Iraq Looking To Restrict Movement Of US Troops
Iraq said on Friday it would not grant U.S. troops freedom of movement for military operations in a new agreement being negotiated on extending the pr...
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Marine acquitted in Haditha killing cover-up case
AP | CHELSEA J. CARTER | Posted 06.04.2008 | Politics
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. — A military jury acquitted a Marine intelligence officer Wednesday of charges that he tried to help cover up the killing...
Indicted Saudi Financier Gets $80 Million US Military Contract
Huffington Post | Posted 06.04.2008 | Home
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The U.S. military suffered enormous embarrassment when the New York Times reported that a contract to arm the Afghan forces worth nearly $300 million ...
Mosul Car Bomb Kills Policemen, Civilians In Iraq
AP | SAMEER N. YACOUB | Posted 06.02.2008 | Home
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BAGHDAD — A suicide car bomber targeted the provincial police headquarters in Mosul on Monday, killing at least nine people and wounding dozens,...
Rank and File
Ray Kimball | Posted 06.02.2008 | Politics
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For a soldier, there is a fine line between debating the issues of the day as a concerned citizen and injecting yourself into the partisan fray.
Veterans' Burials Rising: Average Of 1,800 Veterans Die Every Day
AP | JOE MILICIA | Posted 05.25.2008 | Home
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RITTMAN, Ohio — The cracking of rifle fire silenced the twittering blue jays, blackbirds and killdeer. As members of the color guard lowered the...
Military Cannot Automatically Discharge Gays, Federal Court Rules
AP | GENE JOHNSON | Posted 05.22.2008 | Politics
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SEATTLE — The military cannot automatically discharge people because they're gay, a federal appeals court ruled in the case of a decorated fligh...
Iraq Becoming One Of The Largest Customers Of US Arms
USA Today | Jim Michaels | Posted 05.21.2008 | Politics
Iraq is becoming one of the largest customers for U.S. arms, as the country turns from Soviet-bloc weapons to pricier but more sophisticated American ...
US Blamed For Ambush On Iranians In Iraq
AP | LEE KEATH | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — Iran angrily blamed the United States on Friday after at least three of its diplomats were wounded in a Baghdad shooting, saying the A...
The New GI Bill: It's a Win-Win Proposition
James Wright | Posted 05.16.2008 | Politics
American colleges and universities must urge Congress and the president to support legislation that will give veterans the educational opportunities that they have more than earned.
Joint Chiefs Chairman Mullen: Military Ready To Accept Repeal Of 'Don't Ask Don't Tell'
Think Progress | Posted 05.07.2008 | Politics
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For quite some time, U.S. troops have supported repealing the military's "Don't Ask Don't Tell" (DADT) policy. A December 2006 poll of servicemembers...
Bush/McCain To Military: Go To Hell!
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 05.06.2008 | Politics
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The same Pentagon that sent our men and women into battle underequipped and without enough body armor is at it again, wanting to limit benefits in order to help "retain" troops.
US strike takes out suspected militant hideout in Sadr City
AP | BRADLEY BROOKS | Posted 05.03.2008 | Politics
BAGHDAD — The U.S. military fired guided missiles into the heart of Baghdad's teeming Sadr City slum on Saturday, leveling a building 55 yards a...
US Weighing Readiness For Military Action Against Iran
Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 04.26.2008 | Politics
The nation's top military officer said yesterday that the Pentagon is planning for "potential military courses of action" as one of several options ag...
McCain's Fatal Problem: He's Become a Liar
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.24.2008 | Politics
McCain has changed from talking about the war to being defined by it, from telling a lie to becoming the lie.
The Men Behind the Curtains
Ray Kimball | Posted 04.22.2008 | Politics
More and more junior officers see the kind of political and moral compromise that seems to come hand-in-glove with the attainment of senior rank, and want no part of it.
Pentagon records detail prisoner abuse by US military
AP | LARA JAKES JORDAN | Posted 04.16.2008 | Politics
WASHINGTON — Military interrogators assaulted Afghan detainees in 2003, using investigation methods they learned during self-defense training, P...
Why So Many Iraqis Hate Us? Try "Towel Head" On for Size
Phillip Martin | Posted 04.11.2008 | Politics
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An added barrier to getting to know Iraqis beyond skin color and stereo-types is the wholesale ignorance of Islam.
Why Progressives Should Support the Draft and Why Aren't People Protesting McCain's Lack of Patriotism?
Frank Schaeffer | Posted 04.09.2008 | Politics
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If you want to know why McCain is called a patriot, it's because in the all-volunteer military era he can claim special exemption from common sense in the name of past service.
Suicide Bomber Kills 7 in Iraq
AP | Posted 04.03.2008 | Politics
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BAGHDAD — The Iraqi military says a suicide bomber has attacked a checkpoint near Mosul, killing seven people and wounding 12. The U.S. militar...
Senior Army Officials: US Readiness Dangerously Low
Washington Post | Ann Scott Tyson | Posted 04.01.2008 | Politics
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Senior Army and Marine Corps leaders said yesterday that the increase of more than 30,000 troops in Iraq and Afghanistan has put unsustainable levels ...
Rapists in the Ranks
Rep. Jane Harman | Posted 03.31.2008 | Politics
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Women serving in the U.S. military are more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by enemy fire in Iraq.
Spend More on Defense but Purchase Less Security
Lorelei Kelly | Posted 03.13.2008 | Politics
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We need to get over the collective eight-year-old-boy admiration of fighter pilots and commandos and get to work on brainwashing the rest of the world into not fighting us in the first place.
Russian Bomber Intercepted Near US Navy Ship For Second Time In A Month
Reuters | Posted 03.05.2008 | Home
A Russian bomber aircraft approached a U.S. aircraft carrier off the Korean coast on Wednesday and was intercepted by American fighter jets -- the sec...
The State Religion
Robert Koehler | Posted 02.28.2008 | Politics
"Toughness" and strength through militarism speak to the myth of nationalism but will get us only deeper into the quagmire that President Bad Example has bequeathed us as his legacy.
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