author : Janine Gates
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May 2007
by Janine Gates
Lots of numbers about Iraqi civilian deaths are thrown around. All the numbers are big, so it's hard to know what number is most accurate. Fifty thousand? One hundred thousand? Five hundred thousand? It depends on the source.
I used the number 650,000 in my article, "Lt. Watada speaks out in Olympia" in the February issue of Works in Progress. That number was used in a video about Iraq prior to Lt. Watada's speaking enagagement at South Puget Sound Community College (SPSCC) on January 31. The video said that an estimated 650,000 Iraqi civilians have died; however, the number was . . .
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February 2007
by Janine Gates
"I swore no oath to the Commander-in-Chief, but to the Constitution," said Lt. Ehren Watada, a Fort Lewis, Washington commissioned officer, who is facing court-martial and a possible four year prison sentence for refusing to go to Iraq.
Watada spoke before a crowd of several hundred in Olympia at South Puget Sound Community College Wednesday night. Most were sympathetic with his cause and interrupted Lt. Watada several times, often with a standing ovation, during his nearly two hour speech.
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