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“They Were Soldiers” Author Discusses High Cost of War for America’s Veterans
Ann Jones, author of “They Were Soldiers: How the Wounded Return from America's Wars” talks with Truthout about the high price American soldiers are paying in the country's post-9/11 …
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Are We Depending Too Much on the Military’s Media Management?
The Pentagon has spent billions to manage media coverage of the war in Iraq but is imprisoning the one person who made the truth public.
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Who Am I, Really?: The Identity Crisis of the Woman Veteran Returning Home
To the typical American woman in her twenties, we are practically men. To the typical male soldier, we are practically girls. As a result, we find ourselves unable to …
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Mates in War Reporting Testify to Crimes Against Humanity
In an excerpt from his memoir about working with war correspondent Marie Colvin, ‘Under the Wire: Marie Colvin's Final Assignment,’ photographer Paul Conroy describes his strained relationships at home …
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Historic Acquittal of Anti-Drone Witness at Fort Hancock Air Base
This acquittal marks a major breakthrough by those who have sought to strengthen international law, and stop U.S. war crimes, including extra-judicial murder by the illegal drones.
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Got His Gun – Lost His Legs, Arms and Penis
Statistically, what happens to U.S. troops is almost nothing. In human terms, it's overwhelming.
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Drones: A New Death From Above
Unmanned military drones are wreaking havoc in Pakistan, Afghanistan and elsewhere. On this edition, we bring you voices from Pakistan of families destroyed by drone strikes.
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Nine Years of Injustice for American Prisoner in Iraq
It's been a decade since the nation was shocked by images of torture and prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraib prison, and yet for at least one prisoner, a dual …
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Amid Activists’ Appeal to Lift Sanctions, US Resists Talks With Iran
While Iran's new president has called for serious and substantive negotiations with the West over his country's nuclear program that would ease tensions, and an open letter to President …
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Drone Warfare Reveals Failure to Imagine Geography
The USu2019s dependency on drone warfare reveals a laziness in properly imagining geography.