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Adultry to Murder

Sat, 30 Aug 2008 00:54:18 GMT

clipped by: Imnclady
clipper's remarks: It’s a tough subject. It’s personal and messy. But it’s happening, at home and overseas.

Moreover, he said, many women suspect their husbands are cheating on them while overseas.

“Women get upset,” he said. “They say, ‘If he can do it, I can, too.’ It happens a lot.”

Clip Source: www.fayobserver.com

Unfaithful in uniform

The crowd starts to build around 11 p.m. at the Big Apple. It’s still early, in singles time.

Women wear low-cut shirts; guys wear short-sleeved shirts that showcase their muscles.

They eye each other, buy a drink and approach.

The scene is a part of American culture.

The atmosphere — good-looking people and absent spouses — creates a place where people will be tempted to cheat. It’s up to individuals to decide whether they’ll act on those temptations, patrons say.

Infidelity isn’t new to our society. It isn’t new to our city. And it isn’t new to the Army. But as many soldiers and their families deal with multiple deployments, maintaining a military marriage is getting more difficult.

But here, about a mile from the entrance to Fort Bragg, there’s baggage attached to the pickup game.

Despite the Army’s efforts to provide therapy and programs, cheating continues

it’s happening, at home and overseas

And in the worst cases, it can lead to extreme ends.

three recent murders

Tags: america, military, life, research, government

U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’?

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 10:52:14 GMT

clipped by: lap322

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

By Col. Ann Wright

Since I posted on April 28 the article “Is There an Army Cover Up of the Rape and Murder of Women Soldiers,” the deaths of two more U.S. Army women in Iraq and Afghanistan have been listed as suicides

The deaths of 14 U.S. military (13 Army and one Navy) women and one British military woman who served in Iraq, Kuwait or Afghanistan have been classified as suicides.

Several more military women have died with unexplained “noncombat” gunshot wounds (U.S. Army Sgt. Melissa Valles, July 9, 2003: gunshot to the abdomen; Marine Lance Cpl. Juana Arellano, April 8, 2006: gunshot wound to the head while in a “defensive position"). Most of the deaths of women who have died of noncombat gunshot wounds have been classified as suicides, rather than homicides.

The demographics of those Army women who allegedly committed suicide are as intriguing as the circumstances of their deaths

Since April 2008, five more U.S. military women have died in Iraq—three in noncombat-related incidents.

Tags: war, iraq, military, women, cover-up

Clashes erupt in Demcratic Republic of Congo

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 04:18:05 GMT

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clipper's remarks: At the end of January a peace deal was signed in Goma between the government and the variety of groups.

It was supposed to have seen the disarmament of groups and their integration into the army.

Mr Abandi said the rebels were not being given enough time to disarm.

"It's not true that we're breaking the ceasefire. They're trying to lie because they want war. When they're fighting us, how can we disarm?" he said.

Lt-Col Dietrich said the UN believed that Mr Nkunda - a renegade general - was trying to expand the rebels' zone of influence.

Reports earlier this month indicated that Gen Nkunda was touring his area, strengthening his defences and recruiting fresh forces.

The UN has 17,000 peacekeepers in DR Congo.

Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk

Both sides are blaming the other for starting the fighting

Clashes have erupted between fighters loyal to rebel leader Laurent Nkunda and the army in the east of Democratic Republic of Congo, the UN says.

Both sides have blamed each other for starting the fighting, which lasted several hours.

The UN mission told the BBC 18 rebels had been admitted to hospital, while AFP news agency said 50 government soldiers were also receiving treatment.

It is the heaviest fighting in the east since a January peace deal.

Earlier this month, US and European Union diplomats warned that the situation in eastern DR Congo was becoming increasingly tense and that all sides were rearming.

Human rights groups said that tens of thousands of people were fleeing as the situation in the area deteriorated.

"They are mutually claiming the other side started it. At the moment it's very difficult to confirm who has started it," UN mission spokesman Lieutenant-Colonel Jean Paul Dietrich told the BBC.

A MAJOR flip-flop.....

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 03:07:12 GMT

clipped by: mooner-one

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

What John McCain Should Know

John McCain should know. More than any other candidate for president, John McCain should know that peace talks can be stronger and smarter than bombs, that withdrawing American soldiers can be the best way to achieve stability, and that the best way to protect American troops is to bring them home from the war zone.

John McCain should know, because he has lived this experience. After being held for nearly six years and tortured in a North Vietnamese prison, Lt. Cmdr. John McCain was freed—not by a daring commando raid on an enemy compound but by a negotiated settlement arrived at in peace talks in Paris. President Richard Nixon agreed to remove U.S. troops from Vietnam within 60 days, and the North Vietnamese government agreed to release American POWs like McCain as those troops were withdrawn.

veterans Against War

Fri, 29 Aug 2008 00:40:52 GMT

clipped by: klippety
clipper's remarks: Delivering those messages is one of the clear signs that not all soldiers are going to that war at all cost and for an indefinite time. And no war against Iran

Clip Source: www.commondreams.org

Published on Thursday, August 28, 2008 by Rocky Mountain News (Colorado)

3,000 Vets, War Protesters Hand-Deliver Their Message

DNEVER - "Follow Us. Welcome to Denver," read the electronic sign on the police vehicle.

