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Stories from 2004-02-14

At Least 21 Killed in Attack in Iraq

Mariam Fam | Associated Press | February 14, 2004

"Guerrillas shouting 'God is great' launched a bold daylight assault on an Iraqi police station and security compound west of Baghdad on Saturday, freeing prisoners and sparking a gunbattle that killed 21 people and wounded 33, police and hospital officials said." [more]

Drowned Iraqi 'Was Forced Into River By Five US Soldiers'

Justin Huggler | Independent | February 14, 2004

"Zeidun Fadhil and his cousin Marwan Fadhil were allegedly taken to a remote spot on the shore and ordered into the river at gunpoint. When they refused, the soldiers were said to have forced them into the river. Zeidun, who could not swim, drowned in the strong current." [more]

Exiles' Prewar Data Assailed

Warren P. Strobel and Jonathan S. Landay | Philadelphia Inquirer | February 14, 2004

"Iraqi defectors gave misleading information to bolster the case for war, U.S. officials have found." [more]

The Law of War

Kenneth Roth | Foreign Affairs Magazine | February 14, 2004

"Given that so much confusion exists about whether to apply wartime or law-enforcement rules to a given situation, a better approach would be to make the decision based on its public policy implications. Unfortunately, the Bush administration seems to have ignored such concerns." [more]

We Don't Need Laws About Love

Bill Maher | Boston Globe | February 14, 2004

"Republicans used to be the party that opposed social engineering, but now they push programs to outlaw marriage for some people, and encourage it for others." [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.