The Cost of War -

... the American servicemen coming home from Iraq or Afghanistan today. Wars are not ...But neither should the rest of us. Veterans returning today represent the first...too many stories about veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan ending up unemployed and...in my mind. When I was wounded, post-traumatic stress disorder did not...7 million soldiers have served in Iraq and Afghanistan. Imagine that some 600...

Military personel were warned that neglect of mental health would lead to what happened at Fort Hood

... at the VA [veterans association]." Currently, the US military is dealing with a rising number ... that about 15% of soldiers returning from Iraq suffer from emotional problems. Last year there ... two other soldiers as the invasion of Iraq neared. The grenade attack, which also wounded 14 others, took...Airborne Division, was preparing to cross into Iraq. Akbar lobbed grenades into three tents while ...

Thursday, November 5, 2009 News Update

... his comrades in a shooting rampage that killed 13 people and wounded 30 in Texas. Authorities raided the apartment of suspected shooter Major... soon, and had expressed some anger about the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. Sen. Kay Bailey Hutchison, R-Texas, said ...hoped President Barack Obama would pull troops out of Afghanistan and Iraq. Hasan got into frequent arguments with others in the military ...

12 Killed At Fort Hood

From The West : "The US Army major who killed 12 people and injured 31 others at a Texas military base is a US Muslim of Palestinian origin who joined the military against ...parents' wishes and was about to be deployed to Iraq. Major Nidal Malik Hasan, who killed at least 12 ... an attack at Fort Hood before being shot and wounded on Thursday, was a military psychiatrist who dealt with...

Justice

..., Tom Fox, who was a civilian on a peace mission, captured in Iraq and executed a few months later. His murder incensed me because the bastards.... I also wouldn't be upset if they got into a shootout with US forces and killed in the process. But to execute them? I don'... debt to society". What is a life worth? The sniper killed or wounded 10 people. Is one life worth 10 people? Again, what if Muhammed...

... father would be killed in Iraq. The setting for Jones' searing...to those treating the wounded in Iraq and Afghanistan, he said...care of those veterans of Iraq and Afghanistan with traumatic brain...Jones' tangles with Bush over Iraq have prompted House Democratic leaders...Afghanistan. Questions that all of us need answered include these: How...Americans would be killed and wounded in Afghanistan if Obama's...

088.

... Broadway play . (from mediumfries.wordpress.com and theage.com.au) From @DonLemonFans, NATO mandate in Afghanistan extended after a suicide bomber left at least 17 people dead (most civilians) and 63 wounded. (from cnn.com) Fascinating. From @DonLemonFans, NYT: First lady's slave roots revealed . (from msnbc.msn.com) From change.org, Homeless Not Confined to Cities . Also check out the ...

Movie blowout part 1

... the war from 9-11 through Iraq; as stated by Matt Damon in ... is paranoia (who did this to us?). The second is remorse (we did ... The third is anger (who tricked us?). At least, that is the path ... one in the Tangier apartment). Give us a little distance please, if only ... and Luke Skywalker can't save us we're pretty much fucked. John... into that suit of armor. Badly wounded on a battlefield and forced to...

News Clips

... of media outlets from NPR to US News to the CS Monitor to ...,00.html October 26, 2009 BAGHDAD, Iraq — Iraqi officials said at least 155 ... to undermine the impressive progress that Iraq has made towards stability and self...site of the explosions helping the wounded. Iraqi police and Interior Ministry officials...near prominent government institutions come as Iraq is preparing for January elections....

Tuesday October 27, 2009 News Update

...car bombs detonated in front of Iraq's Justice Ministry and other government.... More than 700 others were wounded, including three American contractors. The attacks undercut optimistic comments that Iraq's Sunni insurgency has been fully...aimed at bolstering international investment in Iraq. Mr. al-Maliki is running for...paper earlier this year warning that Iraq's security services are becoming more...