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PTSD, PTSD, PTSD: Tragedy, Tragedy, Tragedy

Navy SEAL Chris Kyle, Chad Littlefield and Marine Eddy Routh.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The latest PTSD killing of the Navy SEAL who was an outstanding sniper in Iraq, prompts this article.

This is the worst PTSD story I think I have ever read, despite the massacre by Sergeant Bayles in Afghanistan in 2011, who blew away 16 or so civilians.

The American Manifest Destiny

Ultimate moral abandonment does not separate a man or woman mentally, emotionally, from unlawful acts when they, obeying orders, kill.

(LONDON) - Americans and their European poodles coiffeured red white and blue in American power salons are unlawfully targeting, and killing from afar, suspected militants innocent bystanders, and helpers, labelled “collateral damage,” whilst avoiding more politically toxic body bags containing returning American “heroes” to military bases and more lachrymose wailing from American politicians.

Today, this day, men and women with “games console mentality” can kill your brothers and sisters and mine, by pressing a button caressed by their dutiful hands in America, for a drone strike against suspected militants and thereby international law...

Marine Colonel`s Death Murder Not Suicide
Widow Sues Military to Reopen Investigation Citing Negligence & Cover-Up

A highly decorated and respected officer, Col. Stahlman served as an investigating officer for the Haditha Massacre of 2005.

(BALTIMORE) - The widow of Col. Michael Stahlman filed a precedent-setting Complaint under The Administrative Procedures Act.

She wants her husband's death investigation reopened, and the Manner of Death changed from “suicide” to “homicide.”

General Powell: `But there is an Israeli lobby`

“I think he's had a very, very distinguished public service record that he can stand on.”

(PORTLAND, OR) - By contrast [to Senators Corker and McCain, the only opponent’s cited] former Secretary of State Colin Powell, who was chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff during the Gulf War, called Hagel “superbly qualified,” in an appearance Sunday NBC’s “Meet the Press.” “I think he's had a very, very distinguished public service record that he can stand on.”

A maverick in an era of gridlock, Hagel riled many of his GOP colleagues for not supporting President Bush's conduct of the Iraq war. He alarmed senators on both sides of the aisle with his views on Iran and criticism of the power of the “Jewish lobby” in Washington.

Issue Murder Indictment of George W. Bush

Issue a murder indictment of George W. Bush for genocide; conspiracy to commit crimes against peace; war crimes; crimes against humanity; and mass murder.

(WASHINGTON DC) - George W. Bush bears full accountability and personal responsibility for the unlawful deaths of over 1,000,000 Iraqis, and over 4,100 American soldiers in Iraq.

They are a direct result of his illegal and immoral War of Aggression based on his totally false pretense of weapons of mass destruction.

Stand-off in Karkuk: When Fears of Conflict Threaten Development Achieved in Kurdistan

A dispute between the Kurdish Regional Government and the Iraqi central government over control of Kirkuk brings back old fears...

(LONDON) - Since the fall of the Saddam regime, the Kurdistan region of northern Iraq has become the most peaceful in the country.

Suicide bombers and arms faction groups, that have been a regular occurrence in other Iraqi regions, are nowhere to be seen in the Kurdistan region.

Surprise Returns of Deployed Military: The Sweetest Moments of All

Deployed Military Veterans surprising their loved ones; these videos will zap your heart.

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - There are few things that affect a person more than the return of a deployed member of the military.

Being in war is a risk at all times, never let anyone tell you it isn't true....

As Court Martial Approaches, Support for Bradley Manning Grows

“We Nobel Peace Prize laureates condemn the persecution Bradley Manning has suffered" - Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Mairead Maguire and Adolfo Pérez Esquivel

(BOSTON) - In 2010, Bradley Manning was charged with leaking classified information to Wikileaks.

His revelations include the video of US soldiers in a helicopter gunship enjoying themselves murdering civilians walking along the street as if the soldiers were playing a video game.

Beating of War Drums

Either war is obsolete or men are. --Buckminster Fuller

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - So often, news gets reported quickly and is then forgotten. The following, from CBS, provides an example of an under-reported event:

“A handful of soldiers gathered Thursday morning at Vietnam Veterans Memorial Park on the Chicago River, to announce their opposition to NATO, and announce that they’re giving back their service medals on Sunday, at the start of the NATO summit.”

New Figures Released in US AfPak War Casualties

The Pentagon and media fail to list deaths in hospitals outside of the war theatres.

(PORTLAND, OR) - The Pentagon updated its AfPak war casualty figures.

US foreign fighters in Afghanistan suffered 86 casualties in the 14 days ending Nov. 28. The official casualty total is now 115,882.