http://military.web2announcer.com/ Web 2.0 announcer top stories for military en Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2211488 unknown@ma.gnolia.com 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 Tue, 09 Oct 2007 07:00:00 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2211488webdesignframeworkcsscode2.0usabilitywebweb2listcalendarweb2onlinexmlinformatiqueapiprogrammationrailsgpllogsfreefontssafarijavascriptjqueryajaxtutorialweb developmentapplicationgeneratorweb2.0djangoleahculverwebprogrammingwebappcrystalphpormSQLopen-sourcemental conditioningmilitaryour times http://web2announcer.com/go/2046859 unknown@Netscape.com "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! Fri, 15 Jun 2007 05:36:47 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046859veteransdisabilitybenefitsmilitarymedicalCarewhitehousevetosNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2046408 unknown@Netscape.com In Iraq and beyond, America's empire of permanent bases grows at an alarming pace. Thu, 14 Jun 2007 18:50:43 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2046408EmpiremilitaryimperialismbasesforeignpolicyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2039916 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Mon, 11 Jun 2007 20:02:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2039916enemycombatantappellatecourtrulingHabeasCorpuswaronterrormilitarycommissionsACTNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038861 unknown@Netscape.com The US and Israeli air forces have began a week-long joint military exercise in southern parts of the occupied Palestinian territories. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:38:46 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038861IsraelusmilitarymiddleeastNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038898 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 06:12:15 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038898VairaqAfghanistandisabilityclaimsmilitarymedicalCareNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2038865 unknown@Netscape.com A FORMER US Army torturer has described the traumatic effects of American interrogation techniques in Iraq - on their victims and on the perpetrators themselves. Mon, 11 Jun 2007 05:48:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2038865torturewarmilitaryinterrogationiraqNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Sun, 10 Jun 2007 07:24:44 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037494iraqmilitarystrategytrooplevelsoccupationNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2037591 unknown@Netscape.com 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." Sun, 10 Jun 2007 03:57:36 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2037591HabeasCorpusmilitarydetaineeACTkeitholbermannNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2033848 unknown@Netscape.com Now we've bungled our own kangaroo courts. This is what happens when you make up the rules as you go along. Thu, 07 Jun 2007 23:52:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2033848guantanamoHabeasKangaroocourtsmilitarytribunalNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2025641 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 03 Jun 2007 18:14:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2025641MilitarizationcultureSocietymilitarywarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2022461 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 18:50:53 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2022461protestmilitaryspyingpentagonvfwNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2021962 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 02 Jun 2007 02:48:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2021962militaryLyingwaronterroriraqveteransforpeacemindcontrolNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2017233 unknown@Netscape.com Videos from servicemen telling why they proudly serve in the United States Military. Wed, 30 May 2007 18:53:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2017233ServicemenandwomenmilitaryservinginTheusarmedForcesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2016677 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 30 May 2007 04:46:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2016677iraqmilitarydeathtollthirdDeadliestmonthinsurgencyviolenceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2014989 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Tue, 29 May 2007 20:44:12 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014989warmilitaryiraniraqheroesNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2015402 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Tue, 29 May 2007 19:59:06 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2015402LookingforbigfootpropagandaliesmilitarywarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2014799 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Tue, 29 May 2007 08:03:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2014799iraqbushloweredexpectationsmilitaryadvisorsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013745 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 28 May 2007 20:49:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013745memorialdayveteransmilitarymedicalCarebankruptcyNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013204 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 28 May 2007 18:22:28 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013204tuskegeecongressmilitarymemorialdayracismNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013921 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Mon, 28 May 2007 18:05:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013921memorialdaywarforcemilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2013310 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Mon, 28 May 2007 06:57:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2013310obamamilitaryspendingmentalhealthhealthcareveteransNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011741 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 27 May 2007 12:37:22 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011741military8U.S.TroopskillediraqwarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011639 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 27 May 2007 10:37:48 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011639chinaU.S.ExaggeratingmilitarythreatNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2011679 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sun, 27 May 2007 04:31:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2011679U.S.militarydeathsiraq3450warNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010670 unknown@Netscape.com 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 Sun, 27 May 2007 00:04:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010670snipersCanadainmilitaryAfghanistanAmericanspresentcanadianswithmedalsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010174 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Sat, 26 May 2007 01:00:25 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010174ericshineWhistleblowerprisonmilitaryconstitutionNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2010100 unknown@Netscape.com China is modernizing its military in ways that give it options for launching surprise attacks, potentially far from its borders, the Pentagon said Friday. Fri, 25 May 2007 23:37:56 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2010100chinamilitarybuildUPweaponsRepublicofNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2009664 unknown@Netscape.com "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." Fri, 25 May 2007 23:36:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2009664chinamilitarybuildUPweaponsRepublicofNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005698 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 23 May 2007 07:18:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005698iraqPTSDVamilitarymedicalCaresuicideNews http://web2announcer.com/go/2005860 unknown@Netscape.com 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. Wed, 23 May 2007 07:18:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/2005860iraqPTSDVamilitarymedicalCaresuicideNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1977960 