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When the Price of War Gets Personal: This Causes PTSD

Although the Infantry had its share of glory, many men had to pay for it.

(MOLALLA, OR) - Phil Leveque, who fought in the 89^th Infantry Division (some members shown to the right), wrote, We were driven by the belief that we had to defeat an obscene enemy to get to go home.

It was General Ridgeway of the Paratroopers said with conviction... "The best military weapon is the American Infantryman."

Rage in the Air

Rajasthan: Mobile towers shut down in a Jaipur 
colony following THE WEEK’s report.

(JAIPUR, India) - For a day it seemed Sudhir Kasliwal had won the battle.

The Jaipur jeweller, who had been
campaigning to move cell phone towers out of residential areas, was relieved when Jaipur city authorities took note of THE WEEK's report on the impact of mobile towers (‘Wave of worry', March 11) and shut down operations; only to be restarted the next day.

President Instigates Inamaluwe Thero Against Muslims

The Muslim mosque in question is over 40 years old and had been completely renovated recently.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka Lanka News Web) - Ven. Inamaluwe Sumangala Thero has organized a protest campaign on the 18th against the construction of a Muslim mosque in the Dambulla city on a Presidential directive, it is reliably learnt.

The Thero had summoned several donors to the temple and said that the protest was being organized on a Presidential directive.

Rwanda: There can be no Higher Law in Journalism than to Tell the Truth

Rwanda has created a news website devoted to discrediting opposition groups to the current ruling party.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In an ironic analysis of the media situation in Rwanda, the publication, East African Business Week of Kampala, published a piece on March 26, 2012 entitled “Rwanda: Nation Moves to Improve Media Image”.

However, Rwanda has just kicked their worst tabloid/gossip paper into high gear.

Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa Testifies in front of Judge Trevidic, France

Dr. Rudasingwa's statement about the assassination of President Habyarimana:

(WASHINGTON DC) - On 20 April 2012 Dr. Theogene Rudasingwa testified in front of Judge Trevidic in France for over six hours.

He reported that he explained all that he knew regarding the shooting down of former President Habyarimanas airplane in 1994 just before the genocide.

Reactor Reax Top Stories - The Nukes of Hazard: Nuclear Power Remains Too Costly

The latest stories about nuclear power and danger.

(WASHINGTON DC) - In this week's roundup of nuclear-related stories and developments from around the globe, we learn that senators are calling for an end to the US nuclear industry welfare program.

Authors of a new report call proposed nuclear plants 'the poster child' of failing, expensive power projects.

Sri Lankan Mosque Forced to Abandon Prayers by Protesters

Last September a monk led a crowd to demolish a Muslim shrine in Anuradhapura, not far from Dambulla.

(COLOMBO, Sri Lanka BBC) - A mosque in Sri Lanka has been forced to abandon Friday prayers amid community tensions in the central town of Dambulla.

About 2,000 Buddhists, including monks, marched to the mosque and held a demonstration demanding its demolition.

OCCUPY MARINES

"The government should fear the people, not the other way around"

(CLEVELAND) - We announced this week that Salem-News.com is now working with Marines from the Occupy movement, who have taken to the streets in defense of civil liberties, calling for accountability in government, particularly with regard to police.

We are collectively excited about this new relationship; strength and peace are meeting at the crossroads.

On IDF violence: My own private Lt. Colonel Shalom Eisner

And it’s not over because they are still out there.

(TEL AVIV +972Mag) - Nearly three years ago I also met a Shalom Eisner at a demonstration. He gashed my head with his blows for no reason.

Then too, like this week, a camera was filming as an IDF officer beat me up. To this day, my own private Shalom Eisner is running free.

New Footage Emerges of Eisner Attacking Activists

Prime minister in Ramallah, Salam Fayyad, met with Andreas Ias, the 20-year-old Danish activist who was initially thought to be the only person who was attacked by the officer.

(BETHLEHEM Ma'an) - An Israeli human rights group has released new footage of a dismissed army officer striking activists with his gun, days after his assault of a Danish national drew wide condemnation.

The footage, taken by the Palestinian Authority's official television network and released by the Israeli rights group B'Tselem, shows Lt. Col. Shalom Eisner striking several foreign solidarity activists with a machine gun.