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Iraq Veterans Against the War convenes Winter Soldier Europe before NATO summit

Testimony are available online

(16.03.2009) Freiburg, Germany – About 150 people heard testimony from nine American, British, and German veterans in Freiburg, Germany, on Saturday about the military members’ experiences in Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. Testimony are available online.

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USA: One in five soldiers returning from Afghanistan and Iraq suffer from PTSD

Statement at Winter Soldier Hearing Europe (Rose Kazma)

(14.03.2009) Active duty soldiers are unlikely to be diagnosed with PTSD. In fact they are more likely to be punished for their symptoms than they are to receive the treatment they need. Self-cutting , anger outbursts, and alcohol abuse, among others are symptoms conveniently labeled misconduct by the military resulting in disciplinary action. In other cases soldiers are given diagnoses such as personality disorder indicating that the symptoms come from a pre-existing condition and are not attributable to combat experience. Those who do receive a diagnosis of PTSD are heavily medicated and returned to active duty.

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Winter Soldier 2009

Testifier Biographies

(10.03.2009) Testifier Biographies: Chris Arendt, Zack Baddorf, Chris Capps-Schubert, Dave Cortelyou, Eddie Falcon, Lee Kamara, Rose Kazma, Christian Neumann, André Shepherd and Martin Webster.

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Iraq Veterans Against the War invites you to a hearing in Freiburg on March 14

Soldiers and veterans will share the truth about wars in Iraq, Afghanistan

(12.02.2009) Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) invites you to hear the hard truth about what is really on happening on the ground in Iraq and Afghanistan, day in and day out, from American, British and German veterans. The hearing will convene on March 14, 2009, 10 a.m. to 7 p.m. in Café Velo, Wentzinger Str. 15 in Freiburg.

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