Military Families Starting to Speak Out Against Iraq War

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Suffering is associated with mothers, says Fernando Suarez del Solar. But fathers also suffer, he says. His son, Jesus Alberto, was killed in Iraq in 2003. Since then, he has been speaking out against what he considers an illegal and immoral war. Such are his thoughts now, when people celebrate Father's Day amid a rising opposition to the war.

Del Solar, from San Diego, a member of Military Families Speak Out, was recently awarded the 2004 Peace Award by the War Resisters League for his work in opposing the war. He's also the founder of Guerreros Aztecas por la Paz (Aztec Warriors for Peace), a project dedicated to assisting veterans in their return to civil society.

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Military Families Starting to Speak Out Against Iraq War

Most soldiers are noble when they go in, he says, "but they're being transformed into beasts." He cites the example of U.S. coalition soldiers engaging in torture, disagreeing that it...

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