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Battle Concussions Tied to Stress Disorder
Benedict Carey reports for The New York Times, "About one in six combat troops returning from Iraq have suffered at least one concussion in the war, injuries that, while temporary, could heighten their... ...
US Willing to Send Troops to Pakistan
The Bush administration is willing to send a small number of U.S. combat troops to Pakistan to help fight the insurgency there if Pakistani authorities ask for such help, Defense Secretary Robert Gates... ...
Shocked, shocked by Bush’s broken promises
AntiWar.Com by Charles Pena 01/16/08 Once upon a time — in what seems like a galaxy far, far away — then-Secretary of Defense Donald Rumsfeld had plans to have only 40,000 U.S. troops in Iraq by fall... ...
Pentagon, Big Pharma: Drug troops to numb them
AlterNet by Penny Coleman 01/10/08 The DoD is flirting with the idea of medicating soldiers to desensitize them to combat trauma — will an army of unfeeling monsters result? http://www.altern et.org/healthwellness/7295 6/ Informant:... ...
Will Iraq's Great Awakening Lead to a Nightmare?
Retired Army Colonel, Douglas Macgregor, writes from Mother Jones: "American casualties in Iraq have declined dramatically over the last 90 days to levels not seen since 2006, and the White House has attributed... ...
20,000 vets' brain injuries not listed in Pentagon tally
At least 20,000 U.S. troops who were not classified as wounded during combat in Iraq and Afghanistan have been found with signs of brain injuries, according to military and veterans records. http://www.usato day.com/news/military/2007 -11-22-braininjuries_N.htm From... ...
House Readies Another Iraq Funding Vote
House Democrats said Thursday they would send President Bush $50 billion for combat operations on the condition that he begin withdrawing troops from Iraq. http://www.guardian .co.uk/uslatest/story/0,,- 7062241,00.html From... ...
At Least 430 Iraq, Afghanistan Veterans Have Committed Suicide
According to the VA, at least 283 combat veterans who left the military between the start of the war in Afghanistan on October 7, 2001 and the end of 2005 took their own lives. In addition, 147 troops... ...
Democratic Frontrunners Offer No Guarantees to Withdraw Troops
Beth Fouhy, of The Associated Press, reports: "the leading Democratic White House hopefuls conceded Wednesday night they cannot guarantee to pull all US combat troops from Iraq by the end of the next presidential... ...
U.S. Senate to vote on Iraq division plan
The US Senate is expected to vote as early as Tuesday on a Bosnia-style plan to subdivide Iraq on ethnic lines, touted by backers as the sole hope of forging a federal state out of sectarian strife. http://snipurl.co m/1r86a... ...