Yearly Archives: 2005

Apparent suicide bomb kills one outside Oklahoma University stadium

Posted on October 2, 2005 by Team VCS

Apparent suicide bomb kills one outside Oklahoma University stadium NORMAN, Okla. (AP) — One person was killed in an explosion in a traffic circle about 100 yards from a packed football stadium at the University of Oklahoma on Saturday night … Continue reading →

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Marine Mourns 11 Friends Killed in Bombing

Posted on October 2, 2005 by Team VCS

Marine Mourns 11 Friends Killed in Bombing AP Exclusive: Last Marine in Ohio-Based Squad Devastated by Roadside Bomb Mourns His 11 Friends By ANTONIO CASTANEDA The Associated Press Oct. 1, 2005 – Cpl. David Kreuter had a new baby boy … Continue reading →

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Survey: 6 in 10 Military Women Harassed; 1 in 4 Military Men Harassed

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Team VCS

Survey: 6 in 10 Military Women Harassed Thursday September 29, 2005 11:46 PM By LOLITA C. BALDOR Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) – Six in 10 women who have served in the National Guard and Reserves say they were sexually … Continue reading →

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Venezuela Moving Up to $30 Billion in Cash Reserves from U.S. to Europe

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Team VCS

Venezuela Moving Up to $30 Billion in Cash Reserves from U.S. to Europe Associated Press, September 30, 2005 01:50 PM ET  CARACAS, Venezuela (AP) – Venezuela has moved its central bank foreign reserves out of U.S. banks, liquidated its investments … Continue reading →

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Officials Fear Chaos if Iraqis Vote Down the Constitution

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Team VCS

Senior American officials say they are confident that Iraq’s draft constitution will be approved in the referendum to be held Oct. 15, even though Sunni Arabs in Iraq are mobilizing in large numbers to defeat it. In testimony before Congress … Continue reading →

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What is the Radical Middle?

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Team VCS

What is the Radical Middle?   The Founders of this nation represented the first Radical Middle. Back then they called it “being liberal.” As George Washington said, “As Mankind becomes more liberal, they will be more apt to allow that … Continue reading →

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Rogue Soldiers or Rogue President? Scapegoating Small-Fry

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Team VCS

Rogue Soldiers or Rogue President? Scapegoating Small-Fry By Ray McGovern, TruthOut, Saturday October 1, 2005     The news that yet another Army private, Lynndie England, 22, of Fort Ashby, West Virginia, has been convicted and sentenced for posing for the infamous photos of … Continue reading →

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Ex-army officers attack ‘chaos’ of Iraqi regime

Posted on October 1, 2005 by Team VCS

It was meant to be a moment of reconciliation between the old regime and the new, a gathering of nearly 1,000 former Iraqi army officers and tribal leaders in Baghdad to voice their concerns over today’s Iraq. But it did … Continue reading →

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‘You have an illness. It is from the war, and it is real.’

Posted on September 30, 2005 by Team VCS

The smell of blood pooled around a dead soldier. A mother’s scream as she cradled her wounded child. The screech of a mortar round that killed a close friend. They are Spc. Tyler Peters’ souvenirs of war. Peters, of Spencer, … Continue reading →

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The Buck Stops with Lynndie

Posted on September 30, 2005 by Team VCS

Lynndie England is convicted. Donald Rumsfeld cackles. England, the 22-year-old private, was found guilty as prosecutors convinced an all-male Army jury that she bore full responsibility for ”her own sick humor” in the infamous photographs of her at Abu Ghraib … Continue reading →

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