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Stress on Troops Adds to US Hurdles in Iraq
The detailed mental health survey of troops in Iraq released by the Pentagon on Friday highlights a growing worry for the United States as it struggles to bring order to Baghdad: the high level of combat... ...
Health Care System Puts Troops at Risk
The military is putting already-strained troops at greater risk of mental health problems because of repeated deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan, a Pentagon panel said Thursday in warning of an overburdened... ...
Only 55 percent Of U.S. Soldiers Would Report Killing Innocent Civilian
By PAULINE JELINEK Associated Press Writer In the first internal military study of battlefield ethics in Iraq, officials said Friday they also found that only a third of Marines and roughly half of soldiers... ...
Increased U.S. Military Spending Slows Economy
The report, presenting the results of a simulation from the economic forecasting company Global Insight, shows the increased level of military spending leads to fewer jobs and slower economic growth. http://snipurl.co m/1j923 From... ...
The right to remain silent
Slate by Dahlia Lithwick 05/01/07 Nobody seems to mind all that much when the Bush administration nibbles away at the rights of the almost 400 prisoners still being held at Guantanamo Bay. Maybe we figure... ...
US Army clamping down on soldiers’ blogs
CNN 05/02/07 The U.S. Army is tightening restrictions on soldiers’ blogs and other Web site postings to ensure sensitive information about military operations does not make it onto public forums. Soldiers... ...
Feinstein Proposes Plan to Close Gitmo
Senator Dianne Feinstein (D-California) introduced legislation on Monday that would close the US military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. "Guantanamo Bay has become a lightning rod for international condemnation,"... ...
The Guantanamo hunger strike
In These Times by H. Candace Gorman 05/01/07 Guantana mo is in the grips of a hunger strike — an age-old form of protest that marked such world events as the fight for women’s suffrage and Indian and... ...
U.S. Military wife tells off neocon Kristol
Video On a C-Span morning call-in show, a military wife took issue with William Kristol's disconnect from the personal strains of military families. Kristol was almost speechless. http://www.in formationclearinghouse.inf o/article17630.htm http ://freepage.twoday.net/sea rch?q=Kristol https://freep age.twoday.net/search?q=ne ocons ...
Pentagon Study Says Oil Reliance Strains Military
A new study ordered by the Pentagon warns that the rising cost and dwindling supply of oil - the lifeblood of fighter jets, warships and tanks - will make the US military's ability to respond to hot spots... ...