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Paralyzed Iraq War Veteran to Represent America
August 14, 2008, Augusta, GA – Scott Winkler is one of thousands who have fought for our country, but soon he’ll stand alone…representing America, as the first Iraq War veteran to be in the 2008 paralympics, a goal that even … Continue reading
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Why Soldiers Rape
August 13, 2008 – An alarming number of women soldiers are being sexually abused by their comrades-in-arms, both at war and at home. This fact has received a fair amount of attention lately from researchers and the press — and … Continue reading
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Tagged Civil Liberties Articles & News, Gulf War, torture
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Halvorson’s Stepson’s Injury Caused by Fall on Rocks
August 13, 2008 – Capt. Jay Bush was apparently being fired on in Afghanistan when he abandoned his vehicle in the dark and fell 25 feet off a bridge and onto some rocks, according to a congressman who met with … Continue reading
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It’s ‘Open War,’ Taliban Says After Deadly Pakistan Bombing
August 12, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan – A bomb targeting a Pakistani Air Force bus carrying personnel from a military base killed at least 14 people, including a child, and wounded 11 others Tuesday on a major road near the center … Continue reading
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Cast of Thousands Maintaining a War
August 13, 2008 – On the sprawling U.S. bases in Iraq, you can’t go far without stumbling across the private citizens who do the little things that keep the war machine humming. Filipino workers are charged with laundering the troops’ … Continue reading
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McCain’s Michigan Melt-Down Madness
August 10, 2008 – Leave it to John McCain to pick the site of a horrific atomic meltdown to symbolize his push for nuke power. McCain says he wants at least 45 more US reactors as part of his “do … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: Attention All “Evil-Doers,” This Really IS a Religious War
August 7, 2008 – Like many a good oppressed American Christian, retired Lt. Gen. William “my God was bigger than his” Boykin has now written of his unbearable persecution and suffering in a book. As expected, Boykin, in Never Surrender: … Continue reading
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Back to Iraq for Alpha Co.
August 12, 2008 – When he arrived home from Iraq in 2005, Sgt. Neill Coulbourn was angry and obsessed with never having had the chance to avenge the deaths of the six men in his National Guard unit who were … Continue reading
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Rushing Toward War
August 12, 2008 – As the Bush Administration begins its final months in office, it has embarked upon two courses of action that will pre-empt the scope of the incoming Obama or McCain administration and will plague America for years … Continue reading
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US Takes Georgian Troops Home from Iraq
August 12, 2008 – The U.S. Air Force brought all 2,000 Georgian troops home from Iraq aboard C-17 Globemasters Sunday and Monday after the Georgian government recalled the troops to combat the advance of Russian troops into the country, said … Continue reading
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