From War is the Atrocity by Richard Stacewicz:

After describing the brutal murder of two Iraqi farmers, who were working their fields during curfew, with 50 millimeter machine guns and belt-fed grenade launchers and other incidents that contradicted the "rules of engagement," US Army scout sniper Garret Reppenhagen, ended his testimony by saying, "the truth of the matter is the war is the atrocity." From March 13th through the 16th, dozens of members of the Iraq Veterans Against the War along with their supporters in VVAW, Vets For Peace and military families gathered together in Silver Springs, Maryland to hold four days of hearings about their experiences in Iraq and Afghanistan. The purpose of the Winter Soldier hearings was "to show the true human costs of the occupation... Read More

In This Issue:

1. War is the Atrocity by Richard Stacewicz
2. From the National Office by Barry Romo
3. My View on Winter Soldier: Prior to the Event by John Zutz
4. Iraq: A View for the Bottom by John Zutz
5. Fraggin' by Bill Shunas
6. Notes from the Boonies by Paul Wisovaty
7. US Casualties Continue (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
8. War, Politics and the Veteran by Steve Crandall
9. War Resister is Keynote Speaker at New Orleans Action by Ward Reilly
10. New Ohio Chapter Is On The Move by Bill Reynolds
11. VVAW Salt Lake City by
12. Agent Orange - The Time-Release Poison Pill by Paul Cox
13. Veterans Day Chicago 2007 by
14. The Late, Great, '68 by Horace Coleman
15. The Bodies Benath the Table (poem) by W. D. Ehrhart
16. Happy Anniversary!? (poem) by Horace Coleman
17. Ode to the P-38 (poem) by Dayl Wise
18. Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan . . . The Bravest of the Brave by Ward Reilly
19. Winter Soldier Investigation: Iraq & Afghanistan - Proudly Served by Tom Baxter
20. What I Felt About Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan by John Beitzel
21. Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan Security by Ken Nielsen
22. Winter Soldier Security by
23. Guarding the Box at Winter Soldier 2008 by Diane Wood
24. Winter Soldiers of the "War on Terror" by J. Michael Orange
25. Winter Soldier - Let It Snow! by Russ Scheidler
26. Winter Soldier "Detroit Bill" by Horace Coleman
27. United We Stand by Arnold Stieber
28. New Legal Clinics for Veterans Open in Illinois by Linda Englund
29. If Not Us, Who" If Not Now, When? by Ray Parrish
30. United We Stand by Sgt. Selena Coppa
31. The Success of Winter Soldier: Iraq & Afghanistan by Geoff Millard
32. You Are Not My Enemy (poem) by Dave Cameron
33. I Am A Christian (poem) by Cloy Richards
34. IVAW Photos by
35. Organizing Winter Soldier by Aaron Hughes
36. Pentagon Tells VA Not to Help Wounded Vets With Benefits Appeals (cartoon) by Jeff Danziger
37. An Open Letter to the Warriors: Past, Present & Future by Calixto Cabrera
38. Talking War Crimes by Ben Chitty
39. Degrees of Difference: From 1971's Winter Soldier Investigation to 2008's Winter Soldier Iraq & Afghanistan by Bill Perry
40. "Just Crazed" War Vets? (poem) by Paul Cameron
41. The Iraq War: Five Years Later - Winter Soldiers by Madeleine Mysko
42. Eyewitness Report from Winter Soldier II Investigation by Carol Rawert Trainer
43. Broken Toy Soldiers (poem) by Mark Wilkerson
44. Mary's War by Dennis Serdel
45. Oxy, the Smart Bomb (cartoon) by Billy X. Curmano
46. Interval by Joseph Giannini
47. Inso-mania (poem) by Jon Turner
48. Letter to the Editor by
49. Madelyn Moore: Rest In Peace by Jim Davis
50. You Really Would Have Liked Him by Rena Kopystenski
51. Veterans' Survival Guide by Aaron Davis (reviewer)
52. The Dumbing Down of Redacted by Ken Nielsen (reviewer)
53. Coming Home: A 40-Year Journey that Began in 1968 by Bill Christofferson