What didn’t kill them made them stronger: PTSD growth debatedby Michael Ruane, Washington Post WASHINGTON — As Hilbert Caesar told his harrowing war story one night recently in the living room of his apartment, he patted the artificial limb sticking from a leg of his business suit. ”This, right here,” he said, ”this is a [...]
Miami plans random security checks at possible terrorist ‘soft’ targetsby Curt Anderson MIAMI — Police are planning “in-your-face” shows of force in public places, saying the random, high-profile security operations will keep terrorists guessing about where officers might be next. As an example, uniformed and plainclothes officers might surround a bank building unannounced, contact the [...]
Pregnant troops leave the war; Central Command not counting by Rowan Scarborough U.S. Central Command is not tracking the number of troops who must leave the Iraq war theater due to pregnancy, prompting military advocates to charge the Pentagon wants to keep secret what could be an embarrassing statistic. There have been anecdotal reports of [...]
Military programs are moving into middle schools to fish for future soldiers, training students as young as 11 to march in formation and carry weapons.By Jennifer Wedekind Tarsha Moore stands as tall as her 4-foot 8-inch frame will allow. Staring straight ahead, she yells out an order to a squad of peers lined up in [...]
Women in Iraq caught in the machinery of occupationby Andrew Stromotich On Sept. 29, 2005, shortly after 8 p.m., Amal Kadhum Swadi and her youngest son Safa were arrested by U.S. forces in the Ghazaliya district of Baghdad on suspicion of planting an improvised explosive device. They were just leaving their Baghdad home with other family [...]
This war is for realby Major General Vernon Chong, USAF, ret. To get out of a difficulty, one usually must go through it. Our country is now facing the most serious threat to its existence, as we know it, that we have faced in your lifetime and mine (which includes WWII). The deadly seriousness is [...]
You’ve watched the war, now play the gameby Philip Sherwell The United States-led invasion of Iraq may not have been quite the “cakewalk” predicted by some, but now it has been made into a board game and released on the American market just in time for Christmas. Battle to Baghdad: The Fight For Freedom, which [...]
Courage this Holiday Seasonby Oliver North Washington, D.C. — Of the many things for which we should be thankful this holiday season, we ought to be most grateful for young Americans who have been willing to serve in our Armed Forces. Since our War of Independence, ours has been the only nation on earth consistently [...]
Terror suspect charged in nick of time After holding accused “dirty bomber” Jose Padilla without charges for 3 1/2 years, the Justice Department yesterday charged him with conspiracy to commit terrorist acts overseas. The charges come just days before a key deadline in Mr Padilla’s appeal to the US Supreme Court challenging his indefinite imprisonment. They include conspiring [...]
Cheney Takes Flak for Iraq Invasion REP. John Murtha, a Vietnam veteran known for his hawkishness and expertise on military matters, did not start this rising wave of discontent with the U.S. occupation of Iraq. But his scathing assessment of the war last week — along with his demand for a near-term withdrawal of troops [...]
Now it’s hip to be a ‘CSI’ case buster by Christie Wilson The popularity of top-rated “CSI” and other TV shows and books about case-busting forensic scientists is attracting a growing number of students to the field. Officials at the University of Hawai’i and Chaminade University took steps last week to expand their programs in [...]
Vietnam comes to mind. They talk of their patriotism, though patriotism is not enoughby Robert Fisk I sit in one of the dives on 44th Street, uncertain how to approach Sue Niederer and Celeste Zappala, afraid that their stories can be too easily turned into tears, their message lost after the Veterans’ Day march. They [...]
China’s development is stunning and its power is growing quickly; is America about to become a lapdog for the Asian dragon? By Stewart Nusbaumer Beijing, China — What a change! When I lived in Beijing a decade ago the apartment buildings were grimy and perpetually damp. The streets were clogged with legions of bicycles, hardly [...]
Free Medications for Vets temporarily or permanently unable to get Free or Low-Cost VA Medical Care FREE MEDICATIONS FOR VETERANS who are Temporarily or Permanently unable to get into the VA Medical Care System and Veterans and Non-Veterans who DO NOT HAVE other Government Benefits such as Medicaid and Medicare, and who cannot afford to pay [...]
Who bears the burden? Democratic characteristics of US Military recruits before and after 9/11by Tim Kane, Ph.D. A few Members of Congress, motivated by American combat in the Middle East, have called for the reinstatement of a compulsory military draft. The case for coercing young citizens to join the military is supposedly based on social [...]
Faced with US torture, killing and punishment of civilians, support for the Iraqi resistance is growingby Haifa Zangana, former prisoner of Saddam’s regime The photograph of an elderly Iraqi carrying the burned body of a child at Falluja, widely shown during the chemical weapons controversy of recent days, is almost a copy of an earlier one that [...]
House passes $70 billion in VA funding Washington, D.C. Today, the house passed H.R. 2528, the Military Quality of Life and Veterans Affairs Appropriations Act for Fiscal Year 2006, which appropriates $70.038 billon for the Department of Veterans Affairs. Most notably, over the last two years, funding for Veterans medical care has increased by 18%. [...]
Military mom plays Santa Claus to ’700 sons’ in Afghanistan–And how YOU can support a soldierby Carol Morello CULPEPER, Va. — Shoeboxes wrapped in cheery Christmas paper are stacked eye-high in a corner of Pat Jacobs’s small living room, even blocking the front door. The packages, destined for troops serving in Afghanistan, hold small items whose [...]
American soldiers rescue prisoners in secret cellsby Kim Sengupta in Baghdad The raid was at a building in central Baghdad. Men armed with automatic rifles burst in and made their way to a set of underground cells where they found 175 people huddled together. They had been captured by paramilitaries and tortured. The terrified, mainly [...]
Documentary and Vets say White Phosphorus was used in Fallujah, killed estimated 1,200 civilians This week, the broadcast of a shattering new documentary provided fresh confirmation of a gruesome war crime: the use of chemical weapons by U.S. forces during the frenzied destruction of Fallujah in November 2004. Using filmed and photographic evidence, eyewitness accounts and the [...]
Longest-held enlisted POW speaks to runners in Houstonby Mike George Capt. Bill Robinson is one of a few Americans who truly embody why the nation celebrates Veterans Day. On Sept. 20, 1965, Robinson and three of his crewmates were captured as prisoners of war after their helicopter crashed on a rescue mission just 10 miles from [...]
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