Yearly Archives: 2010

- It's what happens in war: Civilians get slaughtered; troops get killed, maimed and traumatized; and connected corporations get rich - For weeks, U.S. and allied...

- Neocons are supporting an Israeli attack on Iran in the hope that the U.S. would be drawn into the ensuing conflict.  "If the Israelis...

- Another soldier’s suicide underscores the VA’s enormous challenge: Keeping veterans alive, as the U.S. Army last week in a maddeningly obtuse report blames "high...

Abram, 68, was drafted into the Army and served at Fort Detrick from November 1962 to 1964. He is not allowed to talk about the work he did at Fort Detrick, but Abram said he enjoyed walking around the greenhouses in his spare time.

The Defense Department and the Department of Veterans Affairs are proceeding cautiously in linking soldiers’ symptoms to the burn pits. While dealing with disability claims on a case-by-case basis, like Ms. Clifford’s, they have not developed a broad policy on the issue.

“American Friendship Is More Dangerous than Its Enmity.” - Henry Kissinger "When the history of this period is written, the liberation of Afghanistan and the liberation of...

By Wayne Madsen in OpinonMaker WMR previously reported on President Obama’s more than one year of employment by a CIA front operation, Business International...

The questions facing the world are: Is President Obama psychopathic as Bush and company were; Has the pathology of power sufficiently rattled a seemingly rational man; and Will President Obama follow Israel down the path of depravity and severe economic recession that would result from a strike against Iran? What is not under question is the fact that he has a choice to make

By Nil Nikandrov - in http://en.fondsk.ru/  The Colombian government voiced a new round of allegations that Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez is secretly supporting the FARC...

But it seemed to matter to the Israelis, because until this week they insisted their own inquiry was sufficient, and that was already under way. One fact emerging from this process was that the victims, according to “Sgt S” who shot six of them, “were without a doubt terrorists”. And he produced evidence to back this up, which was: “I could see the murderous rage in their eyes”.

What can you say about someone whose profiled personality dysfunctions enabled him to be manipulated by others throughout the entirety of his tenure in public office?

No. 701-10 August 06, 2010   ------------------------------ CONTRACTS AIR FORCE                 Raytheon Missile Systems, Tucson, Ariz., was awarded a $492,440,683 contract which will provide:  132 Advanced Medium Range Air-to-Air Missile...

The meeting sponsored by NGWRC and agenda at www.NGWRC,org is in full action now.  Today has includes a well-informed update by Dr Robert Haley, UTSWMedical....

Marine veterans of former MCAS El Toro were exposed to toxic chemicals.  None were notified and most are unable to "connect the dots of...

Exclusive Interview with North Texas Ill Gulf War Veteran, Mike Hood PT1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3WIXnOtnUFU PT2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M7iJYA_T9Vk PT3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t9_rwLLF9VQ PT4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xdKQyxeNZJ8 PT5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VRivvuDFm24 This is a first for this staff writer to do video interviewing for VT. It...

There is some controversy over whether or not animals can actually have PTSD but Dr. Melanie Marsden, with The Pikes Peak Veterinarian Clinic, says it is possible for dogs to be traumatized.

Hiroshima Atomic Bomb Reenactment Hiroshima      By Sherwood Ross    I am the Reverend Kiyoshi Tanimoto A graduate of Emory College, Atlanta, Pastor of the Methodist Church of Hiroshima I was in...

No. 698-10 August 05, 2010   --------------- CONTRACTS NAVY                 Chugach World Services, Inc.*, Anchorage, Alaska (N40192-10-D-2805); DF, JV*, Dededo, Guam (N40192-10-D-2806); Fargo Pacific, Inc.*, Hagatna, Guam (N40192-10-D-2807); Guam Pacific...

Somehow, against all odds, the already-surreal competition to build America’s next fleet of tanker planes just got sillier and more venal. A tiny, troubled aerospace firm and its Ukrainian partner have been disqualified from the bidding because they handed in their proposal five minutes too late. The companies, for their part, insist that their messenger had a few minutes to spare

- Will there be another Massacre in the Mediterranean; does Israel dare? - By Greta Berlin at witnessgaza.com They said it couldn't be done, that Americans...

