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Pentagon Retaliates: Army Blocks Denver Post from Fort Carson
Fort Carson halts access for The Post The base is refusing to give the paper information because of a Sunday front-page article on military medical holds. By Eileen Kelley Special to The Denver Post Thursday, December 09, 2004 – Fort … Continue reading
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Back Door Draft: Judge Orders Soldier to Iraq War After Enlistment Expires
Judge Nixes Troop Request to Stay in U.S. WASHINGTON (AP) — A soldier who challenged an Army policy requiring him to serve past the date of his enlistment contract must return for duty in Iraq while his lawsuit is under … Continue reading
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Update: Ohio election fraud uproar blasting to new level
Ohio election fraud uproar blasting to new level The bitter battle over the stolen November 2 election in Ohio has turned into a rapidly escalating all-out multi-front war with the outcome of the real presidential vote count increasingly in doubt. … Continue reading
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Policy Failure: Iraq War Veterans Showing up at Homeless Shelters
Homeless Iraq War veterans showing up at shelters WASHINGTON, Dec. 7 (UPI) — U.S. veterans from the war in Iraq are beginningto show up at homeless shelters around the country, and advocates fear they arethe leading edge of a new … Continue reading
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Army Teams Face Surgeon Shortage on Front Lines of Iraq War
Army Teams Face Surgeon ShortageA severe shortage of surgeons in Iraq has left U.S. Army medical teams scrambling to handle the largest number of casualties since the Vietnam War, the New England Journal of Medicine reports.By Esther SchraderTimes Staff Writer4:11 … Continue reading
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Report on Election 2004 Documents Many Serious and Significant Problems
Report from the Voters To view the Common Cause Report, please go to the link below: http://www.commoncause.org/atf/cf/{FB3C17E2-CDD1-4DF6-92BE-BD4429893665}/REPORT_TO_NATION2.PDF
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Breaking News from CBS: 5,500 Iraq War Deserters
Deserters: We Won’t Go To Iraq It’s an offense punishable by death during wartime. It’s been committed by 5,500 soldiers since the war with Iraq began. The men, who have violated military orders and oaths, tell 60 Minutes Wednesday that … Continue reading
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Torture-induced evidence admissible, government says
Torture-induced evidence admissible, government says By Michael J. SniffenAssociated Press Evidence gained by torture can be used by the U.S. military in deciding whether to imprison a foreigner indefinitely at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station, Cuba, as an enemy combatant, the … Continue reading
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Chicago Sun-Times Investigates How VA Mistreats Wounded Warriors
Chicago Sun-Times Investigates the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Here are links to the five articles printed in the Sun-Times: Article #1: Illinois wounded veterans at bottom for VA benefits http://www.suntimes.com/special_sections/veterans/cst-nws-wvets03.html Article #2: VA chief coming to Chicago … Continue reading
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Draft Update: Eight U.S. Soldiers Plan to Sue Over Army’s Stop-Loss Policy
Eight Soldiers Plan to Sue Over Army’s Stop-Loss Policy MORRILTON, Arkansas, December 3, 2004 – The eight soldiers come from places scattered across the country, from this small town an hour northwest of Little Rock to cities in Arizona, New Jersey … Continue reading
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