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Defense Dept. Claims of Gitmo Prisoners Returning to Battlefield Debunked
February 3, 2009 – A prominent law professor is charging that the Defense Department is issuing questionable data on the number of Guantanamo detainees who have been released “and then returned to the battlefield” because the government “is now in … Continue reading
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Tagged Guantanamo, terrorism
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Feb 17, VCS Torture FOIA Lawsuit Update: Hearing Delayed 30 Days
UPDATE: This Hearing Has Been Cancelled as of 4PM February 17, But Will Be Re-scheduled. February 17, 2009, New York – February 17 – A federal judge will hold a hearing tomorrow to examine the Obama administration’s request for a … Continue reading
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Tagged ACLU, Civil Liberties Articles & News, torture
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Massive Corruption by Senior U.S. Military Officers During Bungled Iraq Reconstruction
Inquiry on Graft in Iraq Focuses on U.S. Officers February 15, 2009 – Federal authorities examining the early, chaotic days of the $125 billion American-led effort to rebuild Iraq have significantly broadened their inquiry to include senior American military officers … Continue reading
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Why There Must be A ‘Truth Commission’ – Former Army Soldier, Guantanamo Bay Guard, Describes Torture Ordered by Former President Bush
Former Gitmo Guard Tells All February 15, 2009 – Army Private Brandon Neely served as a prison guard at Guantánamo in the first years the facility was in operation. With the Bush Administration, and thus the threat of retaliation against … Continue reading
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Iraq War Update: 25 Percent Unemployment Among Iraq’s Young Threatens Stability
More than a fourth of young men are out of work, a U.N. report says. Unemployment statistics illustrate the difficulty of attracting investment to a country still viewed as a risky environment. February 16, 2009, Baghdad, Iraq – More than a … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran Charges His Police Department with Discrimination Due to Forced Retirement After PTSD Diagnosis
February 15, 2009, Fall River, MA — A highly decorated city police officer and Iraq war veteran says he is being forced to retire from the Fall River Police Department, alleging that administrators have discriminated against him because of his … Continue reading
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Houston Suicide Cluster Update: Army Recruiters Describe Nightmare of Job
February 12, 2009 – Staff Sgt. Daren Stewart remembers driving down a rural road in Arkansas and thinking how easy it would be to jerk the wheel and flip his car into a ditch. The 27-year-old Iraq war veteran says … Continue reading
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Feb 13, Part Six of Salon Suicide Series – Eastridge
February 13, 2009 – Late on the night of March 11, 2006, Kenneth Eastridge got in a fight with his girlfriend. It ended with his arrest for a felony. The Kentucky native, an Army soldier stationed at Fort Carson, between … Continue reading
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Tagged mental health, TBI
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U.S. Warned it May Lose Afghan War
February 12, 2009 – The war against the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan will be lost by the end of the northern summer without dramatic changes in counter-insurgency strategy, according to a US military expert. The assessment of Colonel John … Continue reading
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Blog: Mutiny Among the Military
February 7, 2009 – UPDATE:The Washington Post on Sunday 9 February front-paged a 2-day story partially on this subject, based on an upcoming book by Thomas E. Ricks, called The Gamble: General David Petraeus and the American Military Adventure in … Continue reading
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