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. military added on Sunday more U.S. soldiers to the list of those who died in attacks on Saturday, bringing the number of American soldiers killed since Friday to 15. Sun, 20 May 2007 22:15:52 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1977960iraqU.S.soldierswarmilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1958130 unknown@Netscape.com It's worth noting that President Bush's threat to veto a 3.5 percent pay raise for U.S. soldiers fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan came just two days before Armed Forces Day (May 19), the "single holiday for citizens to come together and thank our military members for their patriotic service in support of our country." Sat, 19 May 2007 08:28:37 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1958130busharmedForcesdaymilitarypayraisewhitehouseserviceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1953829 unknown@Netscape.com The U.S. House of Representatives today unanimously passed a contracting oversight amendment to the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2008. Fri, 18 May 2007 19:41:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1953829schakowskyhouseprivatemilitaryContractorsdavidpriceNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1928013 unknown@Netscape.com Troops don't need bigger pay raises, White House budget officials said Wednesday in a policy statement laying out objections to the House version of the 2008 defense authorization bill. They said the administration strongly opposes both the 3.5% raise for 2008 and the follow-on increases, calling extra pay increases "unnecessary". Thu, 17 May 2007 05:04:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1928013whitehousebushmilitarypayRaisescongressdefensebudgetNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1924929 unknown@Netscape.com Commenting on a new military policy that bans US troops in Iraq access to Websites like YouTube, Daily Show host Jon Stewart said the policy prevents 'our fighting men from seeing the un-horrors of not-war.' Stewart said as he played a popular YouTube clip: "Ottoman-humping gigolos! You're ruining troop morale!" Video on Site. Wed, 16 May 2007 18:11:49 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1924929jonstewartThedailyshowyoutubemyspacemilitarybanNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1915899 unknown@Netscape.com Combined with the 116,000 retired military personnel living in Hawai'i, the military-connected population totals 217,030, or 17 percent of Hawaii's total population. The 2000 U.S. Census found that Hawai'i has the largest percentage of its population in the military among the states. Wed, 16 May 2007 08:25:29 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1915899hawaiimilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1911592 unknown@Netscape.com In a statement issued to the Servicemembers Legal Defense Network, Former president Jimmy Carter has called upon Congress to revisit Don't Ask, Don't Tell, the policy prohibiting open lesbians and gays from serving in the US military. Tue, 15 May 2007 21:08:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1911592jimmycarterDontasktellgaysinThemilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1897532 unknown@Netscape.com Radio talk show host "Dr. Laura" Schlessinger says her comments about the "whining" of military spouses and parents were taken out of context in a story published May 12 in the Salt Lake Tribune. Tue, 15 May 2007 03:39:35 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1897532militaryDr.LauraNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1869683 unknown@Netscape.com Republican presidential hopeful Mitt Romney told graduates of a Michigan college on Saturday that the U.S. military must be strengthened because evil exists in the world. Sun, 13 May 2007 00:02:11 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1869683MittRomneymilitaryPoliticsMoneywarNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1861165 unknown@Netscape.com Tricare is upping the price for some sleeping, pain, glaucoma and depression medication beginning Aug. 1, according to the Defense Department. The drugs will move to the third tier of the prescription drug formulary, which means their price will bump up to $22 from $9. Sat, 12 May 2007 07:36:21 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1861165VaTricareprescriptiondrugsmilitarymedicalCaredisabilityNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1854090 unknown@Netscape.com The Army is so undermanned that soldiers are going to Iraq for a year, coming home for a year - and heading right back to combat. "The U.S. military is too small to meet current needs or expected contingencies," write Michael O'Hanlon of the Brookings Institution and Fred Kagan of the American Enterprise Institute. Fri, 11 May 2007 20:36:03 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1854090bushtroopsurgeiraqamericasmilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1747165 unknown@Netscape.com WELL over a third of US combat troops deployed in Iraq condone torture to obtain information from an insurgent and nearly one in 10 acknowledge mistreating civilians, said a survey released today. Sat, 05 May 2007 03:03:23 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1747165torturemilitaryTroopsNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1732234 unknown@Netscape.com McCain said he staunchly opposes openly gay servicemembers, asserting that "open sexuality within military presents an intolerable risk to morale, cohesion and discipline" and national security Thu, 03 May 2007 22:31:42 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1732234McCaingaymilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1722782 unknown@Netscape.com The excerpt here is a small piece of the forthcoming book by Lonnie Story, "Without a Shot Fired: The Dustin Brim Story." This is a heart-wrenching true story - about Dustin Brim - a 22 yr. Old U.S. Army soldier that died shortly after being deployed to Iraq - and some stuff called Depleted Uranium. Thu, 03 May 2007 19:19:31 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1722782dustimbrimdepletedUraniumweaponsdumilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1719393 unknown@Netscape.com We call our enlisted men and women serving in the military, soldiers; or we could, and often do, refer to them as grunts. ready to become human cannon fodder. Wed, 02 May 2007 23:25:39 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1719393militarysoldierswarcasualtiescannonfodderNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1657707 unknown@Netscape.com Blame it on the military but make it look like you're supporting the troops. That's been the convenient gambit of failed emperors throughout history as they witnessed their empires decline. Sun, 29 Apr 2007 05:55:38 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1657707wariraqTroopsmilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1654095 unknown@Netscape.com It's likely that America's military spending has surpassed $12 Trillion since the end of World War II. Add another $4 Trillion for interest on the national debt that has resulted from that military spending. Sat, 28 Apr 2007 20:19:32 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1654095warpeacemilitaryfundingNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1630768 unknown@Netscape.com Russian President Vladimir Putin said on Thursday he was suspending Russia's obligations under the Conventional Forces in Europe (CFE) Treaty, the Reuters news agency reports. The Russian President linked the move to U.S. plans for a missile defence shield in Europe. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 19:50:18 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1630768russiaEUmilitaryNews http://web2announcer.com/go/1625988 unknown@Netscape.com Democrats are ignoring important Iraq briefings conducted by General David Petraeus in an apparent effort to stymie efforts in Iraq. It is well known that they are not supportive of the troops in Iraq and the president's "surge" plan, but to skip these briefings is an act of blatant negligence that borders on the criminal. Thu, 26 Apr 2007 17:44:41 GMT http://web2announcer.com/go/1625988democratsmilitaryBriefingsgeneralpetraeusNews