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 [LiveLeak.com - Rss Feed] Iraq vet crushed under police horse outside presidential debate ...: Ironically, Morgan and other members of Iraq Veterans Against the War had come to the October debates with the intention of asking candidates pointed questions about lack of care for veterans. For more information please see .

 [Ignorance Is Futile!] -NY Police Brutalized Iraq Veterans for Debate Questions to ...: One hour before the final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign, fourteen members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW) marched in formation to Hofstra University to present questions to the candidates. IVAW had requested permission from debate moderator Bob Schieffer to ask their questions during the debate, but received no response.

 [for bored mindz] Iraq Vet Attacked: Morgan was brought back from the hospital, still incoherent and in great pain. He was left chained to a bench for five hours without further medical attention, Chiroux said.

 [Mock, Paper, Scissors] Iraq War Vets Arrested at Debate Protest: War veterans protest the war in Iraq outside Hofstra University in Hempstead, NY, venue of the third and final presidential debate between Republican John McCain and Democrat Barack Obama. Several protesters were arrested;

 [afrochat - African American | Black Discussion Forums] Iraq Vets Arrested & Trampled While Attempting to Question McCain ...: In the evening, two hours before the debate, 15 members of Iraq Veterans Against the War and 350 anti-war protesters gathered outside Hofstra. IVAW had sent a letter asking debate moderator Bob Schieffer to let two veterans question McCain and Obama about ending the occupation of Iraq and the treatment of war veterans, but received no answer.

 [portland indymedia - newswire] Veterans Trampled By Police Horses @ Presidential Debate: As we were pushed to the opposite sidewalk, the batons came out, and horses pushed several veterans to the ground, including Geoff Millard. Nick Morgan was stepped on by a horse, and treated at a hospital (only after the other vets demanded it) for a broken cheekbone and possible concussion, then sent on to jail.

 [NLN] Iraq War Veterans Arrested And Beaten - Statement of Sergeant ...: You owe every veteran in history a public statement condemning the sidewalk trampling of Nick and Carlos Harris, an Iraq veteran, who also had his foot broken by a horse. As well Geoff Millard, a disabled veteran of Iraq with degenerative spine disease who was knocked to the ground, dragged from the sidewalk and arrested, and Nadine Lubka, one of our supporters, who was kicked in the face by a horse.

[Earthhope Forums - All Forums] Iraq Veterans Arrested, Trampled at Pres. Debates: The IVAW members at the front of the formation were immediately arrested, and others were pushed back into the crowd by police on horseback. Several members were injured, including former Army Sergeant Nick Morgan who suffered a broken cheekbone when he was trampled by police horses before being arrested.

 [The Indypendent] At Least Nine Demonstrators Arrested as Iraq Vets Try to Enter ...: At least five members of Iraq Veterans Against the War (IVAW), a group of military veterans who are calling for immediate withdrawal from Iraq, were arrested, as well as at least four civilians, according to National Lawyers Guild observers.  Nassau County police on horses trampled one member of IVAW, Nick Morgan, a veteran who served in Iraq for about a year.  Morgan was knocked to the ground, and according to witnesses, the horse hooves slammed down on his face. A gash was visible on the side of his head as blood dripped down onto the pavement.

 [Radical Blogs.org] Iraq War Veterans Arrested And Beaten - Statement of Sergeant ...: After my arrest, the police charged their horses onto a sidewalk and unprovokedly knocked my friend Nick Morgan, a veteran of Iraq, to the ground and trampled his face. They then arrested him, put a piece of gauze on his facewound and loaded him onto a bus headed for jail with the rest of the “Hempstead 15.”

[Ablogination] Nassau County Police Attack Iraq Veterans: “We came here to try and get serious questions answered–questions that we, as veterans of the Iraq war, have a right to ask–but instead we were arrested. We believe that the time has come to end this war and bring our troops home, and we will be pushing for that no matter what happens in this election.”

 [BrothersJudd Blog] THERE'S A REASON WE ELECT GOVERNORS, NOT SENATORS:: Schmidt pushed for going all in: suspending the campaign, recommending that the first debate be postponed, parachuting into Washington and forging a legislative solution to the financial crisis for which McCain could then claim credit. Exactly how McCain could convincingly play a sober bipartisan problem-solver after spending the previous few weeks garbed as a populist truth teller was anything but clear.

 [OB Rag Blog] New York Civil Liberties Union seeks probe into protest melee at ...: The melee happened when police refused to allow a protest group, Iraq Veterans Against the War, into the debate. Mounted police pushed a group of about 200 protesters from various organizations away from the gates, inciting some demonstrators to push back.

[justgetthere] Iraq Veterans Injured Protesting Presidential Debates: We arranged this with the police beforehand, they knew that we were being non-violent. The police continued to charge the horses at the protesters, activists and civilians...resulting in the stepping on an Iraq veteran by a horse..."

 [Antony Loewenstein] Political vaudeville: It is the responsibility of journalists to question the assumptions that led the Western world into the morass. From the financial crisis to the war in Iraq, business as usual won’t suffice.

 [The Congress Blog] Veterans Arrested, Trampled at Presidential Debate: One hour before the final presidential debate of the 2008 campaign, fourteen members of IVAW marched in formation to Hofstra University to present questions for the candidates. IVAW had requested permission from debate moderator Bob Schieffer to ask their questions during the debate but got no response.

 [The Common Ills] Iraq snapshot: Ron Allen: And if there was one idea or one thing you would like to accomplish, of if there was one part of a platform or a policy proposal that McCain or Obama or the Democrats or Republicans were willing to adopt that would say, that would make Ralph Nader say "Okay, I'll stop running for president I'll join you" what would it be?  What would have to happen for you not to do this?

[Jim Moran's Blog] 15 Arrested Outside Presidential Debate in Protest Led by Iraq ...: Outside the Obama-McCain debate, at least fifteen people were arrested at a protest organized by Iraq Veterans Against the War. IVAW member Nick Morgan was left bloodied and nearly unconscious after being trampled by a police officer on horseback.

 [TIM BLAIR: NEWS/SPORTS/COMMUNITY TODAY: http://timblair.spaces.live.com PO BOX 13642, SEATTLE, WASHINGTON USA 98198-1009] vvaw.org: A total of ten veterans were arrested during the action, including Matthis Chiroux (Army Sergeant), Kristofer Goldsmith (Army Sergeant), Adam Kokesh (Marine Sergeant), Mike Spinato, Geoff Millard (Army Sergeant), Marlisa Grogan (Marine Captain), Nathan Peld (Navy, 1998-2004), Nick Morgan (Army Sergeant), James Gilligan (Marine Corps, 6 years) and Jose Vasquez (Army & Army Reserves, 1992-2007).

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