Literature

NOVANEWS Justin Gardner The legacy of death and misery from the invasions of Iraq and Afghanistan continues today, and, once again, Dick Cheney plays a central role. A new book by Joseph Hickman, a former U.S. Marine and Army sergeant, titled "The Burn Pits: The Poisoning of America's Soldiers" details how soldiers and local civilian populations were exposed to constant streams of toxic smoke from the burning of waste.The infamous Kellog, Brown, and Root (KBR), which was a part of Dick Cheney's corporate empire under Halliburton, operated about 250 burn pits which contributed to the $40 billion that Halliburton made during the Iraq occupation. "Every type of waste imaginable" was burned, including "tires, lithium batteries, asbestos insulation, pesticide containers, Styrofoam, met...

NOVANEWS America First Books  Capt. Eric. H. May Archive INTRODUCTION Capt. Eric H. May GT Commander Captain Eric H. May, a Desert Storm Volunteer, served on the general staff of the Houston’s 75th Division. In April 2003 he sat for two weeks in front of his alma mater, the University of Houston Honors College, to take up a collection for US war dead. After 40 hours he only received $20. He spent the next three weeks riding a bicycle 1,000 miles to Ft. Stewart, Georgia to deliver the money to the headquarters of the 3rd Infantry Division. There he learned that his worst fears were true. Hundreds of American casualties incurred in the Battle of Baghdad were completely covered up by the Bush Administration. For an introduction by W. Leon Smi...