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good guys are jailed for stepping out of line From Charlotte Wildgoose (Military wife of British Soldier) Thu, 17 Mar 2005 Hello, In December last year I was fortunate enough to travel to the USA on holiday, with my husband, following his tour in Iraq. We travelled to Los Angeles and spent the day in Santa Monica. Whilst there we happened accross the most emotional and fantastic display of peaceful anti war protesting.  We
spent valuable time chatting with the organisers, who also happened
to be war veterans and ex military personnel. My husband talked of
his time in Iraq as a member of the British Forces and his overwhelming
emotion at seeing the time and effort they had made with their display,
which bought home the true cost of war on the families of American
service men and women. The memorial display has been happening every Sunday since February 2004. Volunteers arrive at about 8am and methodically plant white crosses in rows, in the sand. Each cross represents an American soldier who has lost his/her life in this illegal war. After the crosses are planted, they set out a flag-draped coffin with an empty pair of combat boots in front and a helmet on top. The numbers on a sign are updated to show the number of service men/women killed and wounded. The display called 'Arlington West' is arranged by the Los Angeles branch of the Veterans For Peace organisation.  Each
week the number of crosses grow and already a couple of acres of
beach are used. You hear the figures, but it's only when you see
the crosses the reality and enormity seizes you. Add to those crosses
the numbers lost from other countries and you can only imagine how
much of the beach could be covered. I have enlosed pictures that I have taken of the memorial display. Offering my continued support, Charlotte Wildgoose (Military wife of British Soldier) Website: http://groups.msn.com/FamiliesofUKForcesinIraq Top 'They can't train you for the reality of Iraq. You can't have a mass grave with dogs eating the people in it' Two years after the war began, a growing number of US troops are refusing to return to Iraq Suzanne Goldenberg in Fort Stewart, Georgia Saturday March 19, 2005 | The Guardian At the same time that Kevin Benderman's unit was called up for a second tour in Iraq with the Third Infantry Division, two soldiers tried to kill themselves and another had a relative shoot him in the leg. Seventeen went awol or ran off to Canada, and Sergeant Benderman, whose family has sent a son to every war since the American revolution, defied his genes and nine years of military training and followed his conscience. As the division packed its gear to leave Fort Stewart, Sgt Benderman applied for a discharge as a conscientious objector - an act seen as a betrayal by many in a military unit considered the heart of the US army, the "Walking Pride of Uncle Sam"..More>> Top From War Resisters Support Campaign in Canada 24.01.05 Dear Military Families Against the War On behalf of the War Resisters Support Campaign in Canada, I am writing to offer solidarity and friendship. During the Vietnam War, Canada welcomed over 50,000 war resisters - both draft dodgers and deserters - who came here to avoid participating in an unjust, atrocious war. Our Campaign is calling on all Canadians to urge our Government to welcome those who are resisting the current war in Iraq. We now have six war resisters with us here, including Jeremy Hinzman, who recently faced his hearing for refugee status. We expect a decision on his refugee claim by early March. The other resisters left the military either just before being sent to Iraq, or after having served there. We are proud to be able to offer them our support and to assist them as best we can in settling in their new country. Our work includes a petition drive which has gathered over 20,000 signatures in Canada, the US and elsewhere, arranging events at which the war resisters can speak out, and lobbying the Government to renew the tradition upheld in the 60's and 70's, of welcoming US war resisters to Canada. We look forward to any common efforts we may undertake in solidarity with you and all others who support those who resist the war. In Solidarity, Lee Zaslofsky Vietnam War Deserter War Resisters Support Campaign Top George Solomou: Why I'll refuse to fight in this immoral war Every individual soldier has the moral right to decide whether he will put his life on the line The Independent | 21 January 2005 Earlier this week, I came out publicly against the war in Iraq. I'm not the only member of the Labour Party to be opposed to our military participation in this American-led adventure, nor am I the only soldier. In fact, there is a growing vocal minority within the Territorial Army that is against the war. Nonetheless I am the first one to make it clear, in public, that if called to serve in Iraq, I will refuse. This has not been a decision arrived at impulsively. I have never believed in the rightness of this war; in fact I was on the big anti-war March in February 2003. Even then - before the absence of the weapons of mass destruction that Prime Minister Blair and President Bush cited as the principal reason to rush to war was admitted by all - I was astounded that they could take us to war when it was clear the majority of the population was opposed. Members of the Labour Party at the time were talking about practicing an "ethical foreign policy", and yet there was nothing ethical about the way this was being planned and sold to the public...More>> Top  Rose
Gentle, mother of Gordon who died in action in Iraq, visited a young
Iraqi war victim last week in a Manchester Hospital. Aysha Saleem lost 8 members
of her family when a Coalition shell hit her families house in Fallujah in October.
