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Support the Troops!   video
Society & Culture  (tags: war, war in iraq, troops, puppy, sheep, kids )


- 632 days ago - youtube.com
Sorry about the bad language and other ickiness. This video is very sad :'( recent Iraq occupation footage, taken within the past few months; al qaeda puppies, sheep and kids that are danger to us.
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Child-Killers Par Excellance
Society & Culture  (tags: war, troops, middle-east, children, palestine, israel, HumanRights, humans, rights, abuse )

Madalena
- 841 days ago - palestine-info.co.uk
Seeking to demoralize Palestinians into total submission and surrender, the Israeli occupation army on Wednesday, 29 August, murdered in cold blood three Palestinian children in the northern Gaza Strip.
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Give a Soldier a Thank You!
Society & Culture  (tags: troops, Iraq war, thank you )

RC
- 857 days ago - letssaythanks.com
Yes, most of us despise the war in Iraq, but many of us have sympathy for and support the men & women fighting it. You can say "thank you" to the troops overseas at this site. I bet they appreciate it too! Thanks to Jan P. for suggesting this posting.
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Army Suicides at Highest Level in 26 Years
Society & Culture  (tags: americans, bush, bushadministration, freedoms, ethics, iraq, middle-east, military, troops, terrorism, war, usa, americans, death, ethics, freedoms, government, usa, violence )

Echo
- 860 days ago - msnbc.msn.com
More than a quarter did so while serving in Iraq and Afghanistan, according to a new military report.
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Huge Purple Heart Rendered in N.Y. Field
Society & Culture  (tags: veterans, troops, humans, people, war, memorialdeaths )


- 870 days ago - news.aol.com
HAMPTONBURGH, N.Y. (AP) - An artist has mowed an 850,000-square-foot rendering of a Purple Heart medal into a park field to honor the 75th anniversary of the medal that commends servicemembers killed or wounded in action. The rendering, to be unveiled
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San Diego Salutes Veterans in Stand Down 2007
Society & Culture  (tags: Veterans, Operation Stand Down, homeless, freedoms, housing, troops, usa, war, activists, americans, culture, education, family, humans )

Barb
- 886 days ago - navycompass.com
Sailors and Marines along with other volunteers, hosted the 20th annual Operation Stand Down 2007 for homeless veterans July 13. The three-day event, held at San Diego High School's athletic field, offered support to more than 650 veterans and ......
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Iraq Vet Begins Vigil to Protest STOP-LOSS
Society & Culture  (tags: activists, war, troops, military, politics, rights, government, iraq )

Blue
- 931 days ago - washouts.blogspot.com
Knappenberger started a week-long vigil on June 1st to draw attention to the US military's STOP-LOSS and INACTIVE RESERVE policies, which he submits are being used as a substitute for conscription in a political war.
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Vet May Lose 'Honorable' Status Over Protest
Society & Culture  (tags: Veterans, government, corruption, propaganda, war, troops )

Lauren
- 936 days ago - news.aol.com
"This is clearly a case of selective prosecution and intimidation of veterans who speak out against the war,""To suggest that while as a veteran you don't have freedom of speech is absurd."
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Dead Soldier's Family Gets Pup He Held
Society & Culture  (tags: war, troops, iraq, military, death )

Jacquelin
- 941 days ago - hosted.ap.org
CONCORD, N.H. (AP) -- The family of Army Spc. Justin Rollins finally got to hold one of the last things he held. A female puppy the 22-year-old nuzzled the night before his death in a roadside bombing in Iraq frolicked Friday in New Hampshire, completi
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U.S. Military: Fight or Flight: The Deserters
Society & Culture  (tags: Bush, Republicans, illegal war, government, corruption, pentagon, propaganda, Iraq, war, war crimes, troops, military, veterans, deserters, Toronto, Canada )

Blue
- 979 days ago - denverpost.com
More soldiers are breaking ranks, raising questions of cowardice and conviction. "I made my decision in Iraq that I would never do this again," Colby says. "I kept asking everyone, 'What are we doing here?' I was told to stop asking."
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VIDEO: Hundreds Protest Cheney Visit At BYU
Society & Culture  (tags: Campus, Student Protest, Cheney, Bush, Republicans, war, corruption, government, troops )

Blue
- 991 days ago - thinkprogress.org
hundreds of students protested BYU's decision to invite Vice President Cheney to deliver the school's commencement address.
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Dad Writes Letter to the Editor Seeking Donations for Son's Body Armor
Society & Culture  (tags: military, troops, equipment, body armor, iraq, war, Bush, Cheney, Rice, Rumsfed, ethics, healthcare, war, death )

Blue
- 1035 days ago - americablog.blogspot.com
Smart dad. Because we know what will happen to his son at Walter Reed if he gets injured. What the hell is going on in our country? These are the kids going over for the surge. I'm just speechless. Read this letter to the editor . . .
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