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Iraqi `Video Camera Sniper` Credited With Killing 200+ Americans May Have Been Israeli?

Israeli Snipers Killing U.S. Troops in Iraq?

(SACRAMENTO, CA) - Fewer things are more shocking than this report; that a voracious sniper in the Iraq War, on the Iraqi side, was actually an Israeli.

The information is filtering in, the allegation is that a sniper who came to be known as 'Juba' is actually a member of the Israeli Defence Forces.

US Soldiers on the Ground in Nepal

In every third world country, US Government’s ‘humanitarian mission’ has been a cover to eliminate popular leaders and/or incite civil wars.

(CHENNAI, India) - Early this week, sixty-five American soldiers landed in Kathmandu and moved to Dhikurpokhari of Kaski district of Nepal.

MilSpeak Books releases How To Not Tell A War Story

Explore with Michael Lund the lives of these veterans who discover being in the service is not something to be edited out of a personal history.

(CHARLESTON, SC) - Please welcome MilSpeak Books’ latest title, HOW TO NOT TELL A WAR STORY, written by Michael Lund, Vietnam War correspondent and author of nine novels about the great American highway, Route 66.

HOW TO NOT TELL A WAR STORY is a collection of short stories about veterans who went to war but left without a war story to tell.

Medical Marijuana for PTSD: Oregonian Newspaper Promotes Pot???

The Oregonian vilifies “sympathetic doctors”. Well there have been about 3,500 marijuana sympathetic doctors out of 8000 doctors in Oregon.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I couldn’t believe the latest spate of The Oregonian newspaper diatribes about medical marijuana (wolves in sheep’s clothing), I can see that The Oregonian and all of its minions are disregarding all medical science facts and figures in favor of the “Reefer Madness” and “Devil Weed” movies of the 1930’s.

For Shame!!!

Bishop Desmond Tutu Wants George Bush Prosecuted for the Iraq War

Tutu has been a fighter for human rights for decades and won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.

(WASHINGTON DC) - Bishop Desmond Tutu stated in no uncertain terms that George W. Bush and Tony Blair should be held accountable for what they did during the war in Iraq.

Tutu says that the men behaved like “playground bullies,” and that they falsified information to justify Iraq's invasion.

Deployment Health News for 31 August 2012

Updates on health-related issues faced by the military.

(WASHINGTON DC) - The following news articles are offered as a service to DoD health care beneficiaries and their health care providers.

Articles are selected for dissemination solely based on the military health relevance of the topic.

Brandon Raub`s Marine Veteran Brother Sets Record Straight on Facebook Arrest

Marine taken into custody over Facebook 'singled out because of his heart'.

(RICHMOND, VA) - My name is Jesse Cash, I have known Brandon for nearly a decade. We served together in Iraq, and Afghanistan.

I am a college student, majoring in history (possibly changing to military intelligence). I have spoken with Brandon at least on a weekly basis for the last year, many times daily.

Private Military Company Formerly Known As Blackwater Pays Fine To Settle Arms Charges

“Compliance with these laws is critical to the proper conduct of our defense efforts and to international diplomatic relations...” - US Attorney Thomas Walker

(FAISALABAD, Pakistan) - The company formerly called Blackwater, faces 17 federal criminal charges including the possession of automatic weapons in the US without registration, unauthorized sale of satellite phones in Sudan, lying to the federal government about weapons...

Politico reports that Academi “admitted to the key facts” behind the charges.

Military Suicides Continued: Critique of the Time Article: One Suicide a Day

The military wrongly claims that marital relationship issues cause suicides. What causes the issues? PTSD = Marital Discord.

(PORTLAND, OR) - I wrote, Military Suicides: Are they Killing the Best Fighters? about 2 weeks before the TIME issue came out. I have some real issues with TIME.

TIMES author, Mark Thompson and Nancy Gibbs got it mostly correct with some serious errors or near errors. I will try to correct the worst.

Dow Chemical: a Stain on the Olympics?

In the run up to the Olympics, criticism is mounting of Dow Chemicals' status as a corporate sponsor. Activists claim that victims of chemicals produced by the company span multiple countries and encompass millions.

(MOSCOW) - As the Olympics draw nearer, calls have been voiced for Dow Chemical to withdraw from being a corporate sponsor of the event.

Members of the Vietnam Women’s Union and the Bhopal Medical Appeal have both submitted requests to the Olympics’ Committee.