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Bush Gives Congress a To-Do List
May 31, 2008, Washington, DC – President Bush has a to-do list awaiting Congress when lawmakers return from their Memorial Day recess. “I hope members of Congress return rested because they have a lot of work left on important issues … Continue reading
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Holy Warriors in the US Armed Forces
May 18, 2008 – Recently the Military Religious Freedom Foundation (MRFF), an advocacy group, along with Specialist Jeremy Hall filed suit in federal court in Kansas. This case being held in front of civil authorities alleges that Specialist Hall’s right … Continue reading
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May 21, Torture Lawsuit News: Dept. of Justice Inspector General Report Details How U.S. Torture of Prisoners Began in 2002
May 21, 2008, Washington, DC – F.B.I. agents complained repeatedly, beginning in 2002, about the harsh interrogation tactics that military and C.I.A. interrogators were using in questioning terrorism suspects, like making them do dog tricks and parade in the nude … Continue reading
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Blunt Federal Letters Tell Students They’re Security Threats
May 13, 2008 – A German graduate student in oceanography at M.I.T. applied to the Transportation Security Administration for a new ID card allowing him to work around ships and docks. What the student, Wilken-Jon von Appen, received in return … Continue reading
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Former Military Intelligence Officer Reveals US Listed Palestine Hotel in Baghdad as Target Prior to Killing Two Journalists in 2003
May 13, 2008 – Last month marked the fifth anniversary of the US military shelling of the Palestine Hotel in Baghdad. The attack killed two journalists: Reuters cameraman Taras Protsyuk and Jose Couso, a cameraman for the Spanish television network … Continue reading
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Charges Dropped Against ’20th’ Highjacker – Claims Confession Elicited After Torture
May 12, 2008, San Juan, Puerto Rico – The Pentagon has dropped charges against a Saudi at Guantanamo who was alleged to have been the so-called “20th hijacker” in the Sept. 11 attacks, his U.S. military defense lawyer said Monday. … Continue reading
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Editorial Column: CNN, The Pentagon’s ‘Military Analyst Program’ and Gitmo
May 9, 2008 – The Pentagon has posted to its website the roughly 8,000 pages and audio tapes it was forced to provide to the New York Times regarding its “military analyst” program. Anyone who reads through them, as I’ve … Continue reading
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Pentagon Drops Post in Pakistan for Top General
May 9, 2008, Washington, DC – When the Pentagon announced in March that Maj. Gen. Jay W. Hood would become the senior American officer based in Pakistan, it reflected the military’s aim to put a crisis-tested veteran in a critical … Continue reading
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Sen. Webb’s GI Bill to be Added to Iraq War Spending Bill
May 6, 2008, Washington, DC – Defying President Bush, House Democrats are preparing to forge ahead with a war spending measure that would include extended unemployment assistance and new educational benefits for returning veterans. After a meeting Monday evening of … Continue reading
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Iraq War Veteran with PTSD Saves Life of Traffic Accident Victim
Traumatized Marine ignores doctor’s orders to save injured motorcyclist May 2, 2008, Buffalo, New York – Others drove past the injured motorcyclist, who lay bleeding to death on the side of Niagara Falls Boulevard in Amherst on a Monday afternoon … Continue reading
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