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Children taken from single parents in uniform when they are mobilized The problem is that the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act doesn't apply to child custody cases, because the courts are there to protect the child's interests. And in some cases, it may very well be in the best interests of...

http://money.cnn.com/2007/03/27/news/international/itt_export/index.htm?postversion=2007032713 From the article The leading manufacturer of night vision gear for the Defense Department has admitted sending classified materials overseas and will pay a $100 million penalty, according to federal...

ie this POS and anyone like him should get the same treatment he gave out. Well maybe a little torture first. http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/11/16/iraq.slaying.ap/index.html "Disgrace to the uniform" is far too weak a description. I'd be happy to pull the trigger on this guy.

Of course, they suspected that Palestinian insurgents had hidden themselves in the crowd, so I imagine they think they were justified. What I wonder about is how a 12 year old girl looks like a bearded insurgent through a rifle scope? Palestinian girl, 12, killed by Israeli sniper fire...

This was almost funny. I'd really hate to be a soldier on the ground, having to keep morale up these days.

Seems like I remember reading about things like this happening a long time ago.... http://www.kirotv.com/news/9765757/detail.html "The driver is described as a white male, 25-30 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, heavy build, short blond hair, wearing a black T-shirt and jeans, and armed with a...

Well, this is a revoltin' development. CNN Reports that people with diagnosed mental illness, some of them on anti-depressants, are being forced to fight in Iraq. There have been twenty-two suicides, one fifth of all non-combat deaths. Of course, there is a very good reason. Yeah, like the...

Should the United States bring all military personnel home from Iraq now? It's official! America wants troops out of Iraq in spite of what the president says. So voice your opinion by voting on this poll. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/04/04/AR2006040402317.html...

So another report from some kooky left wing cindy loving propaganda machine? NOPE The Pentagon's report that up to 80% of fatal turso wounds would have been prevented had the proper body armor was made available to our troops.! http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20060107/ts_nm/iraq_usa_armor_dc...

Well, I do. Everyone should know that, but apparantly Joel Stein of the Los Angeles Times feels differently: http://www.latimes.com/news/opinion/commentary/la-oe-stein24jan24,0,4137172.column?coll=la-news-comment-opinions What a nice guy.

Wow, it's like 1971 all over again. I wonder who fed Kerry his lines this time? Seriously, who is calling the shots in the DNC? Are they that interested in getting Nixon elected again? http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2005/09/18/ftn/main856364.shtml (in PDF format).

Since roids were back in the sports news lately I thought Id post this story. Its really interesting. These guys are in a dangerous war zone, so the danger of roids probably doesnt phase them much. And people are surprised that athletes with millions on the line endanger themsleves with the...

Soldiers Expel Jewish Militants From Gaza By GAVIN RABINOWITZ Associated Press Writer PALM BEACH HOTEL, Gaza Strip (AP) -- Israeli forces stormed a Gaza Strip hotel Thursday where dozens of Jewish squatters were holed up to disrupt this summer's Israeli withdrawal, in a quick operation that...

Italy is to begin withdrawing its troops from Iraq in September 2005, Italian Prime Minister Silvio Berlusconi has said. He told Rai state television the pullout would take place "in agreement with our allies". Italy has 3,000 troops in Iraq - the fourth largest foreign contingent. Domestic...

Yeah, right. Coming soon, US bases to be closed in Okinawa, Italy, Germany, etc.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1029874-1,00.html ...full article Do you support the troops? Or is your support only conditional if they act in ways with which you agree?

From a friend who now works for DOD. Sad thing is, while this is a parody, it's painfully close to the truth... Subject: Iraqi Regular Army Soldiers Graduate From Basic Training American Forces Press Service MOSUL, Iraq, Jan. 11, 2005 -- Soldiers from the Iraqi regular army recently...

http://www.ohionewsnetwork.com/Global/story.asp?S=2682931&nav=LQlCU7xI http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/10401608.htm Apparently, five others were also charged. What gives?

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Then again... Whadda y'all think?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/africa/3989127.stm

Lt.Gen.C.V. Christianson, Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. This is what a Lt General said yesterday in an interview quoted at http://www.nytimes.com/2004/10/30/international/middleeast/30equip.htm/?th There are press stories circulating that parents, spouses, sibs and friends of soldiers...

In the paper was a story about a local guy who was just killed in Iraq. He left behind a wife an baby that he's never even met. More n more I keep thinking that our guys in Iraq are there just to distract the terrorists. Sacrafical lambs in a way. Iraq is such a mess and terrorist come n go...

http://rockymountainnews.com/drmn/state/article/0,1299,DRMN_21_3185596,00.html

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/3892125.stm This makes me so angry. Sure they might save a single life, but the action will surely encourage the terrorists to step up their kidnapping activities. I wonder how many more people will die because of this idiotic Philippine decision. Don't...

http://www.newsmax.com/archives/articles/2004/5/24/171144.shtml

Yahoo News Now what? I thought Chalabi was the Bush admin's made guy in Iraq. This will be (48 hour rule) a very interesting development.

Is the word "sandni**er" freely used by the troops in Iraq? Does anyone have any personal knowledge. The prison scandle had me thinking of the atmosphere over there. THe troops are under alotof stress and it wouldnt take much to focus that anger on the locals. Does the military frown on the...

From the article: Good old UN.