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Memo to U.S. forces: OK to invade foreign nation that posed no threat. OK to occupy said country for years. OK to impose a corrupt puppet government. OK to kill the locals. Probably OK to piss on them. Just don't film it.
August Deadly for Iraqis and U.S. Soldiers in Afghanistannew
August was not easy for U.S. service members in Afghanistan. It was the deadliest month in that part of the Middle East, with 66 casualties.
Weekly Alibi |
Marisa Demarco |
09-01-2011 |
War
Peace and Redemption: One Soldier's Story of an Uncovered Warnew
As part of a two-part series, this issue of Random
Lengths News brings readers the story of Ethan McCord, the soldier who rescued two wounded children.
Random Lengths News |
Zamná Ávila |
07-05-2011 |
War
Fallen Angelnew
A North Canton soldier was found dead in Iraq. How she died depends on whom you ask.
Cleveland Scene |
John Lasker |
01-26-2011 |
War
American Grocersnew
Samir Itani got rich sending expired food overseas to U.S. troops in the Middle East.
Houston Press |
Paul Knight |
12-17-2010 |
War
Serving Those Who Servednew
Veterans make up eight percent of the U.S. population, but 20 percent of the homeless population. What's being done to help them?
Illinois Times |
Patrick Yeagle |
11-11-2010 |
Homelessness
Soldier’s Pay?new
Chapook Dizayee is a hero of the War on Terror. His family is its latest victim.
LEO Weekly |
Jonathan Meador |
11-10-2010 |
Immigration
The Cost of War— The One We Didn’t Winnew
No matter how much we have spent on the “reconstruction” of Iraq, we have left a nation in ruins.
Random Lengths News |
James Preston Allen |
09-07-2010 |
War
Home to Windsurfers, Microbrews, and Drones That Kill America’s Enemiesnew
One day in the Columbia Gorge, Tad McGeer watched a video from a battlefield 7,000 miles away. Filmed from the air, the footage revealed tiny figures moving about an open field below. Suddenly, the figures were engulfed in an explosive fireball.
Willamette Week |
James Pitkin |
03-03-2010 |
War
The Army's Repair Job for Wounded Soldiers Doesn't Always Pass Inspectionnew
After three deployments to Iraq, Spc. James Bell had spent a year in the post's Warrior Transition Unit, getting treatment for post-traumatic stress disorder. His greeting to his new unit came as a barked question from a sergeant major: "ARE YOU READY TO FIGHT?"
Colorado Springs Independent |
Anthony Lane |
12-15-2009 |
War
The Difference Between Deaths Here and 'Over There'
Thirteen soldiers die in Texas and it's all we talk about. Two million die in Afghanistan and Iraq and we don't notice -- and we don't even want to hear about it.
Soldier: Coming Home from Iraqnew
It shames me personally to think that I've become so detached from the war that I didn't realize until days later the simple cause of Rocky's candor and joy: The guy was giddy to be back safe at home. Even more so, he was thrilled to finally find a couple of guys who gave enough of a shit to ask.
LEO Weekly |
Dominic Russ |
09-10-2009 |
War
War Resister Brad McCall Has Gone into Hidingnew
Fearing arrest by the Mounties and deportation to the United States, former American soldier Brad McCall fled his East Vancouver home and is living on the lam.
The Georgia Straight |
Charlie Smith |
07-10-2009 |
War
Why Can't Obama See He's the New Robert McNamara?
Like McNamara, Obama doesn't understand a basic truth: you can't successfully manage an inherently doomed premise. Colonialism is dead. Occupiers will never enjoy peace. Neither the Afghans nor the Iraqis nor the Pakistanis will rest until we withdraw our forces.
