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Lawmakers shift tone on accountability for prison abuse scandal
A year ago, when the Abu Ghraib prison scandal broke, several U.S. senators warned that top military officers and civilian policy-makers must share the blame for lower-ranking soldiers who abused prisoners. That hasn’t happened. Instead, while the scandal has widened … Continue reading
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Chalabi Named Deputy Prime Minister of Iraq
Thwarted in his bid to be Iraq’s leader, one-time Pentagon favorite Ahmad Chalabi has nevertheless captured a key position in the new government _ a deputy prime minister’s spot and temporary control of the lucrative oil ministry. With his nephew … Continue reading
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Unready for combat
When Dustin W. Peters, an Air Force supply technician, arrived in Kuwait in January 2004, all he and his fellow airmen knew was that they would be supporting US troops in Iraq. But when their unit received its assignment, they … Continue reading
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U.S.: Abu Ghraib Only the “Tip of the Iceberg”
The crimes at Abu Ghraib are part of a larger pattern of abuses against Muslim detainees around the world, Human Rights Watch said on the eve of the April 28 anniversary of the first pictures of U.S. soldiers brutalizing prisoners … Continue reading
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The Myth of U.S. Cultural, Religious, Political, and Social Superiority
The concept of Manifest Destiny describes the 19th century conviction that God intended the continent of North America to be under the control of Christian, European Americans. The ideology of Manifest Destiny was the backbone of U.S. government efforts to … Continue reading
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U.S. Prison Population Soars in 2003, ’04
WASHINGTON – Growing at a rate of about 900 inmates each week between mid-2003 and mid-2004, the nation’s prisons and jails held 2.1 million people, or one in every 138 U.S. residents, the government reported Sunday. By last June 30, … Continue reading
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Rebels improve bomb schemes in Iraq
WASHINGTON — Iraqi insurgents keep finding new ways to conceal and detonate deadly improvised explosive devices, making the Pentagon’s countermeasures that much more difficult to develop, confidential military documents say. “Enemy sophistication continually improves,” said a recent U.S. military briefing to … Continue reading
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Mexico City Mayor’s Supporters Speak With Quiet March
MEXICO CITY, April 24 – A capital typically clogged with traffic was thronged Sunday by hundreds of thousands of people who marched into the main plaza to protest a government effort against Mayor Andrés Manuel López Obrador that threatens to … Continue reading
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20 Percent Unemployment Among Veterans Age 20 – 24
20 Percent Unemployment Among Veterans Age 20 – 24 JOBLESS VETSJim Nicholson, the new VA secretary, is urging employers across the country to hire veterans – particularly those with disabilities and returning from Iraq and Afghanistan. Nicholson told a National … Continue reading
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Future Officers Vote with Their Feet Against Iraq War: ROTC Enrollment Falls 16 Percent
Enrollment in Army ROTC Down in Past 2 School Years More Officers Now Being Commissioned From Earlier Pool, But Problem Looms By Josh WhiteWashington Post Staff WriterSunday, April 24, 2005; Page A03 Nationwide enrollment in the Army’s Reserve Officers’ Training … Continue reading
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