Members of Iraq Veterans Against The War (IVAW) march in downtown Denver, leading several thousands activists towards The Pepsi Center. While some feared police would attempt to stop the march, officers surprised the group by escorting the protesters through city streets, redirecting traffic and pedestrians along the way. (Photo: Rocky Mountain News)

And with that conciliatory gesture, an unpermitted march for peace was allowed to proceed Wednesday afternoon through downtown Denver streets - peacefully.

It was easily the largest demonstration in a week filled with them.

See video of the march here and here.

After about an hourlong standoff with police at the end of the march, contact was made with an Obama aide. Mission accomplished.

We force our service men and women to stay past their contractual end dates

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 23:25:09 GMT

clipped by: Ataxia13
clipper's remarks: If we use the stop-loss program at what point do we actually have an 'all volunteer military?

Clip Source: blog.cleveland.com

Wooster soldier involuntarily kept in Army under its controversial 'stop-loss' program

Although his enlistment was supposed to end in February, the 22-year-old former All-Ohio defensive lineman instead became one of 120,000 soldiers since 2001 to be involuntarily kept in the Army through a controversial program called "stop-loss." He's rooting for Congress to pass legislation that would pay him extra for each month he's forced to remain in the military.

Tags: military, stop-loss, bush administration

Timeline of Russian Aggression in Georgia

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 19:33:26 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Key Developments in the Russian Military & Political Escalation Before the Invasion of Georgia

Clip Source: russia-georgia.blogspot.com

Key Developments in the Russian Military & Political Escalation Before the Invasion of Georgia

Moscow has been exerting an increasingly strong hold over the separatist governments; since 2005, Russian military and civilian officials seconded from Moscow effectively have been governing South Ossetia.

In spring 2006, Russian forces illegally build of a forward military base in the strategically located town of Java (north of Tskhinvali). The base has capacity for 2,500 soldiers

United Nations confirms Russia downs Georgian aircraft over Georgian airspace (April 2006)

Russia increases troop strength & introduces paratroopers into Abkhazia (May/June 2008)

Russia moves illegal heavy weaponry & offensive forces into Abkhazia (May/June 2008)

On July 9, Four Russian military aircraft violate Georgian airspace on the eve of US Secretary of State Rice’s visit to Georgia.

Russia undertakes large-scale military exercises near S. Ossetia: & Abkhazia (July 2008)

Tags: war, russia, georgia, abkhazia, south ossetia, timeline, escalation

A Wedding Party for Terrorists

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 16:26:02 GMT

clipped by: dl211
clipper's remarks: I don't see how Israel could have agree to this.

Clip Source: frontpagemagazine.com

A Wedding Party for Terrorists

Earlier this month, Israel handed over live terrorists to Hezbollah in exchange for the body parts of two dead soldiers. It wasn’t enough that Palestinian Authority President Mahmoud Abbas congratulated Hezbollah on this win. Nor was it enough that Abbas’ political party, Fatah, organized a celebration in a show of solidarity with Hezbollah. This month, on his own initiative, Prime Minister Olmert proposed the release of an additional 199 prisoners to President Abbas.

The prisoners were released at the West Bank where they were welcomed as heroes and “freedom fighters” by Palestinian flag-waivers. To boot, President Abbas threw a reception for the prisoners at his Palestinian Authority compound. Ashraf joyfully likened the event to “a national wedding celebration.”

Tags: israel, terrorists, abbas, olmert

Russia Frees Georgian Soldiers, Tensions Persist

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 11:31:58 GMT

clipped by: merrie
clipper's remarks: Russian's invade Georgia and take Georgian Soldiers captive in a sovereign country. President Medvedev must be held accountable.

Clip Source: townhall.com

Russian forces have turned over 12 Georgian soldiers at the border of separatist Abkhazia now under Russian control.

The release along the Inguri River that separates Abkhazia from Georgia proper was a small gesture of cooperation amid the high tensions that followed the end of open hostilities between Georgia and Russia.

The soldiers had been captured in Georgia's port city of Poti on Aug. 18 and driven away in trucks blindfolded and handcuffed. During Thursday's handover, the soldiers appeared unharmed and some were smiling.

Ten others had been released earlier.

Tags: georgian soldiers, abkhazia border, captured aug. 18th, port city poti

A la guerre comme a la guerre?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:36:30 GMT

clipped by: aklimento
clipper's remarks: Can you believe it will be over in 2011? I'm afraid it will last forever. 40 years since Vietnam and still the same. What is this, Texas spirit? Don't mess with US?

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

U.S. Soldiers Executed Iraqis, Statements Say

In March or April 2007, three noncommissioned United States Army officers, including a first sergeant, a platoon sergeant and a senior medic, killed four Iraqi prisoners with pistol shots to the head as the men stood handcuffed and blindfolded beside a Baghdad canal, two of the soldiers said in sworn statements.

