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War Funding "Victory," Bizarro-Style
Maya Schenwar, of Truthout: "At first glance, it seems like a shocking triumph for the antiwar movement: After five years of war, the House of Representatives finally voted down a war funding bill on Thursday... ...
Congressional Democrats plan three-stage charade to pass Iraq war funds
In order to once again approve hundreds of billions of dollars to fund the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, while posturing as opponents of "Bush's war," the Democratic leadership in Congress has crafted... ...
The Truth About Veteran Suicides
http://www.lewrockwell.com /orig9/glantz1.html ----- --- Army suicides up 13% Baltimore Sun 05/30/08 In a tragic new marker of the rising cost of the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army’s suicide... ...
Number of Disabled Vets Up With Iraq, Afghan Wars
Jennifer C. Kerr of The Associated Press writes: "Increasing numbers of US troops have left the military with damaged bodies and minds, an ever-larger pool of disabled veterans that will cost the nation... ...
A Secret Afghanistan Mission Prepares for War with Iran
Early Warning By William M. Arkin A secret mission conducted last August over Afghanistan caught my eye because it tells us everything we need to know about the ability of the U.S. military to conduct... ...
The Soldiers Project: Mental Health Care Confidential
Sari Gelzer, of Truthout: "The significant numbers of returning service members and veterans who are in need of mental health care have recently been put into the spotlight by a RAND Corporation report,... ...
43,000 Unfit for Combat, Deployed
http://tinyurl.com/55clja -------- US Army's "Stop-Loss" Orders Up Dramatically Over Last Year Julian E. Barnes reports for The Los Angeles Times: "The number of soldiers forced to remain in the Army... ...
Abuse Claims Mount Against Pentagon, Contractors
In Iraq, Afghanistan and Guantánamo Bay, new torture claims were leveled at two U.S. military contractors by a former Abu Ghraib "ghost" detainee who was wrongly imprisoned and later released without charge. http://ipsnews.ne t/text/news.asp?idnews=422 80 "Torture... ...
Pressure to Cut Costs, Troops Strains "Surge"
Jim Lobe, of Inter Press Service: "Growing impatience in Congress over the enormous costs being racked up by the Iraq war, as well as the Pentagon's belief that it needs more troops in Afghanistan to fight... ...
Drowning in dollars
CounterPunch by Winslow Wheeler 05/07/08 It is now conventional wisdom to say that the Pentagon budget is higher in “real” dollars[1] than at any point since the end of World War II. The $635 billion... ...