Tag: veterans
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Murder/Mayhem: Angel Fires, Mountain Madness & More
Cops race to stop Hollywood-area arson car fires // L.A. arson suspect ‘motivated by rage against Americans’ // Body found believed that of Mt. Rainier gunman // Suspect in Utah shooting was Iraq vet: neighbor // Balloon crash in New Zealand kills 11 // Trooper who shot woman called in rescue // River corpse believed…
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notes on new mexico & scenes from an airport
“there’s a new mexico?” as many of you know, we went ‘off the grid’ last week. although we did discover some wi-fi by the second day, i still stuck to my ‘internet fast’ for the most part. but i took notes on some of the interesting things that happened while visiting family in taos, here…
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#FastAndFurious gun-running scandal could bring down obama admin
new documents released by white house from blacklisted news: Could Fast and Furious be the scandal that brings down the Obama administration? With the full knowledge of the Department of Justice, ATF agents facilitated the sale of thousands of guns to Mexican drug cartels and dropped all surveillance of those weapons once they crossed the…
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Amid Reporter’s Assault In Cairo, Pentagon Sued Over Rape Coverup
the disturbing story of lara logan, the cbs reporter raped in cairo and the resulting tabloid aftermath in the corporate media, now seems to have become a sexual abuse meme – but these celebrity stories distract from institutional violence that goes under-reported… video: veterans say rape cases mishandled from ap: More than a dozen U.S.…
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Warwhores: Occupations & Electrodes
The United States has passed an unfortunate landmark… U.S. troops have now been stuck in Afghanistan longer than was the Soviet Union.
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Warwhores: Veteran’s Day Edition
Veteran’s Day – War profiteers say thanks to the pawns // No charges over destruction of CIA interrogation tapes // US to boost military aid to Israel // No antiwar views expressed on PBS News // Why must we look to the past for antiwar songs?
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Warwhores: Intel Porn & Weapon Ads
Pentagon reopens probe of 100s of employees w/child porn // Veterans sue CIA, Army for experiments at Detrick, Edgewood // Weapon ads on DC Metro just part of the scenery // Obama prepares largest arms sale ever … to Saudi Arabia
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geopolitiks/warwhores: powderkegs looking for sparks
drills, bolton, harvard – putting pieces together from of goats & men: We mentioned in the blog earlier how John Bolton thinks an Iran attack must proceed within days if it is to occur at all. Terror drills and military exercises have begun in Korea. Harvard has divested itself from Israeli investments which one could…
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McChrystal Falls On Sword After Truthful Comments On Afghan War
The farce that is the war in Afghanistan is coming apart at the seams. General Stanley McChrystal’s sharp comments about Obama, Biden, and the administration published by Rolling Stone are not so much about disrespect, as the script-reading corporate media talking heads would have it, but rather about a policy in disarray in Afghanistan.
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9/11 Updates: Veterans for Peace, Jersey Girls & New Documents
12 New England towns demand 9/11 reinvestigation // 9/11 commission documents about US consulate in Jeddah // ‘Jersey Girls’ support Architects & Engineers for 9/11 Truth // Video: Fire couldn’t demolish WTC in 11 seconds
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warwhores: expansion, growth & refusal of oath
US launches major afghanisurge op: 1000’s of US marines move into the world’s largest opium production area*obama’s 1st major military excursion: marines launch huge op in south afghanistanron paul: ‘fight them over there vs. over here’ a false choice*cia crucified captive in abu ghraib prison*did toxic chemical in iraq cause soldiers illnesses?*ranchers attempt to hold…
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envirohealth: the pharmaceutical-industrial complex
depression drug illegally marketed to kids from ecochildsplay: A five year probe of Forest Laboratories by the U.S. Justice Department into illegal marketing of Lexapro to children has an ironic twist to it: The FDA just approved the use of Lexapro for depression in children. “Federal health care programs have paid thousands of false and…
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resistance is growing against the new financial world order
people all over the world are starting to wake up & speak up against the wars & against the banksters… but is it too little too late? antiwar activist says obama’s war policies worse than bushfrom cns news: President Barack Obama’s war policies in Iraq and Afghanistan are criminal and worse than those of former…
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envirohealth: sonar, vets & condom corn
navy to train with sonar off hawaiifrom ap: The U.S. Navy was granted a one-year permit to train with sonar and bombs in Hawaii waters so long as it tries to protect whales and other marine animals from harm. The Navy warned that whales and other marine life may be harmed, or even killed, though…
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newsflash! gulf war syndrome is real, says new federal report
and if you think this is bad, you ain’t seen nuthin’ yet…from cnn: An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness. That illness is a condition now identified as the likely consequence of exposure to toxic…