World Press Photo

World Press Photo
By Nina Berman
US Marine Ty Ziegel poses with Renee Kline before their wedding in Washington, Illinois, in July. Ziegel was severely wounded in a suicide bomb attack during his second tour of duty in Iraq. He was blinded in one eye, had a shattered skull, and most of his skin was burned off. [...]

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Amy Goodman Interviews Jeremy Scahill and Doug Brooks

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Much Ado About Nothing: Bush Speech on Iraq Surge

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Bush’s Anbar Surge

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Air Force Flys Nuclear Warheads over America

WASHINGTON (CNN) — Six nuclear warheads on air-launched cruise missiles were mistakenly carried on a flight from North Dakota to Louisiana last week, prompting a major investigation, the military officials have confirmed.

The plane took the cruise missiles from Minot Air Force Base to Barksdale Air Force Base for decommissioning Thursday, the Air Force said. [...]

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Blackwater Buying Counter-Insurgency Aircraft

Security and training company Blackwater USA confirmed that it has applied for a license to acquire one Embraer Super Tucano light attack trainer.

The acquisition is on hold pending licensing approval by the US government, a Blackwater spokeswoman said.
The aircraft would launch a new pilot training programme for Blackwater, which provides a broad range of training and operational [...]

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INJURED U.S. TROOPS SCREWED BY THE GOVERNMENT

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A young girl being taped by four soldiers

Piehole Comment: Somehow this just isn’t funny after watching the last video.  Women are abused by men in more ways than they realize.
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Iraq Female Soldiers in Ramadi

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A FATHER AND SON REUNION

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Fort Stewart Soldier, Blogger Goes AWOL

By Sarah Olson
(APN) FORT STEWART – “Just because we volunteered, doesn’t mean we volunteered to throw our lives away for nothing. You can only push human beings so far,” Marc Train, 19, a soldier from America’s heartland, stationed most recently in Fort Stewart, Georgia, says.
“Soldiers are going to Iraq multiple times. The reasons we’re there [...]

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Iraq’s mercenaries – with a licence to kill

Johann Hari
‘These private contractors can get away with murder… They aren’t subject to any laws at all’
Iraq is rapidly vanishing into the mists of uncollectable, unknowable news, with information travelling only as far as an Iraqi scream can be heard. But sometimes, if you peer closely, you can glimpse reality. Last week, Shia militiamen [...]

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CNN Report: Parents leave kids behind, deployed to Iraq

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Hearing on Mental Health, Iraq & Afghanistan: Vets Speak

Piehole comment:  The sound sucks at first but it corrects itself.

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Depleted Uranium Hawaii

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