Vietnam War Newsletter #1

OMNI VIETNAM WAR NEWSLETTER #1, July 24, 2011,Compiled by Dick Bennett for a Culture of Peace,

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Contents

Books

Jane Fonda, Peacemaker

Cluster Bombs, Special Section (small sample of sources)

Civilians Killed (small sample)

Casualties in Wars

BOOKS

--Anderson, David and John Ernst, eds.  The War That Never Ends: New Perspectives on the Vietnam War.  UP of Kentucky, 2007.  Rev. Peace and Change (April 2010).  The lasting impact of the wr on US foreign policy.  Its as a “watershed moment.”

--Marlantes, Karl.  Matterhorn: A Novel of the Vietnam War.  Atlantic Monthly, 2010.    Ad in Harper’s (July 2010):  “Over 150,000 copies in print after seven printings. 

--The Palace Files by Jerry Schecter and Nguyen Hung, a carefully documented exposé of the Nixon/Kissinger strategy to prolong a lost war in Vietnam in a vain attempt to salvage American prestige and their own political careers. It cost tens of thousands of lives.  By all means, let us blame the old men in power who have forever created wars, especially those who have done so driven by their own ambitions, ideologies, ignorance and pathologies.

--Richard Stacewicz.  Winter Soldiers: an Oral History of Vietnam Veterans Against the War.  Haymarket, 2008.  Rev. Fellowship (Fall 2009).

Jane Fonda, Reader Supported News , July 23, 2011

Excerpt: "It is unconscionable that extremist groups circulate letters which accuse me of horrific things, saying that I am a traitor. These lies have circulated for almost 40 years, continually reopening the wound of the Vietnam War."

READ MORE   http://readersupportednews.org/opinion2/266-32/6732-the-truth-about-my-trip-to-hanoi

CLUSTER BOMBS

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1.                             As Cluster Bomb Ban Takes Effect, the View From Laos - ABC News

Aug 7, 2010 ... View From Laos: U.S. Ducks Cluster Bomb Ban as Laotians Still Die ... Vietnam-Era U.S. Bombs Still Kill, but U.S. Refuses to Join Ban That ...abcnews.go.com/International/cluster-bomb-ban-takes-effect.../story?id...

2.                             The casualties of cluster bombs must not be forgotten | Melody ...

Aug 30, 2010 ... Constrast this to irresponsible America, who bombed Vietnam like bombing .... example of the use of cluster bombs by the US (among others). ...www.guardian.co.uk/commentisfree/.../casualties-cluster-bombs-laos - Cached

3.                             Cluster bomb - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

In Vietnam, people are still being killed as a result of cluster bombs and other objects left by the US and Vietnamese military forces. ...en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cluster_bomb - Cached - Similar

4.                             The Casualties of Cluster Bombs Must Not Be Forgotten ...

Aug 30, 2010 ... The US conducted its bombing missions over Laos secretly, calling the attacks ... American ordinance, that remains since the Vietnam war. ...www.commondreams.org/view/2010/08/30-4 - Cached

5.                             Clear Path International: Assisting Landmine Survivors, their ...

From our friends at the US Campaign to Ban Landmines and Cluster Bombs: ... Hearts and Mines follows the CPI Vietnam staff as they work with landmine and ...www.cpi.org/ - Cached - Similar

6.                             Videos for US cluster bombs in Vietnam

Cambodia in clasp of cluster bombs3 min - Aug 2, 2010 Uploaded by AlJazeeraEnglish www.youtube.com

Unexploded US cluster bombs causing serious ...1 min - Jul 25, 2010 Uploaded by newsupload2010 www.youtube.com

7.                             The Vietnam War | Landmines | Cluster Bombs

Jun 6, 2010 ... In Vietnam, cluster bombs still plague countryside ... weeding a coffee plantation beside the former U.S. Marine base outside Khe Sanh. ...www.globalpost.com/.../vietnam/.../cluster-bombs-landmines-demining-quang-tri - Cached

8.                             Clearing cluster bombs: Operations begin in Vietnam - Norwegian ...

Beneficiaries from cluster bomb removals in Vietnam. From US Bombing data it is estimated that over 2 million cluster bombs were dropped on this district ...www.npaid.org/Clearing+cluster+bombs%3A+Operations+begin+in+Vietnam.9SVVTT95PSopPP37NVTT9xE2V1nPYpwZrIW3.ips - Cached

9.                             Vietnam Landmine Survivors Urge Cluster Bomb Ban | OneWorld.net (U.S.)

The campaign also plans to produce a short film documenting the effects of cluster bombs in Vietnam, and will drive a "Ban Bus" through the country in ...us.oneworld.net/.../357281-vietnam-talks-cluster-bomb-ban - Cached - Similar

10.                        Cluster Munition Coalition - A History Of Harm

1960s-1970s Cambodia, Laos,Vietnam US forces make extensive use of cluster munitions in bombing campaigns. The ICRC estimates that in Laos alone, ...www.stopclustermunitions.org/the-

FPL HAS FILM “BOMBIES” ON THE EST. 90 MILLION CLUSTER BOMBS US DROPPED IN LAOS ILLEGALLY DURING VIETNAM WAR.  Bombies tells the story and their legacy.

CIVILIANS KILLED

1.                             Vietnam War casualties - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Jump to Non-Uniformed/Civilian Deaths in South Vietnam‎: South Vietnam suffered the majority of an estimated 2,000,000 Vietnamese civilians killed ...

Deaths in South Vietnam - Deaths in North Vietnam - United States Armed Forces

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2.                             My Lai Massacre - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Once the first civilians were wounded or killed by indiscriminate fire, the ...

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3.                             Statistics about the Vietnam War

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Jun 2, 2008 – The Vietnam War has been the subject of thousands of newspaper and magazine ... Americans who deliberately killed civilians received prison ...Get more discussion results

Casualties - US vs NVA/VC

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Jan 23, 2000 – Casualty Data For The Vietnam War. ... Legend: KIA = Killed In Action WIA = Wounded In Action MIA = Missing In Action CIA = Captured In ...

Vietnam Agent Orange Campaign | Home

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“The war in Vietnam primarily—and most heavily— affected the Vietnamese people, north and south ... 450000 South Vietnamese civilians killed from 1961-1975; ...

4.                             American Women Who Died in the Vietnam War

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Mar 3, 2010 – American Civilian and Military Women Who Died in the Vietnam War (1959-1975). Much more information is on the home page of ...

CASUALTIES IN WARS

Military and Civilian War Dead Through The Years

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Military and Civilian War Related Deaths Through the Ages ... World War II. 1937 -1945. Korea. 1950-1953. Algeria. Vietnam 1947-1972 ...

END OF VIETNAM NEWSLETTER #1, JULY 24, 2011