Key Republican breaks with Bush on Mideast Vietnam Veteran: Nebraska’s Sen. Hagel calls for immediate cease-fire Left: Sen. Chuck Hagel, R-Nebraska, called the current crisis in the Mideast “madness.” Urging President Bush to turn all U.S. efforts toward “ending this madness,” a leading Republican senator Monday broke with the Bush administration and called for an [...]
Construction Work Has Begun Near Washington on a Vast Germ Warfare Lab in Breach of International Lawby Julian Borger Construction work has begun near Washington on a vast germ warfare laboratory intended to help protect the US against an attack with biological weapon, but critics say the laboratory’s work will violate international law and its [...]
Years After Gulf War Veterans Plead for Help the Government is ‘Looking Into It’ DAYTONA BEACH — After years of veterans pleading for help with illnesses occurring after service in the Gulf wars, the U.S. House and Senate are calling for an immediate study of health effects of exposure to a radioactive metal used in U.S. [...]
The Tide Has Turned in the Middle East U.S. Outsources Foreign Policy To Israel By Joseph Allen As the Middle East Crisis takes on a new chapter, little has changed. However American Diplomacy has reached an unprecedented low never before seen in our history. Our Middle Eastern Foreign Policy is now officially outsourced to the Israelis [...]
Saying Thank You to Our Korean War Vets “I am tired and sick of war,” said Gen. William T. Sherman. If so, he was fortunate not to have lived in the 20th and 21st centuries, whose hostilities would have exhausted him. There have been enough wars since Sherman’s day, in fact, that most of them [...]
No military conflict in modern times has divided Americans more than the war in Iraq not even Vietnam.by Robin Toner and Jum Rutenberg Left, supporters of the Iraq war sang God Bless America at a Brooklyn rally in April 2003. A poll shows attitudes dividing starkly on party lines. Right, in Michigan, a group protesting the [...]
Vietnam Vets Take Care of New Generation of Veteransby Narina Crain Vietnam veterans in northern Illinois are keeping a close eye on the situation in Iraq. Much like the Vietnam War, it doesn’t have the support of many American citizens. But these veterans say as long as they’re around, the veterans coming out of Iraq [...]
U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts by Anne Plummer Flaherty WASHINGTON – U.S. citizens suspected of terror ties might be detained indefinitely and barred from access to civilian courts under legislation proposed by the Bush administration, say legal experts reviewing an early version of [...]
Marshals Say They Must File One Surveillance Detection Report, Or SDR, Per Month DENVER — You could be on a secret government database or watch list for simply taking a picture on an airplane. Some federal air marshals say they’re reporting your actions to meet a quota, even though some top officials deny it. The [...]
Iraq and Afghanistan veterans returning to civilian life are finding jobs as elusive as Osama bin Laden.by Phillip O’Connor Left: Anthony Miller, 23, sets out to find a job Thursday during a career fair held for veterans. Count Christy Gearon among the lucky young veterans who seek to enter the labor force. After four years [...]
Next time you see a Support our Troops bumper sticker, think about how little the government has done to actually help them. by Saul Landau At an Oakland California freeway exit ramp, a disheveled young man held up a sign: Help a Gulf War vet. I gave him a dollar. Drivers behind me began to [...]
Three Hispanic Soldiers, examples for Migratory Reformby Peter Laufer Left: Three immigrant soldiers badly injured by homemade bombs in Iraq were sworn in at a naturalization ceremony Monday at Walter Reed Army Medical Center. President Bush showed up for a photo-op at Walter Reed Hospital in Washington the other day where he’d come to witness [...]
Despite Pentagon Efforts, Skinheads Still Infiltrating Ranks, Group Says The number of neo-Nazis and skinheads in the armed forces is increasing, according to a watchdog group that claims the military is relaxing standards amid pressure to sign up recruits during the Iraq war. The Southern Poverty Law Center said in a report Friday that the [...]
The House of Representatives passed two bills on Monday aimed at helping veterans get jobs.by Rick Maze Veterans make outstanding employees, and we should be doing all we can to help them find good jobs that benefit them and their families, said Rep. Rush D. Holt, D-N.J. One is an omnibus benefits bill, the Veterans [...]
America The Beautiful The Movie Charlton Heston Narrates What Makes America the Greatest Nation on Earth A Better World Incorporated is proud to announce the release of “America The Beautiful”, a 45 minute documentary narrated by Charlton Heston showcasing what makes America the greatest nation on Earth. The United States of America spans nearly 5000 [...]
