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Posted by bosskitty September 29th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Armageddon, Arms Trade, Black Ops, Bush, Censored, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, Crooks, DOD, Darfur, Education, Geneva Convention, History, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Patriot Act, Pentagon Corruption, Private Armies, Propaganda, Secret, Statistics, Tax Dollars, The Liar, Truth, War Crimes, arrogance, battlefield, budget, catastrophe, civil liberties, disinformation, economics, genocide, illegal arms, profiteers, torture | Comments (8)

Al Jazeera in depth research into Iraq’s many armies: Four years ago the fighting in Iraq was just beginning. The armed group al-Qaeda in Iraq did not even exist and Sunni and Shia groups were working together against the US-led forces.
Three years ago, sectarian divisions escalated into a battle some believe [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 8th, 2007 | Category: Al Qaeda, Anbar, Anti-War, Baghdad, Bechtel, Black Ops, Blackwater, Bush, Casualties, Civilian Army, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, DOD, Deception, Excuses, Executive Branch, Halliburton, Holy War, House Armed Services Committee, Hypocracy, Iraq, Islamic Jihad, Joint Chiefs, Moqtada al-Sadr, Nuri al-Maliki, Occupation Army, Outsource, Oversight, Pace, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Private Armies, Propaganda, Shadow Government, Shi'a, Shiite, Sunni, Tax Dollars, The Divider, The Liar, Time Bomb, War Contractors, War Cost, battlefield, conspiracy, cover up, covert, destruction, displaced persons, escalation, genocide, incompetence, profiteers, refugees, resonsibility, taxpayers | Comments (13)

Documents Show Troops Disregarding Rules
by Ryan Lenz
New documents released Tuesday regarding crimes committed by U.S. soldiers against civilians in Iraq and Afghanistan detail a troubling pattern of troops failing to understand and follow the rules that govern interrogations and deadly actions.
“The simple fact of the matter is interrogation is supposed to be stressful or you [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 5th, 2007 | Category: ACLU, Abu Ghraib, Accountability, Baghdad, Casualties, Collateral, Cowboys and Indians, Education, Excuses, Gangs, Hypocracy, Ignorance, Iraq, Law, Legacy, Mercenaries, Occupation Army, Outsource, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Private Armies, Propaganda, Rumsfeld, Scandal, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, The Liar, War Cost, War Crimes, abuse, arrogance, battlefield, betrayal, cover up, crimes, department of defense, deployment, disinformation, documents, escalation, ethics, humanitarian, incompetence, innocents, lies, mental health, military, profiteers, resonsibility, training, troops | Leave a comment

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 [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 29th, 2007 | Category: Baghdad, Black Ops, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Civilian Army, Collateral, Constitution, Contractors, Corporate Corruption, Corporate corruption, Corruption, Crescent Security, DOD, Deception, Democracy In Action, Excuses, Executive Branch, Impeach, Iraq, Law, Mercenaries, Nazi, Pentagon Corruption, Private Armies, Scandal, Tax Dollars, War Contractors, War Cost, battlefield, betrayal, cover up, covert, criminal, paramilitary, resonsibility, taxpayers | Comments (5)

Service Civilians and the Wounds of War
Many Fill Vital Roles in Iraq, but Medical Care Can Be Spotty
By Ann Scott Tyson Washington Post Staff Writer

Traveling through Sunni insurgent territory north of Baghdad, the U.S. military convoy was nearing a base when a roadside bomb ripped into the lead Humvee, leaving its gunner, [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 28th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Casualties, Civilian Army, Collateral, Corruption, Deception, Democracy In Action, Health Care, Iraq, PTSD, Pentagon, Private Insurance, Promises, Scandal, Soldiers, VA, Walter Reed, War Contractors, War Cost, battlefield, betrayal, injustice, medics, mental health, military, profiteers, resonsibility, veterans | Leave a comment

Contractors Face Combat-Related Stress After Iraq
WASHINGTON, July 4 — Contractors who have worked in Iraq are returning home with the same kinds of combat-related mental health problems that afflict United States military personnel, according to contractors, industry officials and mental health experts.
But, they say, the private workers are largely left on their own to [...]

Posted by bosskitty July 5th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Anti-War, Armageddon, Black Ops, Blackwater, Bush, Casualties, Collateral, Corporate Corruption, Corporate corruption, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Executive Branch, Halliburton, Health, Homeland Security, Hypocracy, Impeach, KBR, King George, Legacy, Outsource, Oversight, PTSD, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, President, Private Armies, Private Insurance, Prophesy, Sad, Soldiers, Theocracy, United States, VA, War Contractors, War Cost, administration, battlefield, betrayal, dictatorship, injustice, military, resonsibility, taxpayers, threat, veterans | Comments (8)

NEWS CENTRAL/S. ASIA

Many Afghans killed in air strike

Civilian deaths caused by US and Nato-led troops have infuriated Afghan people and the Afghan president

An air strike in southern Afghanistan has [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 30th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Amnesty International, Anti-War, Baghdad, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Corruption, Democracy In Action, Evil, Executive Branch, Executive Orders, Guantanamo, Human Rights, Hypocracy, Iraq, Iraqi Children, Legacy, Nazi, Oil, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Racism, Religion, Republican, Rumsfeld, Shi'a, Sunni, Taliban, Theocracy, United States, War, War Cost, War Crimes, administration, battlefield, civil liberties, civil rights, destruction, genocide, horror, military, resonsibility | Comments (2)

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)

Unrest simmers in Pakistan province By Kamal Hyder in Quetta, Baluchistan
Pakistan’s sprawling Baluchistan region is one of the world’s most remote areas and its hot, mostly barren, land encompasses the borders of three countries: Iran, Afghanistan and Pakistan.

The area has enormous reserves of natural resources – resources that the people of Baluchistan say [...]

Posted by bosskitty June 10th, 2007 | Category: Accountability, Afghanistan, Ahmadinejad, Al Qaeda, American, Arms Trade, Baluchistan, Bush, CIA, Casualties, China, Collateral, DUNE, Iran, Iraq, Jundullah, Musharraf, Outsource, Pakistan, Pentagon, Pet Food, Politics, Proxy War, Quotes, Taliban, Tehran, United States, War, Weapons of Mass Destruction, World, battlefield, betrayal, collaborators, covert, military, rebels, separatists | Comments (4)