http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1077906,00.html

The Draft Returns?
Pentagon calls for draft board volunteers
—By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
November 13, 2003 Issue

As U.S. casualties mount in Iraq, a Defense Department web site,
"Defend America," has posted a notice calling for draft board
volunteers, reviving comparisons to Vietnam-era conscription and fears
that the national draft may be reinstated. Suzanne Goldenberg, writing
for The Guardian, reports that the Pentagon is likely exploring all
options "in response to concerns that the U.S. military has been
stretched too thin in its occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1077906,00.html

The Draft Returns?
Pentagon calls for draft board volunteers
—By Suzanne Goldenberg, The Guardian
November 13, 2003 Issue

As U.S. casualties mount in Iraq, a Defense Department web site,
"Defend America," has posted a notice calling for draft board
volunteers, reviving comparisons to Vietnam-era conscription and fears
that the national draft may be reinstated. Suzanne Goldenberg, writing
for The Guardian, reports that the Pentagon is likely exploring all
options "in response to concerns that the U.S. military has been
stretched too thin in its occupations of Afghanistan and Iraq."

Congress ended the draft in 1973 and 80 percent of the 11,000 draft
board spots are currently vacant. There was no clear statement from
the Pentagon regarding why this period in time was chosen for filling
positions that have had no function since the early 1980s. Goldenberg
reports that the Defense Department may be responding to concern about
heavy reliance on the Army reserve and National Guard -- some 60,000
of the 130,000 soldiers in Iraq --and furthermore, a recent opinion
poll by Stars and Stripes showed 49 percent threatening not to
re-enlist. As families of soldiers, and often soldiers themselves, are
becoming increasingly vocal about 15-month tours of duty, low pay, and
the increasing danger of service, the draft may be looking more
necessary for the Pentagon. However, as Goldenberg points out,
"Bringing back conscription would be catastrophic for George Bush in
an election year." Still, as Iraq is beginning to look more and more
like a dreaded quagmire, Bush just may resort to the even more dreaded
draft.
-- Joel Stonington

And then the notice dissapeared, but there is a mirror of the notice
here.

http://www.thememoryhole.org/mil/draft-boards.htm