Author Archives: Team VCS

Mental Health Screening Process for Troops Should be Strengthened

Posted on August 10, 2005 by Team VCS

MENTAL HEALTH: Screening process for troops should be strengthened Editor, Gazette: After reading the Aug. 6 article about the soldier killing his wife and then himself, I had to ask myself, “What is it going to take for the armed … Continue reading →

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Coup of Baghdad City Government?

Posted on August 10, 2005 by Team VCS

Baghdad Mayor Is Ousted by a Shiite Group and ReplacedBy James Glanz, New York Times   BAGHDAD, Iraq, Aug. 9 – Armed men entered Baghdad’s municipal building during a blinding dust storm on Monday, deposed the city’s mayor and installed a … Continue reading →

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Saddam’s germ war plot is traced back to one Oxford cow

Posted on August 9, 2005 by Team VCS

Saddam’s germ war plot is traced back to one Oxford cow By Dominic Kennedy, Times On Line, August 9, 2005 A BRITISH cow that died in an Oxfordshire field in 1937 has emerged as the source of Saddam Hussain’s “weapons … Continue reading →

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Four in 9/11 Plot Are Called Tied to Qaeda in ’00

Posted on August 9, 2005 by Team VCS

More than a year before the Sept. 11 attacks, a small, highly classified military intelligence unit identified Mohammed Atta and three other future hijackers as likely members of a cell of Al Qaeda operating in the United States, according to … Continue reading →

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17 Afghan Insurgents, One U.S. Soldier Die in Fierce Clash

Posted on August 9, 2005 by Team VCS

At least 17 Afghan insurgents and one U.S. soldier were killed in a fierce clash in southern Afghanistan near the troubled Pakistan border, the U.S. military said Tuesday U.S. forces were ambushed Monday by insurgents with rifles and rocket-propelled grenades … Continue reading →

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One Mother in Crawford

Posted on August 9, 2005 by Team VCS

Summertime often produces unexpected media figures, and this is Cindy Sheehan’s season. Ms. Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed in Iraq last year, is camping out near President Bush’s ranch in Crawford, Tex., and says she won’t leave until … Continue reading →

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Less Is More in Iraq

Posted on August 9, 2005 by Team VCS

As Iraqis near a deadline to unveil their new constitution, violence continues to plague the country, undercutting reconstruction and spurring talk of a U.S. military withdrawal. “Once Iraq is safely in the hands of the Iraqi people, and a government … Continue reading →

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Al Qaeda Suspect Held in Britain

Posted on August 8, 2005 by Team VCS

A suspected al Qaeda operative was deported from Zambia to Britain on Sunday and was immediately arrested on U.S. warrants alleging that he helped plan a terrorist training camp in Oregon in 1999. British authorities earlier said they also wanted … Continue reading →

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Mom Protesting Iraq War Meets Bush Aides

Posted on August 8, 2005 by Team VCS

The angry mother of a fallen U.S. soldier staged a protest near President Bush’s ranch Saturday, demanding an accounting from Bush of how he has conducted the war in Iraq. Supported by more than 50 demonstrators who chanted, ”W. killed … Continue reading →

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Losing the Iraq War

Posted on August 8, 2005 by Team VCS

Another request in my in-box, asking if I’ll be interviewed about Iraq for a piece “dealing with how writers and intellectuals are dealing with the state of the war, whether it’s causing depression of any sort, if people are rethinking … Continue reading →

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