faith-based abstinence program called the Silver Ring Thing, arguing that the public contribution of more than $1 million violates the constitutional separation of church and state.
http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2005/05/17/aclu_suit_sees_religious_content_in_abstinence_plan/
Democrats accuse GOP of withholding documents in phone jamming
May 17, 2005
MANCHESTER, N.H. -- Lawyers for Democrats and Republicans clashed in court over whether documents were withheld related to a scheme to jam Democratic phone lines during the 2002 general election.
http://www.boston.com/news/local/new_hampshire/articles/2005/05/17/democrats_accuse_gop_of_withholding_documents_in_phone_jamming/
I love this article. This as if humans aren't polluters more than a volcano is. None of this can be environmentally mitigated. Kilauea will always contribute to pollution and especially health issue on the Big Island of Hawaii.
http://www.hawaii.com/
The idea we can pollute because volcano's do is bizarre as well. This volcano has been adding to global emissions a long time but never at the expense of Global Warming and Climate Change which human's are responsible. Kilauea is not meerly a volcano, it is a caldera. There is no drastic steps to take to stop this either. The magma plumb that feeds Kilauea is 60 kilometers deep.
The problem is that Kilauea has been spewing sulfur dioxide nearly a generation now and people's health is suffering including children born during that time. The property values on the Big Island are significant and last time I heard anything about ownership, it wasn't possible due to a policy by the State Government that allows only leasing. That may have changed. The biggest part of the island is Mauna Loa where there is vast and sensitive environmental testing laboratories. I believe the 'habitable' status of Hawaii's Biggest Island is in question. People are important and their health status vital. It's time to give up this entire area to research stations and nothing else until Kilauea settles back down for a nap which may not happen until the island has completely moved off the 'Hot Spot' decades from now.
This is a helpful citation by the USGS. The 'click on' menu is to the left telling all about Kilauea and Mauna Loa:
http://hvo.wr.usgs.gov/observatory/
Hawaii's Kilauea volcano a big polluter
By Peter Serafin May 17, 2005
VOLCANO, Hawaii -- Kilauea volcano, one of Hawaii's most popular tourist attractions, is also by far the state's worst air polluter. Researchers now are trying to determine if that also makes it one of the state's biggest health risks.
http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/05/17/hawaiis_kilauea_volcano_a_big_polluter/
Michael Moore Today
Michael Moore Triples Scholarships; Six CSU San Marcos students receive $2,500 for being 'hell raisers'
By Barbi Smith / Daily Aztec
The "Michael Moore Freedom of Speech Scholarship" at CSU San Marcos proves it's the orders people don't follow that makes them famous.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2656
Rice points finger at Syria on Iraq violence
SHANNON, Ireland (Reuters) - Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice revived U.S. allegations on Monday that Syria had allowed foreign fighters to cross into Iraq and fuel the Iraqi insurgency. Rice otherwise gave a relatively upbeat assessment as she returned from a brief visit to Iraq, saying she was confident the Iraqis would write a constitution by August 15 and include more Sunni Muslims in drafting it.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2658
Report Critical of Rumsfeld Is Pulled After DOD Protest
By Mike Allen / Washington Post
A government commission studying overseas military bases sent Congress a report that included criticism of Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld's strategy, then removed the document from the commission Web site after the Pentagon complained that it divulged classified information.
http://www.michaelmoore.com/words/index.php?id=2659
Games children play in North Korea
North Korean children play a shooting game with a toy gun aiming at a portrait of U.S. President George W. Bush at Namjun kindergarten in Shinwiju, Pyongan-Budo, North Korea. The photo was released by Korean Central News Agency (KCNA) on May 9, 2005. (Reuters)
http://news.yahoo.com/photo/050509/photos_pl/mdf555006
suicide bomber kills fraternity brother in Iraq
From: steve kucera
Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2005 6:36 AM
To: soldiers@michaelmoore.com
Subject: suicide bomber kills fraternity brother in Iraq
Mike,
The war in Iraq has hit home harder for me and others in Western NY than any of us wanted. Jacob Pfister was killed by a suicide bomber last Tuesday in Iraq. This was Jake's second tour. We need to get out of this war or more young men and women are going to lose their lives. I miss my friend.
Keep his family and unborn daughter in your prayers.
Steve
www.nyeta.org
http://www.michaelmoore.com/books-films/willtheyevertrustusagain/index.php?id=30
Not In Our Name
Military Voices Against Endless War
Los Angeles - May 28, 2005
San Francisco - May 29, 2005
To remind people, it has been over two years now and before this there were few returning veterans to speak out except for those that were returned maimed or worse. No different than Vietnam; the returning military are speaking out against a war without end.
http://www.notinourname.net/index.html
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