Four year old Aysha is recovering well from wounds to her ankle and shoulder.
Rose Gentle brought the little girl a big bundle of presents which were very
gratefully received. Rose's visit to Aysha in Withenshawe Hospital received widespread
coverage in the local press (see below).Saved by the love of a stranger Manchester Evening News Friday, 3rd December 2004 Picture:Dave Thompson Little Aysha Saleem plays with her dead mother's jewellery in a Manchester hospital - a world away from the violence in Iraq which claimed the lives of most of her family. A necklace and ear-rings are her only reminder of her mum Atika, who was killed when their home was destroyed during an American bombing raid in Fallujah...More>> Top Defend the 343rd! Sign the petition in support of the 343rd Quartermaster soldiers who refused to follow dangerous orders at: www.campusantiwar.net Army Gears Up to Punish Soldiers Who Refused Mission Statement in Support of the 343rd Soldiers Who Refused Iraq Mission Issued by the Campus Antiwar Network Coordinating Committee - 21 November 2004 "The Army doesn't want the information to get out." Beverly Dobbs, mother of Spec. Joseph Dobbs Well, we want the information to get out. We want everyone to know what the military is trying to do to these soldiers who stood up against unsafe orders. They were right to refuse, and no charges should be brought against them. The Army has recommended punishment for 24 members of the South Carolina-based 343rd quartermaster company who refused orders to drive a fuel convoy on a route hundreds of miles long without armor, air or ground support, and carrying helicopter fuel they believed to be contaminated, and therefore dangerous to other soldiers...More>> Top Military Family Life Comes Under Study Kimberly Hefling | Associated Press Writer | 19.11.04 WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. (AP) - The military, so the saying goes, enlists a soldier but re-enlists a family. Getting families to re-up in time of war, however, is a daunting task the defense department hopes will be made easier with research by Purdue University. ``Today, more than ever, we don't go to war without the support of our families,'' said Lt. Col. Joe Richard, a Pentagon spokesman. Purdue's Military Family Research Institute is getting $8 million in federal funds to study soldiers and their families. The idea is for policy makers to use the findings to keep soldiers from leaving. From better housing to financial incentives to postwar counseling, Richard said officials recognize they have to keep soldiers and families happy if they are to maintain troop strength in an all-volunteer military. When established in 2000, the five-year project focused on military families in peacetime. The fight against terrorism and war in Iraq obviously changed that...More>> Top Blair's legal case for war was sexed up too John Kampfner | The Times online | 21.11.04 When a prime minister commits men and women to die in the service of their nation, he carries a responsibility to demonstrate not only judgment but also honesty. The controversy surrounding Tony Blair and Iraq has focused on the dossier produced in September 2002 that misrepresented the threat posed by Saddam Hussein°s weapons of mass destruction. That has been a distraction. More important is what happened from January 2003 until war in March. Central to this is the legality of the war, a matter not, as some government loyalists assert, an obsession of leftist journalists and MPs but something that exercises the pillars of the Establishment...More>> Top From MelloYello email message received 25.11.04 I am a veteran of the U.S. army. I served in a millitary hospital during operation desert storm. It was very difficult seeing disfigured soldiers. There are people that say there really weren't that many soldiers killed or wounded. A lot of us were affected. I can only imagine what these poor guys are going through now. It was a lot easier for me to see dead bodies than it was for me to see soldiers with limbs blown off. Dead bodies don't scream. The war for hearts and minds has been lost. We must admit the folly of our mistakes. We went to war under the pretext of freeing the people of Iraq. We must face the truth that we were deceived about the weapons of mass destruction. Since there are no weapons of mass destruction we need to bring our soldiers home. It is sheer foolishness to rebuild a country that will undoubtedly be hostile to our countries in the future.You can not kill someone's family and expect to be thanked for bringing freedom. The truth is we were lied to about having any desire to free the people of Iraq. That was a lie. A leader needs to admit when he is wrong. The honourable thing to do is stop sending them to kill and be killed. Their deaths will continue to be in vain. How many more must die? How many more must lose limbs? How many more must kill? The answer is none if you bring them home. Top British troops play a vital military role supporting the American occupation of Iraq, their presence is not just symbolic by Andy Newman | 17.11.04 The United