About Face: Veterans Against the War

The organization advocated the immediate withdrawal of all coalition forces in Iraq, and reparations paid to the Iraqi people.

[4] The group was founded in July 2004, with much controversy due to its exclusion of Desert Storm veterans, who most obviously had served in Iraq, and were opposed to war.

About Face has protested the military's stop-loss policy, which is an extension of soldiers' Active Duty service period by the Department of Defense.

The statement in part demanded that the military radically overhaul its mental health care system, and halt the practice of repeated deployment of the same troops.

[5] The Canadian parliament is considering an amendment to the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act, which would provide legal sanctuary for U.S. war resisters.