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The US Army School of the Americas (SOA) trains Latin American militaries. Criticized for the poor human rights record of many of its graduates and for teaching torture, the SOA has been targeted by thousands of protestors.
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School of the Americas Watch

Lead organization working to close the SOA
http://www.soaw.org/

Center for International Policy - School of the Americas

Factual analysis of the SOA, including program descriptions, law, budget, courses, student statistics, attendance and related sites .
http://www.ciponline.org/facts/soa.htm

Articles on the School of the Americas [About.com]

Primarily sites working to close the U.S. Army's School of the Americas.
http://humanrights.about.com/newsissues/humanrights/cs/usarmysoa/index.htm

Harrisonburg School of the Americas Watch

Information about activities in Harrisonburg, Virginia to close the U.S. Army School of the Americas (now called the Western Hemisphere Institute for Security Cooperation).
http://www.soaw.org/harrisonburg.html

Backyard Terrorism

Compares the rhetoric of the War on Terrorism with the deeds of the graduates of the 55-year old SOA in Georgia.
http://www.guardian.co.uk/Archive/Article/0,4273,4287795,00.html
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