Did he throw himself on the grenade or unknowingly cover it with his body before it exploded? That is at the heart of the matter."SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- A California congressional delegation asked President Bush on Friday to posthumously award the Medal of Honor...
Babies born in Fallujah (Iraq) are showing illnesses and deformities on a scale never seen before, doctors and residents say. The new cases, and the number of deaths among children, have risen after "special...
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"U.S. Vice President Cheney, a major architect of the Bush regime’s invasion and occupation of Iraq, visited Baghdad Monday, and gave this assessment:
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So if you reflect back on those five years, I think...
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With
all the crap shows out this season the most original bio for the new
“knight Rider” is a pissed of Iraq Vet. How original….mpress"Here’s the “Rider” movie’s plot summary from the release: “Sarah...
Since the United Nations has been an inept, feckless
instrument thus far, it's worth considering this option says
co-director Nick Bicanic of the "Shadow Company" Hot Zone's Documentary
feature series. "BICANIC:...
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I would hope that everyone could read this story giving these guys the benefit of the doubt. But some people can only think good things about people like Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. I guess when your position...
NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual experience. Plauged with historically low Neilsen ratings,...
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Los Angeles (ANTARA News) - A US Marine has been charged with murder
following a probe into the killings of unarmed Iraqi prisoners in
Fallujah nearly three years ago, the military said Monday.
Sergeant Jermaine...
Prague residents and tourists expecting a normal Tuesday were sorely mistaken as a performance art piece/protest took over the streets on the eve of the city's Quadrennial celebrations. Anyone needing a lesson in...
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The images of the four military contractors who were killed in Fallujah and their charred bodies strung up on a bridge are now part of the ghastly iconography of the American misadventure in Iraq.Today it was...
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"FALLUJAH - The city that was mostly destroyed by the U.S. military operation Phantom Fury in November 2004 has been under curfew for over two weeks, with no signs of relief.
Located 45 mi. west of Baghdad, the city made headlines when four Blackwater USA security mercenaries...
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"Why the killing of civilians by U.S. Marines in Afghanistan and Iraq could have profound strategic consequences.
By David J. Morris
Apr. 26, 2007 | On March 4, a U.S. Marine convoy in the Nangarhar province of eastern Afghanistan was attacked by a suicide bomber driving a...
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"This proliferation of Little Iraqs accounts for the biggest exodus in the Middle East since the Palestinians were forced to abandon their own lands in 1948 as the State of Israel was being created. In every single month in Iraq at least 40,000 people are displaced. According...
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The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned Associated Press
photographer Bilal Hussein since April 12, 2006, accusing
him of being a security threat but never filing charges or
permitting a...
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"THOMAS WATKINS
Associated Press
CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Two weeks after returning from a yearlong deployment to a joyous midnight homecoming, Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5 gathered under the California sun...
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