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Kingston GI brought home hidden injuries
Pat Cunningham Rockford Register-Star (Illinois) April 20, 2006
When 23-year-old Michael Torok returned home to DeKalb County in September 2004 after serving in the U.S. Army in Afghanistan, he had more health issues than anyone had suspected.
Why Are They Speaking Up Now?
Melvin R. Laird and Robert E. Pursley Washgington Post April 20, 2006
The retired general officers who have recently called for the resignation of Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld want to convince the public that civilian control has silenced military wisdom regarding the war in Iraq.....while their advice and the weight of their experience should be taken into account, the important time for them to weigh in was while they were on active duty.
A Case for Accountability
John Batiste Washington post April 20, 2006
This dismissive attitude has frayed long-standing alliances with our allies inside and outside NATO, alliances that are fundamental to our security and to ...
Ex-soldier gets help in battle with Army "Reggie Tyler should not be in this position," said Reed, a former Marine Corps officer. "Part of the contract we, as a nation, have with enlisted personnel is that if they are injured or become ill while in the military we'll take care of them. In this case, the country isn't doing that and that's outrageous."
MIKE BILLINGTON News-Journal (Delaware) April 20, 2006
Anthrax escaped at Army lab in '01, '02
Baltimore Sun April 20, 2006
The Army's biological weapons defense laboratory at Fort Detrick probably had multiple episodes of anthrax contamination as workers strove to process a flood of samples sent there for testing in 2001 and 2002, an internal report says
When Our Troops Come Home
Dr. Joyce Brothers Parade April 20, 2006
Everyone knew that the war zone was a hellish place. Yet, as hard as it was for the soldiers going back, it may have been even harder for those coming home
Baghdad Slipping Into Civil War
Jamail and Arkan Hamed IPS News April 20, 2006
The new clashes between Shia militiamen dressed in Iraqi military and police uniforms and resistance fighters and residents from the Sunni Adhamiya district of Baghdad have convinced many that what Baghdad is witnessing is no less than a civil war.
U.S. soldier finds Iraq progress comes slow And it means that victory here, if it is to be won, will be incremental and agonizingly amorphous: one road, one electrical project, one cup of tea at a time.Many things are not clear, and sometimes nothing is. Such is Iraq.
DOUG J. SWANSON Kansas City Star - MO April 20, 2006
The Worst President in History?
SEAN WILENTZ Polling Stone April 20, 2006
George W. Bush's presidency appears headed for colossal historical disgrace
The war was right but the occupation has been a disaster: Rumsfeld must pay
Anatole Kaletsky Times Online - UK April 20, 2006
AS THE THIRD anniversary of the Iraq war passes, as President Bush plumbs depths of unpopularity untouched even by Richard Nixon during Watergate, and Tony Blair, a lame duck leader, waddles off to the anti-climax of a career that will be blighted forever by his backing of the war, let me confess: I supported the invasion of Iraq.
Iran president suggests West ain't seen nothing yet in high oil prices
CBC News - Canada April 20, 2006
"The global oil price has not reached its real value yet. The products derived from crude oil are sold at prices dozens of times higher than those charged by oil-producing countries," Ahmadinejad ... Gheit noted, however, there is some truth in Ahmadinejad's comment on developed countries benefitting most from increased oil prices, though the statement would likely be seen as an attempt at "fanning the flames" of a red-hot oil market
Afghan poppy growers want protection from Cdn forces
Richard Foot, Canada.com, Canada April 19, 2006
KANDAHAR, Afghanistan -- A large group of Afghan poppy farmers has handed Canadian soldiers an unusual offer, pledging not to grow the illicit flowers next year if they're allowed to harvest their poppy crop this year with no interference from Afghan officials intent on smashing the country's opium trade.
500 Connecticut National Guard soldiers head to Afghanistan
Newsday April 19, 2006
HARTFORD, Conn. (AP) _ State military officials announced Monday that 500 soldiers from a New Haven-based National Guard unit have been deployed to Afghanistan
Kyrgyz Leader Threatens to Expel US Troops
KADYR TOKTOGULOV Newsday April 19, 2006
The president of Kyrgyzstan threatened on Wednesday to expel American troops from the strategically located Central Asian nation unless the United States agrees to pay more for its military presence.
Report: Blair will not back Iran strike
Tom Regan Christian Science Monitor April 19, 2006
British government sources say the prime minister will support diplomatic moves, but not military actions
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