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2007: Deadliest Year
for U.S. Troops in Iraq


New Jersey Fallen
Slide Show


The War As We Saw It,
told by returning troops
in The New York Times

Blast Kills Stafford GI
in Baquoba
,
by Shruti L. Mathur in
the Asbury Park Press

One in Four Iraq Vets
Ailing on Return,

in USA Today

Maria Made Me Cry,
Capt. Maria Ines Ortiz:
first Army Nurse Killed
in Combat Since Vietnam,
Joel S. Hirschhorn in
Political Cortex

South Plainfield Soldier
Killed in Iraq
,
Star Ledger, June 27, 2007

The Calm Before the Sand

Photo gallery of
NJ Fallen,
The Star Ledger

Soldier in Despair Asks
Why Are We Here,

Clarksville Online,
May 29, 2007

Poisoning Our Troops, Again, Common Dreams,
May 29, 2007

Iraq's Bloodiest Month for
US Troops Since Fallujah,

May 31, 2007

Lieberman talks to troops
in Baghdad,
McClatchy
Newspapers

Antiwar Movement Persists
on the Streets of Newark
,
by Max Pizarro

Several Causes on
Peace Rally Menu,

by Elizabeth Fitch,
in the Bergen Record

Marchers Rally
Against Iraq War,

by Alexi Friedman,
in the Star Ledger

Newark Residents Pledge
to "Stop Shootin', Start
Thinkin'"
by Jessica Durando,
the Star Ledger

Long Before Public Mood
Shifted, They Waged War
on War
, Wayne Wooley in
the Star Ledger

Social Issues at Home
a Casualty of War
, letter
to the Editor by Sara
Mercuri of CODEPINK, in
The Madison Eagle

Defending the First
Amendment One Town at
a Time: Charges Against
Larry Hamm Dropped


Black NJ Prepares to March,
Fire on the Mountain

Black NJ Organizes
Against the War (Part 1)
,
Fire on the Mountain

Black NJ Organizes
Against the War (Part 4)
,
Fire on the Mountain

Black NJ Organizes
Against the War (Part 5)
,
Fire on the Mountain

New Jersey Antiwar Activists
Unite in a New Coalition
,
by Tom Barrett in the Labor Standard
PJC Blog

Alabama Terror Web site
Angers Activists
, labeling
antiwar, gay, environmental,
and animal rights groups as
spawning grounds for terror

Teens Discouraged From
Choosing Military as an Option
,
Lawrence Aaron, at North Jersey.com

Newark Residents Who
Have Died in the
"War on Terror"


Joe L. Baines, 19,
December 16, 2006

Clarence Floyd, Jr.,
28, December 10, 2005

Humberto Timoteo,
25, June 5, 2004

Joel Perez, 25, Died in Iraq
Trying to Make His Way Home,
November 2, 2003

Simon Hunte 23,
October 1, 2003

Christian Longsworth, 26,
killed in Afghanistan
May 19, 2006
"When you are right, you cannot be too radical; when you are wrong, you cannot be too conservative." -- Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.