After the killings, the first sergeant — the senior noncommissioned officer of his Army company — told the other two to remove the men’s bloody blindfolds and plastic handcuffs, according to the statements made to Army investigators, which were obtained by The New York Times.

After removing the blindfolds and handcuffs, the three soldiers shoved the four bodies into the canal, rejoined other members of their unit waiting in nearby vehicles and drove back to their combat outpost in southwest Baghdad, the statements said.

Tags: war, crime, extrajuditial executions, sergeant, officer, army

Korean Oil Spill

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 03:15:46 GMT

clipped by: nicholassorlien
clipper's remarks: Offshore drilling. Great idea. This was Korea's worst oil spill in its history.

Clip Source: www.oneinchpunch.net

Soldiers from the South Korean army clean up crude-oil spills over Mallipo Beach after an accident involving a Hong Kong-registered tanker in Taean, about 106 miles southwest of Seoul, on December 10, 2007.

Tags: south korean army, oil spill, malipo beach

U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’?

Thu, 28 Aug 2008 01:40:32 GMT

clipped by: katsteevns
clipper's remarks: as well as probably hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women and girls.

Clip Source: www.truthdig.com

U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’?

Posted on Aug 26, 2008

By Col. Ann Wright

Since April 2008, five more U.S. military women have died in Iraq—three in noncombat-related incidents. Ninety-nine U.S., six British and one Ukrainian military women and 13 U.S. female civilians have been killed in Iraq, Kuwait and Bahrain, as well as probably hundreds of thousands of Iraqi women and girls. Of the 99 U.S. military women, 64 were in the Army active component, nine in the Army National Guard, seven in the Army Reserve, seven in the Marine Corps, nine in the Navy and three in the Air Force. According to the Department of Defense, 41 of the 99 U.S. military women who have been killed in Iraq died in “noncombat-related incidents.” Of the 99 U.S. military women killed in the Iraq theater, 41 were women of color (21 African-Americans, 16 Latinas, three of Asian-Pacific descent and one Native American—data compiled from the Web site www.nooniefortin.com).

DBQ 1

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 23:40:34 GMT

clipped by: Chem2009

Clip Source: www.pbs.org

TACITUS

Tacitus describes how on the frontiers Germanicus feared for the safety of his wife and son, Caligula, and sent them into hiding.

"A wretched group of women marched away: the commander's wife, a refugee, clutching her small son to her breast, surrounded by the weeping wives of his comrades. The wailing was noticed by the soldiers, who came out of their tents. They felt shame and pity and thought of her forefathers, and of her son; a child born and raised among the tents. They begged; they insisted that she come back.

(Tacitus, Annales I.40-41)

Tags: tcticus, war, family, safety

U.S. Soldiers Executed Iraqis, Statements Say

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 13:21:46 GMT

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clipper's remarks: Cont...

After removing the blindfolds and handcuffs, the three soldiers shoved the four bodies into the canal, rejoined other members of their unit waiting in nearby vehicles and drove back to their combat outpost in southwest Baghdad, the statements said.

Clip Source: www.nytimes.com

The statements and other court documents were provided by a person close to one of the soldiers in the unit who insisted on anonymity and who has an interest in the outcome of the legal proceedings.

Tags: iraq, atrocity, war crime, murder, us, soldiers

There are heroes and HEROES

Wed, 27 Aug 2008 10:35:27 GMT

clipped by: notareargunner
clipper's remarks: Well said Guido.
This article illuminates the falseness of this Government's position. The two pictures say a billion words.

Clip Source: www.order-order.com

If British Soldiers are Like "Olympic Heroes",
Why Doesn't Brown Meet them When they Return Home?

He fatuously told frontline soldiers in Afghanistan last week en route to Beijing that they were like Olympic heroes. He caught an early flight home from Beijing just so he could bask in the medal winners reflected glory - as if it had anything to do with him - shaking their hands on their return.

Tags: gordonbrown, labour

Clipmarks | Soldiers Clips

Adultry to Murder

U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’?

Clashes erupt in Demcratic Republic of Congo

A MAJOR flip-flop.....

What John McCain Should Know

veterans Against War

3,000 Vets, War Protesters Hand-Deliver Their Message

We force our service men and women to stay past their contractual end dates

Wooster soldier involuntarily kept in Army under its controversial 'stop-loss' program

Timeline of Russian Aggression in Georgia

A Wedding Party for Terrorists

Russia Frees Georgian Soldiers, Tensions Persist

A la guerre comme a la guerre?

Korean Oil Spill

U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’?

U.S. Military Keeping Secrets About Female Soldiers’ ‘Suicides’?

Posted on Aug 26, 2008

DBQ 1

U.S. Soldiers Executed Iraqis, Statements Say

There are heroes and HEROES

If British Soldiers are Like "Olympic Heroes", Why Doesn't Brown Meet them When they Return Home?

If British Soldiers are Like "Olympic Heroes",
Why Doesn't Brown Meet them When they Return Home?