Salem-News.com Vietnam articles Page 29

My Lai Survivor Disappointed in Calley`s `Terse Apology` for War Crimes Atrocities

Includes Duc Tran Van's open letter to William Calley.

(SALEM, Ore.) - It is a dubious honor that a photo from an article I wrote about the 40th anniversary of the My Lai Massacre in Vietnam, is one of the top picks on Google Images under this tragic subject.

I'm recently humbled by contact from My Lai survivor Duc Tran Van, a 7-year old boy in his village when it was almost completely decimated almost the entire population.

A Loss of Innocence: My Story

From USO Tour girl in Vietnam to cancer patient; Agent Orange strikes a cross section of people...

(LOS ANGELES) - Recently, totally by accident — as I surfed the net for something — as I often do, I found out some information that has turned my world up side down and devastated me.

This revelation has shaken me to my core and has left me with a great sense of loss and betrayal.

AK-47 and the M-16

Peasants and villagers fighting in Vietnam in 1967, according to tactics articulated by Mao, were killing eight hundred Americans a month. How?

(CLEVELAND) - When the M-16 was introduced to the war effort in Vietnam, it largely failed. What fired well in the Southern California desert did not endure the tropics of Vietnam. An AK-47 can be immersed in water and it will still fire.

Kalashnikov later stated that he wishes he'd designed a refrigerator, instead of the world's most widely manufactured combat rifle.

The King of Gonzo War Journalism and I - PART 2

Dodging bullets with the world's most famous living war photographer in Vietnam.

(HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam) - My relationship with Page began in Saigon or, as the North Vietnamese like to call it, Ho Chi Minh City, a name which has never quite stuck with the locals who still prefer to use the traditional name.

Page refers to the city in its rapidly developing form as a “syphilitic whore”.

The King of Gonzo War Journalism and I- PART 1

Clarity amid controversy...

(HO CHI MINH CITY, Vietnam) - The history between Page and me goes deeper then the black and white shots fired in the press. Deeper than both of us decided to make public during the battle.

Arguably, Page rates as the third-greatest to ever pick up a camera and to become a combat photographer, perhaps behind Larry Burrows and Robert Capa. Page is a man who understands the meaning of survival more than most human beings alive today or those of generations past.

The World According to Monsanto

Monsanto insists that its genetically modified crops are safe. Their history however includes the deaths of millions from Agent Orange...

(PARIS, France) - This is a clip from the French documentary "The World According to Monsanto." It summarizes the history of Agent Orange, a toxic herbicide produced by Monsanto, Dow Chemical, and other companies.

It was sprayed extensively during the Vietnam War, leading to a horrific variety of adverse health effects.

An Open Letter to all Employees of Monsanto

Next year will see the 50th anniversary of the spraying of Agent Orange on Vietnam.

(LONDON) - A tireless voice in the effort to raise awareness of Agent Orange contamination belongs, Len Aldis of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society, has issued an open letter to those who work for Monsanto.

The manufacturer of Agent Orange, Monsanto is now engaged in a battle to take control of natural food by politically implementing 'genetically modified food' (GMO).

Zionism Needs the Israeli Jews to Feel Frightened: Alan Hart

Kourosh talks to fellow Salem-News.com writer Alan Hart, one of the most experienced Mideast Media Correspondents in history.

(TEHRAN / LONDON) - Alan Hart is an indispensable name in journalism. Unquestionably, he has been one of the most influential British journalists with an expertise in the Middle East affairs.

A former BBC Panorama presenter, Hart was a close friend of Israeli Prime Minister Golda Meir and Palestinian President Yasser Arafat.

Meeting on Cluster Munitions Opens in Laos, the World`s Most Affected Country

Between 1964 and 1973, the United States dropped more than 270 million cluster munitions over Laos. An estimated 80 million cluster munitions that did not explode on impact are scattered in rice fields, waterways and on roads...

(VIENTIANE, Laos) - Laos is more contaminated by cluster munitions than any other country in the world.

Behold the Four Horsemen of the Looming Food Apocalypse

The short list of Monsanto`s toxic products includes Agent Orange, PCBs, aspartame, rBGH, and Ready Roundup.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - It`s not enough that former Monsanto executive Michael Taylor is the Food Czar in Obama`s administration. Monsanto recently purchased Xe Intelligence Services.

Xe is the new name for Blackwater, the largest private mercenary military outfit in the world. Within that same time frame, Bill Gates purchased 23 million dollars (US) of Monsanto stocks.