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Haiti's Lawyer: US Is Arming Anti-Aristide Paramilitaries, Calls For UN Peacekeepers

Amy Goodman and Jeremy Scahill | Democracy Now! | February 25, 2004

"'There's enough indications from our point of view, at least from my point of view, that the United States certainly knew what was coming about two weeks before this military operation started,' Kurzban said. 'The United States made contingency plans for Guantanamo.'" [more]

Transcript: What is Happening is an Absolute Slaughter Every Night of Iraqi People

Robert Fisk | Democracy Now! | September 18, 2003

"I'm just watching two Apache helicopters as I speak to you now just flying over the buildings in front of me, on 'antiterrorist patrol', as it's called. There is a real guerilla war underway here, and when you are on the ground you realize it's moving out of control. Washington is still trying to present this as a success story and it's not, anymore than Afghanistan." [more]

Congress Overwhelmed With Anti-War Calls From

STAFF | Democracy Now! | October 1, 2002

" 'It's extraordinary that, as Senators work with the Bush Administration to draft a war resolution, their constituents are expressing overwhelming opposition an attack against Iraq,' said Amy Goodman, the host of Democracy Now! 'Unfortunately we are hearing very little about this in the media. These calls represent the silenced majority, not the silent majority.' " [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.