DOD suggests Marine didn't know what he was doing as it denied Medal of Honor...

Did he throw himself on the grenade or unknowingly cover it with his body before it exploded?  That is at the heart of the matter."SAN DIEGO, California (AP) -- A California congressional delegation asked President Bush on Friday to posthumously award the Medal of Honor...

No WMD in Iraq? No problem, the US will use its own...

Babies born in Fallujah (Iraq) are showing illnesses and deformities on a scale never seen before, doctors and residents say. The new cases, and the number of deaths among children, have risen after "special...

Cheney, McCain Give Happy Talk in Sad Country

"U.S. Vice President Cheney, a major architect of the Bush regime’s invasion and occupation of Iraq, visited Baghdad Monday, and gave this assessment: " So if you reflect back on those five years, I think...

Knight Rider Driver Bitter Iraq War Vet

With all the crap shows out this season the most original bio for the new “knight Rider” is a pissed of Iraq Vet. How original….mpress"Here’s the “Rider” movie’s plot summary from the release:...

Could privatized Peacekeepers work in Darfur?

Since the United Nations has been an inept, feckless instrument thus far, it's worth considering this option says co-director Nick Bicanic of the "Shadow Company" Hot Zone's Documentary feature...

Blackwater Responds

I would hope that everyone could read this story giving these guys the benefit of the doubt. But some people can only think good things about people like Saddam Hussein and Osama bin Laden. I guess when your...

Shifting Sands: Couric Sees Iraq Progress

NowPublic contributor phrolen is a veteran of Operation Iraqi Freedom and Joint Taskforce Katrina. His commentary is based on actual experience.      Plauged with historically low Neilsen...

U.S. marine charged with murder in Iraqi prisoner case: official

Los Angeles (ANTARA News) - A US Marine has been charged with murder following a probe into the killings of unarmed Iraqi prisoners in Fallujah nearly three years ago, the military said Monday. Sergeant...

Performance art meets Iraq protest in Prague

Prague residents and tourists expecting a normal Tuesday were sorely mistaken as a performance art piece/protest took over the streets on the eve of the city's Quadrennial celebrations. Anyone needing a lesson in...

Military contractors' surviving familes being sued by employer

The images of the four military contractors who were killed in Fallujah and their charred bodies strung up on a bridge are now part of the ghastly iconography of the American misadventure in Iraq.Today it was...

THE DETENTION OF AP PHOTOGRAPHER BILAL HUSSEIN

The U.S. military in Iraq has imprisoned Associated Press photographer Bilal Hussein since April 12, 2006, accusing him of being a security threat but never filing charges or permitting a...

Camp Pendleton Marine regiment bids farewell to its 100 dead

"THOMAS WATKINS Associated Press CAMP PENDLETON, Calif. - Two weeks after returning from a yearlong deployment to a joyous midnight homecoming, Marines from Regimental Combat Team 5 gathered under the California...

Cornered US Military Takes to Desperate Tactics in Iraq

"Excerpt: People living in areas where resistance to U.S.-led occupation is mounting are facing increased levels of collective punishment from the occupation forces, residents say."

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