Reuters: U.S. groups mount grass-roots battle over Iraq

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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20070311/ts_nm/iraq_usa_protests_dc;_ylt=Arka81lj56oxpjDroPi08vqs0NUE

U.S. groups mount grass-roots battle over Iraq

By Carey Gillam 1 hour, 30 minutes ago

KANSAS CITY, Missouri (Reuters) - Tomas Young was 22 years old and working as a waiter for a Kansas City-area eatery in 2001 when attacks on the World Trade Center spurred him to a patriotic act.


"I wanted to go to Afghanistan to exact some retribution on the people who attacked us," said Young, who joined the Army days after the September 11 attacks.

"paralyzed from the chest down"..... and is -- part of a growing movement of Iraq war veterans, military family members and others determined to stop a war they see as ill-advised and possibly illegal".

As Congress and the Bush administration wrangle over how and when to bring an end to the U.S. war in Iraq, war supporters are also active. They describe opponents as "leftist propagandists" hurting military morale and undermining the U.S. mission.

Both sides are writing letters, lobbying Congress and holding rallies. On the March 17-18 weekend they will march on Washington to mark the fourth anniversary of the invasion.

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1. Great! Press! K&R

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2. A true American hero working to get the truth out- nt

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3. Another enlistee, only he was against the war before he enlisted

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=7829881

another Great American Hero

another sad statistic