States has 140000 troops in Iraq, clearly insufficient to control the situation. These American forces are already feeling the strain. With well over 1000 dead, they have also suffered more than 4000 severely wounded many with brain damage and often with multiple limb loss. By January 2004 there had been at least 22 GI suicides in Iraq. The report of a US Army mental health team that went to Iraq in the autumn of 2003 found that 52% of troops in Iraq reported low or very low personal morale, and 70% reported low or very low unit morale. A paper published in the New England Journal of Medicine reported 19.5 per cent of troops who served in Iraq had moderate or severe mental health problems. If milder symptoms such as anxiety are included, the number rises to 27.9 per cent. A high proportion of the US army in Iraq are from the reserves and the National Guard; part time soldiers who did not expect a long tour overseas. Significantly there are 5570 American troops in Iraq over the age of 50, and by July there had been 10 deaths of these older soldiers, including 59 year old Staff Sgt William D Chaney who was serving as a machine gun operator in a Black Hawk; the same role he played in Vietnam. The casualties and the trauma in Iraq alongside the long tours of duty expected mean that the National Guard failed to meet its recruitment target by 10% this year (a 5000 shortfall) - the first shortfall since 1994. Normally the US army commits troops to 6 month tours overseas, but last year this was increased to 12 months for Iraq and Afghanistan due to the shortage of troops. "All the Army leadership agrees that 12 months is too long," said Lt. Gen. H. Steven Blum, chief of the National Guard Bureau, quoted in the Denver Post. The numbers had been originally swelled by a further 22000 soldiers from 32 other nations. But over the past few months most of these countries have announced either complete withdrawal or leaving only a token number (for example just 12 soldiers from Moldova). At the end of October, Hungary announced withdrawal of its 300 troops from Iraq, on the same day Bulgaria said it was scaling back its own troop levels. Spain's government pulled out 1,300 troops in March, following the election defeat of pro-war Prime Minister Jos? Mar?a Aznar. The Dominican Republic withdrew 302 soldiers, Nicaragua 115 and Honduras 370. The Philippines withdrew its 51 in July, a month early, after the resistance took hostage a civilian Filipino truck driver. Norway has withdrawn 155 military engineers, keeping only 15 training staff. Poland, the fourth-largest contributor, with 2,400 troops, says it intends to withdraw by the end of 2005, and the Netherlands, with 1,400 troops, said recently that the latest rotation of troops would be its last contribution to Iraq. The only remaining significant allies are Britain, with 12,000 troops, and Italy, with more than 3,100. Of these forces only the British can be expected to be effective in combat operations. But the wide questioning of the legitimacy of the invasion and occupation of Iraq is also having an effect on the British army. While waiting to be deployed to Camp Dogwood on 28th October, Ben Brereton, a 19-year-old craftsman in the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers spoke to the press: "I feel angry and wonder why we are going there". Private Manny Lynch, 19, from the Black Watch, said: "I'm nervous and angry ... We have heard a lot about the 'Triangle of Death', which makes everyone nervous because it seems much worse up there than it has been down here. We have controlled the situation down here while the Americans seemed to have ruined it up there." The following day, Adam Ingram the Armed Forces minister reissued orders to troops reinforcing the message that t hey could not speak to the media without prior authorization. The British Army is simply not big enough to sustain a long commitment to Iraq if it endures significant causalities. The whispering doubts expressed about the war from senior officers are motivated because they know that being sucked in deeper endangers the long term effectiveness and independence of the British armed forces. The concentration of the Iraqi resistance on targeting Iraqi police and army units has been strategically astute, understanding that these are the weak link in the chain for the occupation. There is a real danger that they may prioritise the targeting of British troops for similar reasons. Deployment of the Black Watch to Camp Dogwood by Tony Blair significantly increases the danger not just for the troops moved there, but for all British service men and women in Iraq. A distant hope for the American Army is to shift more of the burden of fighting onto their Iraqi allies. The United States have spent $1.2 billion in developing Iraq's security forces, which now number around 220,000. The Iraqi units include the military, police and Interior Ministry forces. However when ordered to prepare for the recent offensive against the Mahdi Army in Najaf, Iraqi Interior Ministry troops suffered a desertion rate that exceeded 80 percent. During the recent