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Stories from 2003-04-18

Aiding Iraqi People Priority for Americans

Claudia Deane and Richard Morin | Washington Post | April 18, 2003

"Most Americans are satisfied with U.S. and British efforts to restore civil order in Iraq, and they now rank humanitarian needs as the top priority there." [more]

Baghdad Residents Protest US Troops

Ellen Knickmeyer | Associated Press | April 18, 2003

"The lack of basic services such as power, water and police protection has hobbled the city's economy and fueled a mixture of rage and resentment against American forces. Iraqis are angry that U.S. troops rarely assume the role of police and resentful when they do." [more]

Spoils to the Victor

Michael Kinsley | Washington Post | April 18, 2003

"This is nation-building, Republican-style, with huge contracts awarded in secret to politically connected companies." [more]

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This website is a tribute to Why War?, one of the nation's first and most innovative post-9/11 student antiwar organizations. Born on October 22, 2001 at Swarthmore College, we were a handful of freshmen and sophmores who vocally opposed the wars in Afghanistan, Iraq and elsewhere. And now, seven years later, we are retiring this website as we focus our efforts on new directions. We hope that it continues to serve future activists and we remain confident that humanity is on the verge birthing a better world.