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Depression and suicidal thoughts aren’t limited to vets with PTSD; family members may experience it as well.
… an excerpt from testimony before a House Veterans Affairs Subcommittee on Health hearing held February 28, 2008, regarding the Iraq War’s mental health impacts of Iraq War on the families of Guard/Reserve veterans.

Nearly 3 million immediate [...]

Posted by bosskitty March 25th, 2008 | Category: PTSD, Time Bomb, VA, VFW, Walter Reed, War Cost, trauma, troops, veterans, veterans benefits | Leave a comment

UNICEF:
- An estimated 2 million children in Iraq continue to face threats including poor nutrition, disease and interrupted education.
- Many of the 220,000 displaced children of primary school age had their education interrupted.
- An estimated 760,000 children (17 per cent) did not go to primary schools in 2006.
- An average 25,000 [...]

Posted by bosskitty January 5th, 2008 | Category: Children, Christians, Collateral, European Union, Foreign Policy, Human Rights, Human Traffiking, Iraqi Children, Islam, Legacy, Middle East, Time Bomb, US State Department, United Nations, adoption, displaced persons, innocents, negligence, orphans, refugees, slavery, survivors, victims | Comments (8)

Attack Iran and you attack Russia by Pepe Escobar: the author [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 27th, 2007 | Category: Ayatollah Khamenei, Cheney, Cold War, Iran, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, Putin, Russia, Tax Dollars, Time Bomb, WWIII, War Cost, Weapons of Mass Destruction, World Order, collaborators | Comments (2)

“We will give our lives but not our land!”
“This is a new beginning for the Tibetan struggle against Chinese occupation,” said Kalsang Phuntsok Godrukpa, president of the congress.
Thousands of Tibetans rallied in the Indian capital yesterday in the first protest of an aggressive new campaign to highlight Chinese abuses in Tibet in the run-up [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 16th, 2007 | Category: Bush, Defiance, Democide, Exile, Foreign Minister Liu, Human Rights, India, Olympics, Propaganda, Tibet, Time Bomb, deportation, displaced persons, genocide, humanitarian, monks, protesters, refugees | Comments (13)

Putin Publicly Rebukes Rice, Gates on Foreign Policy Goals
MOSCOW, Oct. 12 — Two of President Bush’s most senior Cabinet members pitched an unusual new missile defense partnership Friday to Russian President Vladimir Putin, but they received a firm public rebuke as the Kremlin made clear it remains deeply skeptical of the administration’s foreign policy goals.
Secretary [...]

Posted by bosskitty October 13th, 2007 | Category: America, Armageddon, Arms Trade, China, Czech Republic, Foreign Policy, Gates, Global Power, Hypocracy, INF, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Kremlin, Legacy, Poland, Putin, Rice, Russia, Syria, Tax Dollars, Tehran, The Divider, Time Bomb, United States, War Games, World Order, alliance, arrogance, spy agencies, strategic bombers | Comments (4)

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 (2)

Russia: Arctic Bomber Exercises
Twelve Russian strategic bombers are taking part in military exercises above the Arctic involving the launching of tactical cruise missiles.

David Blair: Putin’s Bear is not a frightening beast
In pictures: President Putin reveals even more

The Russian air force spokesman did not specify the exact location of the exercises but confirmed that the TU-95MC [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 3rd, 2007 | Category: Arctic, Bush, Canada, Cold War, Cowboys and Indians, Homeland Security, Kremlin, Missile, Politics, Putin, RAF, Russian, Sergei Ivanov, Sino-Russian, Time Bomb, War Games, cruise missiles, escalation, military, strategic bombers, surveillance | Comments (3)

Iran is running 3,000 atomic centrifuges
TEHRAN (Reuters) - Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said on Sunday Iran had met a planned target of installing and running 3,000 atomic centrifuges used in enriching uranium, Iranian news agencies reported.
Iran had said it aimed to have that many centrifuges, which are set up in interlinked networks or “cascades” of [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 2nd, 2007 | Category: Ahmadinejad, Allah, Arab Nations, Ayatollah Khamenei, Black Ops, Bomb, Bush, Casualties, Cheney, Collateral, Corporate corruption, Donald Rumsfeld, DoubleSpeak, Fear, Foriegn Policy, Global Power, Hypocracy, IAEA, India, Iran, Iraq, Islamabad, Israel, Missile, NATO, Nuclear, Occupation Army, Oil, Orwellian, Pakistan, Pentagon Corruption, Politics, President, Propaganda, Revolutionary Guard, Saudi Arabia, Soldiers, Syria, Tax Dollars, The Divider, The Liar, Time Bomb, UN, United Nations, WMD, War, War Contractors, War Cost, War Games, War on Terror, Waziristan, Weapons of Mass Destruction, World Order, administration, catastrophe, disinformation, empire, escalation, intelligence, military, national intelligence, national security, profiteers, resonsibility, state of emergency, terrorists, troops | Comments (1)

Will President Bush bomb Iran?
In a nondescript room, two blocks from the American Capitol building, a group of Bush administration staffers is gathered to consider the gravest threat their government has faced this century: the testing of a nuclear weapon by Iran.
Nightmare scenario

The [...]

Posted by bosskitty September 1st, 2007 | Category: Ahmadinejad, America, Arab Nations, Armageddon, Ayatollah Khamenei, Baghdad, Black Ops, Bomb, Border Patrol, Border Wall, British, Bush, Canada, Cheney, Collateral, Corruption, Crawford, DOD, Deception, Donald Rumsfeld, Elections, Executive Branch, Executive Orders, Foriegn Policy, Global Power, Horror Flick, Hypocracy, Iran, Iraq, Islam, Islamic Jihad, Israel, Joint Chiefs, Karl Rove, NATO, North Korea, Nuclear, Oil, Orwellian, PNAC, Petraeus, President, Propaganda, Russian, Soldiers, Tax Dollars, Tehran, The Divider, The Liar, Time Bomb, WMD, War, War Cost, War Crimes, War Games, War on Terror, World Order, arrogance, betrayal, conspiracy, cover up, covert, criminal, department of defense, dictatorship, disinformation, executive privilege, illegal arms, intelligence, lies, mind control, plutonium, profiteers, troops, veterans | Comments (3)