assault on Fallujah the New York Times reported 500 Iraqi troops refusing to fight. The US Government Accounting Office reports: "Effective Iraqi security forces are critical for transitioning security responsibilities to Iraq ... However, Iraqi security forces proved unready to take over security responsibilities from the multinational force, as demonstrated by their collapse during April 2004." The recent arrest of General Talib al-Lahibi, for collaborating with the resistance casts f urther doubt on the reliability of the Iraqi army. Gen Lahibi was in charge of security for Diyala province north-east of Baghdad. He commanded three battalions in the area of the new pro-American army. Iraq is locked into a cycle of violence, where every attempt by the occupation forces to crush the resistance will create more resentment, more Iraqi families with bereaved relatives, and more reasons for people to join a growing resistance. The American Army and Marines do not have sufficient force to fight that war alone, and they will look to their loyal ally Tony Blair to plug the gap. They have no other friends to turn to. Andy Newman Swindon Stop the War Coalition Top From the mother of Dante Zappala and Sgt. Sherwood Baker by Celeste Zappala | 12.11.04 Dear Friends, I am the mother of Dante Zappala and Sgt. Sherwood Baker. Dante returned tonight and showed us your pictures, shared your words and thoughts with us, and now I consider you all as my friends. We are bound in a sad fellowship of loss as well as a mission to do everything we can to stop this disastrous war. This hideous force that is moving through Iraq, and Britain, Scotland, Wales, the US and scores of other nations- creating grief, destruction and death. And we the saddest witnesses must help each other to stand against it. I pray for you all, carry your names and your children's names in my heart, and send you my love. Peace be with you, Celeste Zappala Philadelphia, PA USA, mother of Sgt Sherwood Baker, killed in Baghdad - 04/26/04 Top Greetings from Military Families Speak Out in the U.S. by Nancy Lessin and Charley Richardson |12.11.04 Dear Military Families Against the War, On behalf of over 1,900 military families in the United States who are members of Military Families Speak Out -- who have been speaking out against the war in Iraq, a war based on lies that our relatives and loves ones have been deployed to, fought in, may be deployed to, or have died in -- we extend our warmest greetings to you. We are so glad that Military Families Speak Out member Dante Zappala was able to be with you for your founding events. As you may know, Military Families Speak Out (MFSO) began two years ago this month, with two military families speaking out to try to prevent an invasion of Iraq. We are now almost 2,000 families, with new families joining every day. There are now members of MFSO in every state (all 50) across our country. We also have members in Puerto Rico, Germany and several other countries, whose loved ones are members of the U.S. military. We look forward to working together and building the voice of military families in both of our countries to put an end to this illegal and immoral war. We will share your website with all of our members and have linked your site on our website which is www.mfso.org Thank you for your strength, your courage and your compassion. Yours is a most welcome voice in this time of such troubles! In Peace and Solidarity, Nancy Lessin and Charley Richardson Co-founders, Military Families Speak Out website: www.mfso.org email: mfso@mfso.org Bring Them Home NOW campaign website: www.bringthemhomenow.org Top Letter To Mr Blair by Military Families Against the War | 10.11.04 Dear Mr Blair, We present ourselves here today to pay our respects and remember the courageous soldiers who have made the ultimate sacrifice in the service of their country in Iraq. Also to voice our support to the brave personnel currently involved in operations in Iraq who are dedicated to doing their duty. We feel that the most effective way of showing our support is to influence a prompt, safe return with the dignity and respect they so rightly deserve. When enlisting, service men and women sign an ´Oath of Allegiance° to her Majesty°s Government. All these people ask in return is that their Government act in an honourable, truthful and responsible manner and only deploy troops into the theatre of war to risk their lives when absolutely necessary when all avenues of diplomacy have been exhausted. To deploy these troops based on deceit of WMD is totally morally unacceptable. The blame lies firmly at your doorstep. This was a contrived war, a war of option not necessity. Where is the accountability Mr Blair for the 74 British servicemen killed, several injured and over 100,000 innocent Iraqi victims, men, women and children dead? Where is the apology you said you can give? You have not said sorry to one single family. How Mr Blair can you walk through all this human carnage with impunity? We now form part of a campaign with the support of many MPs dedicated to bringing you to account. We will