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added 2007 Tue Oct 9 7:00:00 by unknown user
A small private intelligence company that monitors Islamic terrorist groups obtained a new Osama bin Laden video ahead of its official release last month, and around 10 a.m. on Sept. 7, it notified the Bush administration of its secret acquisition. It gave two senior officials access on the condi... Saved By: Gahlord Dewald | View Details | Give Thanks
added 2007 Fri Jun 15 5:36:47 by bubba2
"If Congress increases VA funding above the President's request and does not offset this increase with spending reductions in other bills, the President will veto any of the other bills that exceed his request until Congress demonstrates a path to reach the President's topline of $933 billion." This is Bush politics at its dirtiest!
added 2007 Thu Jun 14 18:50:43 by populist
In Iraq and beyond, America's empire of permanent bases grows at an alarming pace.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 20:02:29 by Beau7890
The Bush administration cannot legally detain an immigrant it believes is an al-Qaida sleeper agent without charging him, a divided federal appeals court ruled Monday. In the 2-1 decision, the 4th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals panel found that the federal Military Commissions Act doesn't strip Ali al-Marri of his constitutional rights to challen
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 6:38:46 by populist
The US and Israeli air forces have began a week-long joint military exercise in southern parts of the occupied Palestinian territories.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 6:12:15 by bubba2
Deep in a newly released 300-page report on the benefits system for the nation's veterans lies a first look at the dimensions of the disabilities the Iraq- and Afghanistan-war injured are suffering. Through March, more than 176,000 U.S. veterans of those ongoing conflicts had filed claims for disability compensation.
added 2007 Mon Jun 11 5:48:06 by populist
A FORMER US Army torturer has described the traumatic effects of American interrogation techniques in Iraq - on their victims and on the perpetrators themselves.
added 2007 Sun Jun 10 7:24:44 by Beau7890
U.S. military officials here are increasingly envisioning a "post-occupation" troop presence in Iraq that neither maintains current levels nor leads to a complete pullout, but aims for a smaller, longer-term force that would remain in the country for years. One of the guiding principles is that the U.S. should leave Iraq more intellige
added 2007 Sun Jun 10 3:57:36 by TechnologyExpert
Keith Olbermann reported Thursday on the Habeas Corpus Restoration Act of 2007, calling it "a historical restoration project, the reconstruction of one of the cornerstones of American democracy."

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added 2007 Thu Jun 7 23:52:06 by populist
Now we've bungled our own kangaroo courts. This is what happens when you make up the rules as you go along.
added 2007 Sun Jun 3 18:14:28 by populist
A very disturbing commercial is being shown on network television in the United States with alarming regularity. I have seen it frequently during the past few weeks on an NBC station that broadcasts from the nation's capital, Washington, DC.
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 18:50:53 by populist
The nation's largest combat veterans group on Friday urged the military to "exercise a little common sense" and call off its investigation of Iraq war veterans who wore their uniforms during war protests.
added 2007 Sat Jun 2 2:48:11 by Manymeez
The U.S. government wants us, the American people to remain uneducated about the truth. They prefer that we go along with the governments version of what the truth is. They will stop at nothing to make sure we never learn the truth.
added 2007 Wed May 30 18:53:38 by SusanParrish
Videos from servicemen telling why they proudly serve in the United States Military.
added 2007 Wed May 30 4:46:39 by bubba2
May is not yet over, and already it has recorded the 3rd-highest monthly death toll for American forces in Iraq since the war began 4 years ago. The military announced that 10 soldiers were killed in roadside bombings and a helicopter crash on Memorial Day. As of late Tuesday, there were at least 113 US deaths in Iraq so far in May.
added 2007 Tue May 29 20:44:12 by trnscndr
It is very painful to hear from someone you love while they serve in the US military, but if we didn't hear from them, we are left with the fear that things made have gone awry. It is difficult for me to share this letter from my Nephew, but he would like for America to know the human side of this massive military show of force.
added 2007 Tue May 29 19:59:06 by populist
Intro to and excerpt from the book "Looking for Bigfoot." It's the story of Jack Robert King, an Internet radio host who broadcasts from the farm house on The Field of Dreams movie site in eastern Iowa. Jack wants to know the truth about America. He's tired of Frosted Flakes and he's tired of lies.
added 2007 Tue May 29 8:03:29 by Beau7890
U.S. military leaders in Iraq are increasingly convinced that most of the broad political goals President Bush laid out early this year in his announcement of a troop buildup will not be met this summer and are seeking ways to redefine success.
added 2007 Mon May 28 20:49:25 by bubba2
It is wholly right and proper that we remember those who gave their lives so that our nation and our freedom would endure. But honoring the dead is not enough. We must also repay our living veterans for their valor and sacrifices to the extent that it is in our power to do so. Too many veterans are struggling with medical or financial problems.
added 2007 Mon May 28 18:22:28 by zaph22
The U.S. Congress is honoring a Gary man who helped fight both World War II and racial discrimination at home as a Tuskegee Airman.
added 2007 Mon May 28 18:05:03 by populist
Americans might be honoring the dead from U.S. wars, but in no case did any of those dead whom we memorialize today die for "our freedom." They died, instead, because our political classes pointedly understand that promoting war is good for them.
added 2007 Mon May 28 6:57:22 by Beau7890
Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama said Sunday the country is not providing enough mental health services for active duty troops and veterans. He proposed spending hundreds of million dollars more each year for better care. "We cannot expect our young men and women to serve in our armed forces, if we are not making sure they get
added 2007 Sun May 27 12:37:22 by STONERS
Iraq's prime minister and two top American officials flew to the blistering western desert Saturday in a rare joint outing to highlight gains there in the fight against insurgents, hours before the military reported the deaths of eight U.S. troops.
added 2007 Sun May 27 10:37:48 by STONERS
China lashed out at the United States on Sunday, rejecting a Pentagon report about Beijing's defense buildup as exaggerated and misleading, and saying that such rhetoric threatened attempts to improve military and trade links.
added 2007 Sun May 27 4:31:42 by STONERS
As of Saturday, May 26, 2007, at least 3,450 members of the U.S. military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes seven military civilians. At least 2,809 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
added 2007 Sun May 27 0:04:23 by Jaydee40
Among the American troops who served with the snipers, the viewpoint is unanimous. "These are the type of people that I would want to put up on a pedestal and say: 'This is the very best that we have to offer,' " Justin Overbaugh says. "I am not big on apologies, but if they are owed an apology, I hope that they get one. I am quite c
added 2007 Sat May 26 1:00:25 by populist
The very idea that an American citizen can be imprisoned without recourse to judicial process or remedy, [and on trumped up and bogus charges in the face of overwhelming force] and that this can be done on the sole say-so of the President of the United States or those acting in his name, is beyond the pale and un-American, and must to be stopped.
added 2007 Fri May 25 23:37:56 by pawfoots
China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said Friday.
added 2007 Fri May 25 23:36:03 by pawfoots
"Analysis of China's weapons acquisition ... suggest(s) China is looking beyond Taiwan as it builds its force," states the Defense Department's annual report to Congress on "Military Power of the People's Republic of China."
added 2007 Wed May 23 7:18:35 by bubba2
Three young men served honorably in Iraq, but came home unable to cope with their memories of combat. Each one sought help from the military or from the VA. But in each case, the hospital was overbooked, the counselors didn't listen, or the bureaucracy moved too slowly. Only months after their return from war, these young heroes committed suicide.