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Iraq Townsfolk Riot After U.S.-Led Weapons Search

U.S. troops trying to quell lawlessness seven weeks after Saddam Hussein’s downfall have come under attack in several parts of central Iraq in the past few days. A farmer said he saw a U.S. helicopter go down near Hit, 90 … Continue reading

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US General: “The War Has Not Ended”

“The war has not ended,” the commander, Army Lt. Gen. David McKiernan, said after a U.S. soldier was killed by a rocket-propelled grenade while traveling in supply convoy north of Baghdad — the ninth U.S. service member killed in Iraq … Continue reading

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US Morale Reportedly Flagging

Baghdad, Iraq (AP) – Ask any soldier in Iraq with a 3rd Infantry Division patch on the shoulder how it’s going, and the reply will be some version of the following four words: ”Ready to go home.” The thrill of … Continue reading

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Bush’s VA Limits Care for Disabled Veterans

A majority of veterans hospitals do not offer all of the long-term care services mandated by a 1999 law, according to a new report from the General Accounting Office. The Veterans Millennium Health Care and Benefits Act of 1999 required … Continue reading

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Was There a Massacre of 3,000 Prisoners in Afghanistan in 2001?

White House Press Briefing with Ari Fleischer Tuesday, May 27, 2003 – 12:30 PM by Russell Mokhiber Mokhiber: Ari, there is a new documentary film by an Irish journalist, Jamie Doran. He alleges – Ari Fleischer: I haven’t seen it. … Continue reading

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Veterans’ Healthcare Squeezed by VA

Hundreds of thousands of veterans of earlier U.S. military conflicts might also no longer qualify for VA health care or might be forced out by rules proposed by the Bush administration to relieve an overburdened system. The changes would increase … Continue reading

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US Plans Executions at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba

“US Plans Death Camp” The US has floated plans to turn Guantanamo Bay into a death camp, with its own death row and execution chamber. Prisoners would be tried, convicted and executed without leaving its boundaries, without a jury and … Continue reading

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Two More US Troops Killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD, Iraq (AP) — Gunmen ambushed a U.S. military convoy in northern Iraq on Monday, killing an American soldier and wounding another. Separately, another U.S. soldier was killed and three were injured when a Humvee ran over a land mine … Continue reading

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UK MP Blasts FOX News’ Manipulation of War Coverage

Mr Bell said the proprietors had never taken the sorts of risks they had urged on British service personnel in calling for the war. Speaking during a debate at the festival on media coverage of the war in Iraq, Mr … Continue reading

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U.S. Soldier Killed in Iraq Convoy Ambush

It was the second death of an American soldier in two days, after an American soldier died Sunday in an accidental munitions dump explosion near the town of Diwaniya, 95 miles south of Baghdad. The eight-vehicle convoy of the 3rd … Continue reading

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