not go away! The possibilities and feasibility of 'impeachment' are currently being explored. The document 'A Case to Answer' has been presented to you with 28 specific questions and in your arrogance you have not afforded the common courtesy of a response or acknowledgement. As Iraq contains the second largest oil reserves in the world and could not fulfil its oil production potential due to crippling sanctions it was viewed as an easy target for Western interests to plunder its mineral wealth. It would appear multi-million dollar contracts were already being negotiated before the war to extract oil and rebuild infrastructure. Please remember Mr Blair: no capability of a 45-minute deployment of WMD, no stockpiles of WMD, no WMD programmes, no links with Al Q'aeda and no links with 9/11. Without the above how could Iraq form part of the so-called 'axis of evil'? What therefore was Iraq's crime to warrant an illegal invasion without United Nations support? If you are so keen on enforcing democracy Mr Blair, why do you not enforce it on strong countries capable of 'biting back', not one that has been weakened by years of sanctions. You have now changed the rhetoric for your remit for war from WMD to regime change. Kofi Annan, UN Secretary General, states that this is illegal. Thus you are forcing our troops to engage in an illegal conflict against Iraq that you and Mr Bush presumed to be a soft target. The resulting chaos and atrocities are now played out for all to see daily on our television screens. The world is now undeniably a more dangerous place. Stop the war, bring the troops home and hand responsibility over to the United Nations. At least Kofi Annan still retains some integrity and has a proven unbiased diplomatic record. Why Mr Blair as the deceased are being repatriated do you find it necessary to continue this unhealthy liaison with Mr Bush? Is it to receive a pat on the back for moving the Black Watch into the Triangle of Death so as to be seen to have supported Mr Bush's re-election campaign? On a closing note, Geoff Hoon addressed the House and stated the risks moving the Black Watch were acceptable. Yet within days we have 5 killed and several seriously injured. How is this justifiable? Well Mr Blair you have been true to your word on one point. You are getting some of the Black Watch home for Christmas, tragically injured, maimed and others in body bags. Morally unacceptable conduct of a British Prime Minister in the 21st Century! Signed: Rose Gentle Reg Keys Caroline Harrison Selma Zappala Dante Zappala Christine Robinson Leslie Robinson Theresa Evans Robbie Buckland James Buchanan Top An Open Letter to Military Families in the UK By Dante Zappala | 09.11.04 My name is Dante Zappala. I am an American. I know first hand the consequences of the lies told to justify the war in Iraq. My brother was a soldier in the US Army. He was killed working for the Iraq Survey Group while they looked for Weapons of Mass Destruction. My sadness has led me to search for truth. That search has, at times, seemed hopeless. Yet, in the wake of our disastrous election, I find myself in the UK. I have been meeting with military families who share an experience similar to mine. My hope is that those of you who share our belief-that this is an unjust war based on lies-will mobilize to pressure your government to withdrawal British troops. I am a member of Military Families Speak Out, an organization of over 1800 families in the US. We are comprised of people with relatives or loved ones who are involved with the Iraq war. We are a politically, ethnically, religiously and economically diverse group of families. But we share one common cause: Bring our troops home now! Most of our members never saw themselves as 'political' but saw the need to speak against an injustice that affected them so personally. In the end, the people we love suffer at the hands of those who lead us recklessly into war. The children of George Bush and Tony Blair do not walk in the desert under the threat of death. Yet that is exactly what they expect of our sons, daughters, brothers, sisters, mothers and fathers. There are numerous families in the UK who have been dramatically affected by the decision of Tony Blair to follow George Bush into Iraq. Rose Gentle and Reg Keys both lost their sons to this bloody conflict. They want to know why. Along with several others, they have formed Military Families Against the War. I urge you to join as well. The voice of Military Families is a brave voice of unquestionable patriotism. Our most valued assets are at risk and it is imperative that we be heard. Our family members take an oath to serve. They promise to protect us against enemies and are willing to die in the process. Their nobility was shamelessly compromised when Tony Blair signed them on to the American agenda. You have a legitimate opportunity to do what we in the States could not - hold those responsible for this tragedy accountable. I was in London when the news hit that three Black Watch soldiers were killed. I could sense the outrage. And in only a few days, another has