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WALTER REED AND BEYOND
The War Inside
Troops Are Returning From the Battlefield With Psychological Wounds, But the Mental-Health System That Serves Them Makes Healing Difficult

By Dana Priest and Anne Hull  -  Sunday, June 17, 2007; Page A01
 

This article is so awful you must read it for yourself.  It must be easier to hire [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 16th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, American, Anti-War, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Freedom, Health, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Iraq, Legacy, Middle East, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, President, Sad, Scandal, Soldiers, Statistics, United States, VA, War, abuse, civil rights, mental health, military, resonsibility, veterans | Comments (7)

Iraq Contractors Face Growing Parallel War
As Security Work Increases, So Do Casualties

By Steve Fainaru  Washington Post Foreign Service  Saturday, June 16, 2007; Page A01

BAGHDAD — Private security companies, funded by billions of dollars in U.S. military and State Department contracts, are fighting insurgents on a widening scale in Iraq, enduring daily attacks, returning [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 16th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Armageddon, Arms Trade, Baghdad, Bahrain, Black Ops, Blackwater, CIA, Casualties, Cheney, Cold War, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, Corporate corruption, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Halliburton, Hypocracy, Iran, Iraq, Joint Chiefs, KBR, Legacy, Middle East, Moqtada al-Sadr, Oil, Outsource, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, President, Private Armies, Proxy War, Scandal, Soldiers, Syria, Taliban, US Treasury, United States, War Cost, War on Terror, abuse, administration, battlefield, covert, military, resonsibility, taxpayers | Comments (2)

Wall Street, Iraq and the Declining Dollar
In February of this year, Rep. Henry Waxman’s Committee on Oversight and Government Reform revealed fresh details of how the Coalition Provisional Authority dumped $12 billion in cash–in $100 bills–into Iraq in 2004. Multiple flights of huge C-130 transport planes were required [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 16th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Arms Trade, Baghdad, Blackwater, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Cold War, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, Corporate corruption, Democracy In Action, G8, Halliburton, Hypocracy, Iraq, Mexican, Middle East, Oil, Outsource, Oversight, Pakistan, Pesos, Politics, President, Proxy War, Scandal, Statistics, United States, Vote, War Cost, Wolfowitz, abuse, administration, covert, marketing, military, taxpayers | Leave a comment

Reports of Forced Labor Unsettle China
Cheated out of their money when they sought to buy a ticket for the final leg of the journey home, their father, Su Jianjun, said in an interview, they were taken in by a woman who provided them with warm shelter and a meal on a cold winter [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 16th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, American, Anti-War, Casualties, China, Christianity, Collateral, Corporate corruption, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Freedom, Human Rights, Human Traffiking, Hypocracy, Legacy, Middle East, News Media, Of Interest, Politics, Racism, Sad, Scandal, United States, World Blogs, abuse, betrayal, civil rights, resonsibility, slavery, spoiled | Comments (4)

CRAWFORD, Texas — President Bush warned Congress on Saturday that he will use his veto power to stop runaway government spending.
“The American people do not want to return to the days of tax-and-spend policies,” Bush said in his radio address.
Interesting statement by Bush. Let’s look at one of the many overpriced Bills past by the [...]

Posted by nytexan June 16th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Congress, GOP, Homeland Security, National, News, Politics, President, Republican, Veto | Comments (2)