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Aug 05 2009
Blackwater (Xe): Murder Inc.
Causing the Deaths and Maiming’s of our Soldiers in the Blowback, easing the recruitment of more insurgent fighters and support for same, and in the long term will cause the blowback of criminal terrorism anywhere, and done on our dime, we share the guilt of their actions even if these statements aren’t true!
Most of these mercs are ex-soldiers, yet for their good paydays they fought on an ideology completely uncaring of their brothers and sisters still serving!
Aug 04 2009
In David Jeffrey Bomford’s Words: The Radio Interview
There’s a Front Page post, on the latest from the ‘birther’ conspiracy, recently posted. That’s got the links to the Washington Independent latest.
Below you can hear the interview:
Aug 02 2009
HONORING THE FALLEN: US Military KIA, Iraq & Afghanistan/Pakistan – July 2009
Dover ‘Old Guard’ team shoulders heavy burden
Aug 02 2009
MIA in Iraq, Remains Found 18yrs. Later
This is just hitting the wires, it’s 7:30am et 8.02.09:
Remains of pilot missing 18 years in Iraq foundAP – This image provided by the U.S. Navy is an Oct. 11, 2002 photo of Navy Capt. Michael ‘Scott’ Speicher, …
The remains of the first American lost in the Persian Gulf War have been found in Iraq, the military said Sunday, after struggling for nearly two decades with the question of whether he was dead or alive.
The Armed Forces Institute of Pathology has positively identified the remains of Captain Michael “Scott” Speicher, whose disappearance has bedeviled investigators since his jet was shot down over the Iraq desert on the first night of the 1991 war………………
Aug 01 2009
Mother’s love: a plea to Michelle Obama
An Agent Orange activist calls on the first lady to help dioxin victims in Vietnam.
Vietnamese victims of the defoliant Agent Orange play at a social sponsorship center in Da Nang City June 26, 2009. US warplanes dropped about 18 million gallons of the defoliant on southern Vietnam for most of the 1960s.
The following is a letter sent to Michelle Obama by Secretary of the Britain-Vietnam Friendship Association Len Aldis, who has worked for years to spread awareness of Agent Orange victims’ plight.
August 2 marks the beginning of Orange Week, a government program to create Agent Orange awareness through various programs nationwide. Orange Week ends on August 10, 48 years to the day since the US military begin spraying the defoliant on Vietnam.
Dear Michelle Obama,
Jul 31 2009
Another ‘Nam Vet Dies Alone, This One Homeless…….
This is the second ‘Nam Vet found to have died alone and remains found way too late. The first, to make any news, was only a few days ago having died in his apartment in NYC, lying there for a couple of months with no one checking in on him even after a foul odor was noticed!
Jul 29 2009
Wars of Choice – Multiple Tours – TBI – PTSD – Suicides – Murders
Multiple Bombings Slowly Destroy US Soldier’s Brain – He Commits Suicide
CNN has a heartbreaking report of a U.S. soldier who served in Iraq and Afghanistan and was subjected to multiple bombings………
Jul 28 2009
Casualties of War
Last week the Colorado Springs ‘The Gazette’ had another very disturbing report, in two parts, following up previous reports of soldiers of OIF and OEF who committed murders. These, from all I can find out, were just regular teens, no trouble out of the ordinary prior to their military service. But once sent to these occupations, sometimes more then once, they returned like many of our brother ‘Nam Vets, very troubled and not getting the help needed or not seeking because of the nature of military service, added to their situations of multiple tours, longer tours then we served and little down time between, their nightmares caught up to them by abusing drugs and alcohol, by acting out in rage, by loosing control.
Jul 26 2009
Rage on the Airwaves
Bill Moyers Journal, July 24 2009
BILL MOYERS: There was another voice heard on health care this week — the voice of anti-abortion crusader Randall Terry, the founder of Operation Rescue. At a news conference in Washington, Terry warned that violence could come if, in the end, health care reform includes coverage for abortion services………..Rest of Transcript Here
Jul 25 2009
Service Dogs for Vets
Sen. Franken’s Service Dog for Vets Bill Passes Senate
The Senate passed Sen. Al Franken’s first piece of legislation, a bill aimed at providing service dogs to more disabled veterans.
The Service Dogs for Veterans Act would create a pilot program within the Veterans Administration. The VA would partner with non-profit groups which train service dogs.
The bill was incorporated into the Defense Authorization bill for fiscal year 2010 and passed as part of the larger bill…………
Jul 23 2009
Families Send Basics To Marines In Afghanistan
For Marines serving in Afghanistan, mail call can be a little bit like Christmas in July. A package from home can supply everything from basic needs to small luxuries.
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At a Piggly Wiggly grocery store in North Carolina, customers have been donating goods for Marines deployed with the 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment out of nearby Camp Lejeune.
Assistant Manager Rosa Hamilton says some of the items catch shoppers off guard. “They were like, ‘Clothes pins, huh? I never would have thought about that.’ And we’re like, ‘Well, they don’t have anywhere to hang their clothes,’ ” she says………..Rest Here
Or bring up the NPR Player with this link amd listen to the report
Jul 21 2009
Recruitment!!
This is going to be short, but should get the notice it needs and the corrections in a system that is broken, in a military breaking, in many ways, because of the failed policies of the previous administration and those beating the drums of war but unwilling to serve!
Joshua Fry Was Recruited Out of Group Home for Mentally Disabled