died. When will it end? Now is the time to ensure that no other brave soldiers are made to suffer the same consequence. Please join with Rose, Reg and the rest to insist that British Soldiers be removed from Iraq. With Hope, Dante Zappala Top Letter to Tony Blair By Maxine Gentle | 19.08.04 To Prime Minister Tony Blair, My name is Maxine Gentle and I am 14 years old. I am the sister of Fusilier Gordon Gentle who died in the war in Iraq on the 28th June 2004. I want my thoughts and feelings to be heard and known. My feelings are that I think you are rubbish at your job. You don't care about the British public, armed forces or anyone in fact. My big brother died at the age of 19, and what for? A war over oil and money, that's what I think the war is all about. There was no such thing as weapons of "mass destruction", if there were Saddam Hussein would have used them at the start of the war. I think that you should withdraw all of our soldiers from Iraq. After all, it is not our war, it's America's. So why did we, the British, have to get involved? I think that you just don't want to get on the wrong side of George Bush. My big brother meant the world to me. I looked up to him with pride because he made something of himself. He was well known, just like you, but everyone liked and loved him, not like you, because I have no respect for you, and nor do a lot of other people I know. Gordon had only passed out in April, and yet by May YOU sent him and many others to a war zone. What I find strange is that in order to be a qualified plumber or electrician you need to train for 3 or 4 years, but to be a qualified soldier, and learn to KILL someone, you only need to train for SIX MONTHS! The people that you have sent out there are still young; they have the rest of their lives to live, just like Gordon did. My family is still hurting badly and so am I. To you he was just another number clown. From the minute that we found out Gordon was going over there we were all worried about him, right up until the minute we found out it was Gordon that was killed by the Iraqis. We are all hurting badly, but I don't just blame Gordon's death on the Iraqis that made the roadside bomb, I blame YOU as well because it is your fault that our soldiers are over there in the first place, by agreeing with George Bush that we HAD to go to war, when we didn't! As I said everyone is hurting badly right now, but you would not know that because your sons are all tucked up nicely in bed at night, at the same time as there are mums and dads who still have sons over there, who can't sleep at night, wondering if their loved ones are coming home or are they going to be the next ones to be killed. You would not know how we all feel, because you're at home at night with your wife and son watching them growing up, but we will never know what Gordon would have been like in years to come. It is okay for you sitting there with all your money and power, ruining people's lives by the decisions YOU make. I don't care who knows how I feel about you. All you care about is things that benefit you. All you and your new "best Friend" George Bush care about is Iraq's oil. My big brother died in the early hours of the morning, and yet, when you and George Bush went on live TV in the afternoon to hand the country back over, you both stood there that afternoon smiling and acting like one big happy family when you both knew well that a British soldier had died that morning. Nothing you can do or say will change my mind, or the fact that I am hurting badly inside. I cry myself to sleep most of the time because Gordon has gone and is never coming back. Quite frankly I would have loved to meet you myself and tell you all this personally. But if I met you I would not shake your hand. This is my personal feelings towards you and George Bush, but I have less respect for you than him because YOU are the British Prime Minister, well supposed to be, and I am British, although sometimes I am ashamed to admit to being British when I have got such a bad prime minister as you. I hope you have pleasure reading this as I have had pleasure writing it. Yours Sincerely Maxine Gentle Top |
Amnesty
International has adopted Abdullah as a prisoner of conscience and has called
for his release and restoration of his rank and privileges. Why has the army
picked on my husband? The Pentagon said at the end of last year that it had
received around 100 conscientious objection applications and had approved half
of them. But it appears to be singling out those who specify they object to
the Iraq war on particular grounds, especially issues of legality. Just like
Tony Blair who still faces probing questions over the legal advice he received
over war in Iraq, it seems the US authorities cannot bear to have this matter
publicly questioned. My husband's is a reluctant campaign forced on him by
a vindictive military system apparently unable to brook principled opposition
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• An Open Letter to Military Families in the UK by Dante Zappala
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