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Military« Previous EntriesSoldiers’ Suicide Rate On Pace to Set RecordFriday, September 5th, 2008By Ann Scott Tyson | Suicides among active-duty soldiers this year are on pace to exceed both last year's all-time record and, for the first time since the Vietnam War, the rate among the general U.S. population, Army officials said yesterday. Ninety-three active-duty soldiers had killed themselves through the end of August, the latest data show. A third of those cases are under ... tagged MilitaryStudy: 1 in 4 soldiers at war have hearing lossTuesday, August 5th, 2008By Gregg Zoroya | The bombs along the Baghdad road exploded one after the other, leaving one soldier unconscious and another screaming from his wounds. Staff Sgt. Kevin Dunne's squad was under attack. Rifle and machine gun fire pinned them down. Then, shots from a sniper. Dunne yelled orders, but he and his squad were at a disadvantage. Dunne said he couldn't hear well enough to tell where the sniper ... tagged MilitarySexual Assault in the Military: A DoD Cover-Up?Saturday, August 2nd, 2008TruthDig | There was quite a struggle in Congress this week. The Department of Defense refused to allow the senior civilian in charge of its Sexual Assault Prevention and Response Office (SAPRO) to testify in Thursday’s hearing on sexual assault in the military. Rep. John Tierney, chair of the House Subcommittee on National Security and Foreign Affairs, angrily dismissed Principal Deputy Undersecretary of Defense Michael Dominguez from the hearing when ... tagged MilitaryMilitary censorship of the war in IraqFriday, August 1st, 2008By Naomi Spencer | Five years of bloody US occupation have seen numerous crimes against humanity unfold in Iraq. Millions of Iraqi civilians have been killed and wounded, with millions more made into refugees. Ancient, once-vibrant cities have been destroyed by air raids and chemical weapons. Thousands of Iraqis have imprisoned by the US military in barbaric conditions, and in many cases tortured. In carrying out the occupation, ... tagged Iraq and MilitaryPentagon eyes sending hundreds of troops to AfghanistanSaturday, July 26th, 2008AP | WASHINGTON - Top Pentagon leaders are expected to recommend soon that Defense Secretary Robert Gates order hundreds of additional U.S. troops to Afghanistan over the next month or so, according to a senior military official. The units are likely small and could include engineers, ordnance disposal troops and other support forces for fighting needs and training of Afghan forces. Officials have not ruled out ... tagged Afghanistan and MilitaryCivilian sex assaults by Afghan soldiers ignoredMonday, June 23rd, 2008By Rick Westhead | Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan have been ordered by commanding officers "to ignore" incidents of sexual assault among the civilian population, says a military chaplain who counsels troops returning home with post-traumatic stress disorder. The chaplain, Jean Johns, says she recently counselled a Canadian soldier who said he witnessed a boy being raped by an Afghan soldier, then wrote a report on the ... tagged Afghanistan, Military and World-NewsDoctors’ Report Finds Evidence of U.S. Torture and ‘War Crimes’Wednesday, June 18th, 2008 AP | Medical examinations of former terrorism suspects held by the U.S. military at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq and Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, found evidence of torture and other abuse that resulted in serious injuries and mental disorders, according to a human rights group.
For the most extensive medical study of former U.S. detainees published so far, Physicians for Human Rights had doctors ...
tagged Military, USA-News and WarfareV.A. Using Iraq Vets as Guinea Pigs in Drug TestsWednesday, June 18th, 2008 By Greg Mitchell | As if the "soldier suicide" problem wasn't bad enough already, word has just emerged from ABC News and The Washington Times that our government is testing drugs with severe side effects, including promoting suicidal behavior, on hundreds of vets.
In one case, the V.A. took three months to alert the veterans to the severe mental ...
tagged Drugs, Military and USA-NewsBush threatens Iran with military actionTuesday, June 17th, 2008 By Colin Brown | George Bush has warned Iran that military action is still "on the table" if it fails to respond to tightening diplomatic pressure to abandon its nuclear weapons programme. The EU is planning to announce the freezing of all overseas assets of the main bank in Iran. Sanctions are also to be tightened on gas and oil ...
tagged Bush, Iran, Military and World-NewsBlackwater opens California training center under court orderSaturday, June 7th, 2008 AP | A new counterterrorism training facility operated by Blackwater Worldwide, the largest private security company in Iraq, echoed with the grunts of Navy sailors, a day after a judge ordered the city to let classes begin.The 24 trainees batted and punched each other Thursday as they learned basic strike tactics in a corner of the 61,000-square-foot (5,665-square-meter) converted warehouse in an industrial ...
tagged MilitaryUS military deaths in Iraq war at 4,092Saturday, June 7th, 2008 The Associated Press | As of Friday, June 6, 2008, at least 4,092 members of the U.S. military have died in the Iraq war since it began in March 2003, according to an Associated Press count. The figure includes eight military civilians killed in action. At least 3,332 died as a result of hostile action, according to the military's numbers.
The ...
tagged Iraq, Military and USA-NewsWhite House denied knowledge of military analyst programThursday, May 15th, 2008 By Eric Brewer | In the two weeks since I asked Dana Perino whether the White House knew about or approved of the Pentagon's use of TV military analysts as propaganda tools, I've been back to the briefing room three times (May 6, 12, and 13) to try to ask a follow-up question. As is her wont, Dana has ...
tagged Military and USA-NewsSoldiers need loans to eat, report revealsMonday, May 12th, 2008 By Jonathan Owen and Brian Brady | A highly sensitive internal report into the state of the British Army has revealed that many soldiers are living in poverty. Some are so poor that they are unable to eat and are forced to rely on emergency food voucher schemes set up by the Ministry of Defence (MoD).
Some of Britain's most senior ...
tagged Military, MoD and UK-NewsU.S. deploys more than 43,000 unfit for combatFriday, May 9th, 2008 By Gregg Zoroya | More than 43,000 U.S. troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records show.
This reliance on troops found medically "non-deployable" is another sign of stress placed on a military that has sent 1.6 million servicemembers to the war zones, ...
tagged Military and USA-NewsUS air force calls for mission to combat climate changeMonday, April 28th, 2008 By David Adam | The US air force will this week call for the world's top scientists to come together in a 21st-century Apollo-style programme to develop greener fuels and tackle global warming. It wants universities, governments, companies and environmental groups to collaborate on a multibillion-dollar effort to work out greenhouse gas emissions of existing and future fuels.
William Anderson, ...
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