Religious Fundamentalism is the Problem Stuck in Haifa, Stuck in Hate, Stuck in War By Joseph Allen I just returned from a recent trip to Haifa. As circumstance happened, I entered Haifa on the first day of the first missile receiveed, and therefore shocking all of Haifa’s inhabitants. On the way to Haifa, I spent an [...]
TAKE THIS AID AND SHOVE IT THE ARAB WORLD SUFFERS BECAUSE IT LACKS PRIDE AND SELF-RESPECT ISRAEL MAY BE LIMITED BY “INVISIBLE HANDCUFFS” BUT THE ARAB WORLD IS LIMITED BY INCOMPETENT, GROVELING LEADERSHIP by Andy Martin Watching Condo Rice appear in Beirut to express her deep concern for the victims of Israeli bombardment I find [...]
First Lt. Ehren K. Watada joined the Army after Sept. 11 but says he will not serve in Iraq. I was still willing to go until I started reading, he said. by John Tifner and Timothy Egan SEATTLE When First Lt. Ehren K. Watada of the Army shipped out for a tour of duty in [...]
Defoliant Agent Orange, supposed to help GIs, may be killing them decades laterby Mike Billington and Jeff Montgomery The U.S. military used chemical defoliants such as Agent Orange in Vietnam from the Delta to the demilitarized zone. They were supposed to deny the Viet Cong ground cover from which to launch ambushes. They were supposed [...]
Another 9/11 Anniversary is just around the cornerby Vincent L. Guarisco “To the living we owe respect, but to the dead we owe only the truth“~~Voltaire Once again, that time-clock of terrifying consternation is poised to chime yet again as we approach the 5th anniversary of the September 11, 2001 attacks. Be as it may, [...]
War as it really is, documented via hundreds of hours of viral video posted online. You won’t see the heart-stopping shudder of an improvised explosive device (IED) ripping through a Humvee on the nightly news. And you definitely won’t see it from the perspective of a soldier inside that armored vehicle. To a generation of [...]
VA to hire a firm to ensure veterans’ personal data not being used by criminals During a hearing of the U.S. Senate Committee on Veterans’ Affairs, Chairman Larry Craig (R-Idaho) said that the Department of Veterans Affairs has a long way to go to restore the trust of America’s veterans in the aftermath of stolen [...]
Fightin’ words: Iraq giving us colorful termsby Chris Vaughn Left: Military slang is becoming so mainstream women are wearing panties that support the troops. Soldier Six-Pack walks up to a new soldier somewhere in Iraq. “You new in the sandbox?” Soldier Six-Pack asks. “You’d better ali baba some hillbilly armor for that Hummer ‘cuz the [...]
Forces short of equipment and ‘running out of time’ by Richard Norton-Taylor The most senior British military commander in Afghanistan today described the situation in the country as “close to anarchy” with feuding foreign agencies and unethical private security companies compounding problems caused by local corruption. The stark warning came from Lieutenant General David Richards, [...]
CAMEL NEWS II: Live from the Front Lines of Iraq Don’t Believe Everything That You See Coming from Iraq By Doug Wolf, US Army in Iraq It is time again for the most informal news you will ever get and the best in the business. I guess you can call it business if you like or just [...]
Marines back in country for first time since 1984CNN’s Barbara Starr contributed to this report. U.S. Marines carried toddlers and helped families and tourists in wheelchairs onto a boat that whisked them to a warship off the coast of Beirut, helping hundreds of Americans escape from Lebanon on Thursday. About 40 Marines escorted evacuees to [...]
American soldiers are telling their story of the Iraq war in homemade videos. And the picture isn’t any brighterby Ana Marie Cox The National Guardsman in the frame looks grim. His bunkmates are cutting up a bit, clowning for the camera. The cameraman tries to coax some action out the unwilling documentary subject, who refuses: [...]
Where Is The Rage? Where Is The Outrage?By Michael Payne We are all part of an American society that continues to silently watch as our government pursues a foreign policy that threatens the very future of our democracy. A large segment of this society is currently in a state of conditioned silence. It watches as [...]
New Orleans Remains Problematic for Army Corps of Engineersby Diane M. Grassi Nearly an entire year since Hurricane Katrina devastated the U.S. Gulf Coast, leaving behind extensive damage to several states and the city of New Orleans, most would think that recovery is well underway. While Mississippi has faired far better than Louisiana, with less [...]
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