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VCS Weekly Update: 60,000 U.S. Casualties from Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
May 8, 2007 Dear VCS Supporters: This week’s update talks about the human cost of war for America. Television reports and Congressional hearings often report the number of casualties from the Iraq and Afghanistan wars as 20,000. That is wrong. … Continue reading
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Suicide Attacks and Gunfight in Afghanistan Kill 10 Police Officers
KABUL, Afghanistan, May 5 — A wave of suicide attacks in four provinces of Afghanistan on Saturday killed two police officers and wounded a NATO soldier and two other Afghan policemen, and eight other Afghan police officers were killed in … Continue reading
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Better Medical Screening Sought For Maine National Guard Sent To Iraq and Afghanistan Wars
AUGUSTA, Maine –Barbara Damon-Day, mother of a Maine Army National Guard captain who died of unexplained causes last June while serving in Bagram, Afghanistan, is now on a mission of her own. Carrying a thick, maroon notebook filled with information … Continue reading
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Afghanistan War Veteran’s Death Ruled Manslaughter; Marine Charged
A military report says a Marine sergeant failed to remove live ammunition from his rifle and replace it with blanks ahead of a fatal shooting during a training exercise last fall. Sgt. Caleb Hohman has been charged with manslaughter and … Continue reading
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Casualty Surge: VA Treats 229,000 Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans
VA lists top reasons troops seek care Iraq and Afghanistan combat veterans no longer in the military are most likely to seek care for musculoskeletal diseases, mental health disorders, and symptoms without an immediate known cause, such as rashes or … Continue reading
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Colorado Senate Backs Mental Healthcare for Iraq and Afghanistan War Veterans’ Families
(AP) DENVER The Senate gave initial backing Tuesday to a proposal that would pay for mental health counseling for the families of Iraq and Afghanistan war veterans. The proposal (Senate Bill 146) would set up a three-year pilot program in … Continue reading
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DoD accused of fuzzy math in Iraq and Afghanistan war injury reports
Leaving out non-combat wounds softens war’s blow, vets groups say Veterans groups and Sen. Barack Obama, D-Ill., say government officials are obscuring the actual number of wounded in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars by leaving out of some public documents … Continue reading
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Taliban ‘hard to combat’ in Afghanistan, US military says
The US military said yesterday that increased militant violence in Afghanistan was proving ”very hard to combat” as separate attacks killed two police officers and a truck driver delivering food to coalition forces in a former Taliban stronghold in the … Continue reading
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Afghanistan: Abuse Charges at Bad Time for White House
Allegations that U.S. soldiers in Afghanistan burned the bodies of Taliban fighters couldn’t have come at a worse time for the Bush administration, already fighting legislation in Congress that would impose standards on the Pentagon’s treatment of detainees. Lurid television … Continue reading
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Maryland Soldier Killed in Afghanistan War
Maryland Soldier Killed in Afghanistan War Arundel Soldier Killed in Afghanistan; Devoted Sergeant, Family Man Found Purpose in the Military By Nia-Malika Henderson Devoted Sergeant, Family Man Found Purpose in the MilitarynWashington Post Staff WriterTuesday, October 4, 2005; B04 James … Continue reading
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