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Cutting Costs, Bending Rules, And a Trail of Broken Lives
Ambush in Iraq Last November Left Four Americans Missing And a String of Questions About the Firm They Worked For
By Steve Fainar Washington Post Foreign Service
BAGHDAD — The convoy was ambushed in broad daylight last Nov. 16, dozens of armed men swarming [...]

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Gangs Spreading In The Military
CBS Story
Evidence of gang culture and gang activity in the military is increasing so much an FBI report calls it “a threat to law enforcement and national security.” The signs are chilling: Marines in gang attire on Paris Island; paratroopers flashing gang hand signs at a nightclub near Ft. Bragg; infantrymen [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 29th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Casualties, Collateral, Gangs, Iraq, Law, PTSD, Povery, Racism, Soldiers, VA, War Cost, criminal, mental health, military, resonsibility, veterans | Comments (6)