From the VA: Top 10 Veterans Stories in Today’s News 1.      Advocate Concerned About VA Plan To Go Paperless With Disability Claims. The "What's Brewin'" blog for...

IDIOTS DON'T WEAR HORNS By: Sohail Parwaz It has become a fashion to talk about the fate and fortune of Pakistan every now and then and...

Is the Dept of veterans Affairs Sharing Info with Homeland Security? Anaecdotes coming in say 'Yes.'

By Jason Motlagh In his first tactical directive since assuming command of international forces in Afghanistan, General David Petraeus doubled down on the orders imposed...

- Gratuitous brutality by police invariably ends with an arrest, often based on bogus charges. Even when they are videoed committing their crimes, few...

- Initiative Will Improve Process and Speed Payments to Veterans; Secretary Shinseki has set a goal that by 2015 VA will process all claims...

- As House Speaker Pelosi to call House back into session to finisha  jobs bill, there's still time to avoid the worst, but will...

By Juan Cole at Informed Comment Between 4 and 12 civilians were killed by US troops in a nighttime raid in Nangarhar province on Wednesday,...

Could you also determine if the State Department has made a demarche to the Israeli government concerning the circumstances surrounding the commandos deadly shooting of unarmed 19 year old American citizen Furkan Dogan, who was shot 5 times, several times to the head?

Regional Veterans News 8/06/10 Regional stories on veterans’ health, education, benefits, legal affairs and other issues today from: Staunton, Virginia - Groundbreaking set for new VA...

I couldn't bring myself to join in the excitement around the Wikileaks documents. My apathy turned more towards cynicism when I got wind of Assange's personal story. "On the run" moving location every two days to stay one step ahead of the hounds of hell that were assumed to be on his heels. Forced to mail his cell phone to another country, he finally makes it to a safe haven, in London of all places, and into a 'bunker' in the UK Guardian building where his story will be transformed into revolutionary news-bites by editors from the New York Times. Very intriguing. Heck, it could be made into a movie starring Matt Damon as 'Jason Bourne'. In fact, I think that's where this story really belongs. After all, in such movies, the hero can easily outwit the powers that be who want him dead. In real life however, if the organistations that supposedly have most to lose from the leaking of the Wikileaks documents wanted the anemic Assange dead, he would have expired, from natural causes of course, long ago.

Via the Military Religious Freedom Foundation: By (name, United States Air Force Academy (USAF) faculty position, USAF Academy faculty department withheld) Today, I heard the most...

- Closed-door deal may be big hit against 'Net neutrality.' It appears they are working towards dominating the net and controlling content trying to...

- A thick web of military-strategic ties is at the heart of the US-Israeli relationship - By Phyllis Bennis Good news from the U.S. Campaign to...

- Tallies Cost of War Including Recent Supplemental Bill through September 30, 2010 $749.9 billion for Iraq $337.8 billion for Afghanistan $1.09 trillion total spending With the passage...

- Labour has accused Prime Minister David Cameron of committing a gaffe by mistakenly claiming Iran has a nuclear weapon; Cameron is being played...

- 87 percent of GOP Senators Vote 'No' on moderate nominee - By Julie Hirschfeld Davis WASHINGTON – The Senate confirmed Elena Kagan Thursday as the...

- Investigation finds evidence of identity fraud - (COLUMBUS, Ohio) — Ohio Attorney General Richard Cordray and Hamilton County Prosecutor Joseph Deters today announced that...

By Pauline Jelinek And Robert Burns WASHINGTON – More than 30 years after his death, an Air Force general has been exonerated of charges that...

By Anne Gearan And Pauline Jelinek WASHINGTON – The Defense Department is demanding that online whistle-blower WikiLeaks turn over its entire trove of classified U.S....

With respect to the positionI take about the crimes of George Bush, I want to state at the outset that my motivation is not political. Although I've been a longtime Democrat (primarily because, unless there is some very compelling reason to be otherwise, I am always for "the little guy"), my political orientation is not rigid. For instance, I supported John McCain's run for the presidency in 2000.

The facts suggest that John McCain should not be in a federal campaign. He should be in a federal prison. Who has an even lower opinion of McCain than his fellow Senators? Answer: our senior military leaders.