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Editorial Column: Iraq Vet Doubts ‘New Veteran’ Loyalty to McCain
October 2, 2008 – To gain the sympathy and cooperation of the American people come election day, the robust presidential candidate McCain machine is working hard to quiet the anti-McCain fervor among “new veterans” that until recently has lurked just … Continue reading
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Downrange Health Hazard? Military Faces Rare Pneumonia in Combat Zones
October 2, 2008, Landstuhl, Germany – Military doctors are seeing a resurgence of a rare and sometimes fatal type of pneumonia that is striking young troops who started smoking while deployed downrange. In the past five months, six U.S. servicemembers … Continue reading
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Red Cross: Pakistan ‘is Now a War Zone’
October 3, 2008, Peshawar, Pakistan – War has come to Pakistan, not just as terrorist bombings, but as full-scale battles, leaving Pakistanis angry and dismayed as the dead, wounded and displaced turn up on their doorstep. An estimated 250,000 people … Continue reading
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U.S. Soldier Guilty in Connection to Iraqi ‘Blindfold Killings’
October 3, 2008, Berlin – A US soldier was sentenced to eight months in prison Thursday for his role in the killings of four blindfolded Iraqi detainees last year, an army spokeswoman said. The defendant, Specialist Steven Ribordy, denied a … Continue reading
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Significant Improvements Coming to VA Disability Claims Process
October 2, 2008 – Lawmakers have high expectations that they can reduce the backlog and processing time for veterans’ benefits claims through a combination of new procedures, including two pilot projects. The Veterans Benefits Improvement Act of 2008, which passed … Continue reading
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British Envoy Says Mission to Afghanistan is Doomed, According to Leaked Memo
October 2, 2008 – Britain’s Ambassador to Afghanistan has stoked opposition to the allied operation there by reportedly saying that the campaign against the Taleban insurgents would fail and that the best hope was to install an acceptable dictator in … Continue reading
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ACLU Seeks Data About Government Spying Upon 32 Groups in U.S.
October 1, 2008 – The American Civil Liberties Union of Maryland yesterday demanded that the state police disclose under public information laws whether 32 grass-roots advocacy and political activist groups that have held large public protests in recent years have … Continue reading
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New Jersey Guard Families Fight War of Their Own While Troops Fight in Iraq
October 5, 2008, Teaneck, NJ – More than anything, John and Adriana Roldan love each other and their two little boys, Brandon, 5, and Samuel, 1. And so now that Mr. Roldan, a mechanic and a building superintendent and a … Continue reading
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Suspected U.S. Missile Strike Kills 6 People in Pakistan
October 1, 2008, Islamabad, Pakistan – A suspected U.S. missile strike on a Taliban commander’s home in Pakistan killed six people, officials said Wednesday, a possible indication that Washington was moving ahead with cross-border raids despite protests from the new … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: The ‘Talibanization’ of Pakistan’s Biggest City
September 30, 2008, Karachi, Pakistan – In the back of a jeep driving through Karachi, a sign on the wall of the city’s famous “Village Restaurant” caught my eye. It was just a little piece of frayed white paper plastered … Continue reading
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