DN!: Iraq Veterans Speak Out on Shocking Accounts of Attacks on Iraqi Date: Thu, 12 Jul 2007 14:22:16 -0400 DEMOCRACY NOW! DAILY EMAIL DIGEST July 12, 2007 = = = = = = = = = DONATE APPLE DESKTOP AND LAPTOP COMPUTERS TO DN It's summer time at Democracy Now! and we've got an influx of new staff, interns and volunteers. Please support our growth by donating Power Mac G4s & G5s, PowerBook G4s, Mac Minis, Power Macs, MacBook Pros and flat screen displays. Visit http://www.democracynow.org/macbookpro.shtml for a list of specific models. 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We speak with the article¹s co-author, journalist Laila Al-Arian, and four Iraq veterans who came forward with their stories of war. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/12/1335208 * Iraq War Vets Describe "Brutal Techniques" Used by U.S. Military Against Iraqi Civilians * Two Iraq war veterans, Sgt. John Bruhns and Spc. Garett Reppenhagen recount their experience in Iraq, particularly describe the brutal house raids they conducted on a regular basis in Iraq. Spc. Reppenhagen says, "You could see the frustration on [the Iraqi's] faces, the anger, the sadness, the worry, the fear. You know, it was very hard to see the faces of the Iraqi people when you took their family members away...especially when you know most of the time you have bad intelligence and you are raiding the house that usually the people inside are innocent." Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/12/1726251 * If Soldiers Came From Another Country And Did This To My Family, I Would Be An Insurgent Too² ­ War Vet Describes Iraq House Raid * Staff Sergeant Timothy John Westphal, who served in Iraq for one year, recalls raiding a sprawling farm on the outskirts of Tikrit in 2004 and the screams he can still hear of the man he woke up inside. Sgt. Westphal says, "He was so terrified and so afraid for his family. I thought of my family at the time and thought 'If I was the patriarch of the family, if soldiers came from another country and did this to my family, I would be an insurgent too.'" We also speak with Sgt. Dustin Flatt who describes unarmed civilians being shot or run over by U.S. military convoys. Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/12/1726248 * Headlines for July 12, 2007 * - GOPers Nix Measure to Rest Troops Between Deployments - Report: CIA Sees Iraq Situation ³Irreversible² - White House Blocks 2nd Iraq Study Group Report - 429 Iraqis Killed, Wounded at U.S. Checkpoints in Past Year - Chertoff: ³Gut Feeling² U.S. Faces Attack - Intel Assessment Sees Strengthening al-Quaeda - Clashes Resume at Palestinian Refugee Camp in Lebanon - Amnesty Calls for Hezbollah, Israel War Crimes Charges - Chilean Supreme Court Rejects Fujimori Extradition - Ex-White House Aide Refuses to Answer on Attorney Firings - House Approves Student Loan Changes Listen/Watch/Read http://www.democracynow.org/article.pl?sid=07/07/12/1334211 = = = = = = = = = Democracy Now!'s daily news summaries are now available in Spanish: Read Thursday, July 12, 2007: http://www.democracynow.org/ To subscribe to these "Titulares de Hoy" by email, send a blank message to: boletin-sub@list.democracynow.org = = = = = = = = = COMING UP ON DEMOCRACY NOW! 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