US Defense Secretary James Mattis toured Bien Hoa Air Base outside Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, on Wednesday, once a US airfield during the Vietnam War, but now best known for being one of the hot spots where Agent Orange was sprayed, and to which the US has now returned, decades later, to help remediate. http://sputniknews.com/analysis/201810181068981624-US-Agent-Orange-Cleanup-Unfulfilled-Promises/
Soliders You are Not Alone
Attached is a flyer that Veterans For Peace is beginning to distribute to U.S. soldiers who are being deployed to the Mexican border to confront the caravan of Central American asylum seekers. It offers perspective, support and resources to soldiers who may be questioning this misguided military mission and their role within it.
You are not alone if you are thinking WTF am I doing on the U.S. border with Mexico?
You are not alone if you are asking if this is some kind of political stunt.
You are not alone if you wonder what all this concertina wire is for.
Is it even legal to deploy troops on U.S. soil? Against desperate asylum seekers?
You are not alone if you are re-thinking your role in the U.S. military.
No, you are not alone. Many people, in and out of the military, have these very same concerns. Veterans For Peace certainly does. We believe the deployment of U.S. troops to the border is an illegitimate use of the U.S. military. We believe the Central America caravan poses no threat whatsoever to anyone.
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Demands End to Yemen War
Rep. Tulsi Gabbard Calls on Congress to End U.S. Military Support of Saudi Arabia’s Genocidal War in Yemen
http://southfront.org/the-us-led-genocide-and-destruction-of-yemen/
FROM TRUTH DIG – BORDER UPDATE
San Ysidro border crossing closed by US Customs and Border Protection – CNN
http://www.cnn.com/2018/11/25/us/san-ysidro-port-of-entry-closed/index.html
US Customs and Border Protection San Diego has closed road and pedestrian bridges in both directions at the San Ysidro port of entry.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-border-crossing-20181125-story.html
Research on the strategic implications of agents provocateurs
Dear Peace and Justice Colleagues,A small team of us are doing some research on the strategic implications of agents provocateurs, proven or rumored, on campaigns of civil resistance. If you’ve ever witnessed such effects and you’d be willing to be interviewed for a few minutes in person or on the phone (or by email if preferred), please let me know.
Many thanks!
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Yours for a nonviolent future,
Tom H. Hastings, Ed.D.
Director, PeaceVoice
CONTACT: http://www.pdx.edu/conflict-resolution/tom-hastings
http://hastingsnonviolence.blogspot.com/
Stop U.S. war on Yemen
End the horrendous U.S./Saudi assault on Yemeni children, women, men and elders.
More info. at World Beyond War http://worldbeyondwar.org/?s=yemen.
Yemen is facing the worst humanitarian catastrophe on earth. We’re building pressure on the U.S. Congress to stop creating and worsening the disaster.
U.S. weapons, targeting, and refueling are crucial to the Saudi war effort. Removing U.S. participation would severely
limit Saudi attacks and maybe even end the war.
Petition: http://stopthewar.us/
Listen to Trump Embarass US at UN Tuesday-UN Journal
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Joint Korean Military Team to Start Landmine Removal in DMZ
Korea Times, 10/1/2018
The two Koreas will start clearing mines from the heavily fortified Demilitarized Zone (DMZ) on October 1 as a first step after they agreed to disarm the border area starting with land mines.
For 20 days from Monday, Seoul and Pyongyang plan to remove all mines from the Joint Security Area (JSA) along the DMZ, the Ministry of National Defense said, Sunday.
http://www.koreatimes.co.kr/www/nation/2018/09/356_256216.html
Army expelled 500 immigrant recruits in 1 year
Over the course of 12 months, the U.S. Army discharged more than 500 immigrant enlistees who were recruited across the globe for their language or medical skills and promised a fast track to citizenship in exchange for their service, The Associated Press has found.