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Maralinga - Our Own Shame - UK Nuclear Bomb Tests in Australia
World  (tags: UK, australia, maralinga, nuclear testing, exposure, fallout, troops, aborigines, crime, ethics )

David
- 20 days ago - sea-us.org.au
Britain actively used Australian soil and people to conduct it's nuclear testing program during the 1950s and 1960s. During the mainland tests many army personnel were deliberately exposed to the blasts just to see what effect radiation had on troops.
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NEW G20 DOCUMENTARY! Democracy 101- Police Violence @ G20
World  (tags: Govtfearmongering, government, violence, independent journalism, G20, obama, usa, troops, news, corruption, world )

Cheryl Su
- 34 days ago - rnc08report.org
Made in Pittsburgh within five days of the G20 summit by a team from Pittsburgh Indymedia, Twin Cities Indymedia, Glassbead Collective, and Mobile Broadcast News, a new documentary: "Democracy 101 (Rough Cut)". Democracy 101 is a look at the policing and
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Venezuelan President Strengthens Relations With Libya, Algeria, and Syria on Tour
World  (tags: Venezuela, solidarity, international solidarity, anti-imperialism, global south, south-south cooperation, Latin America, South America, UNASUR, Union of South American Nations, Africa, African Union, Libya, Algeria, Syria, u.s., usa, US bases, troops )

Simon
- 61 days ago - venezuelanalysis.com
President Hugo Chavez compared the African Union's disapproval of the USA's military operations on the African continent through AFRICOM to the rejection of the increased U.S. military presence in Colombia by UNASUR (the Union of South American Nations).
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Time to Get Out of Afghanistan
World  (tags: afghanistan, violence, death, usa, troops )

Lone
- 67 days ago - washingtonpost.com
Yesterday," reads the e-mail from Allen, a Marine in Afghanistan, "I gave blood because a Marine, while out on patrol, stepped on a [mine's] pressure plate and lost both legs."
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World's Oldest Man, WWI Veteran Dies
World  (tags: Goverment, Society, Britain, WW1, Vets, war, military, oldest, death, troops )

Dee
- 112 days ago - news.yahoo.com
LONDON - The world's oldest man, 113-year-old World War I veteran Henry Allingham, died Saturday after spending his final years reminding Britain about the 9 million soldiers killed during the conflict
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Zimbabwe Military Blamed for Bloodshed in Diamond Mining
World  (tags: government, HARARE, Zimbabwe, Illegal diamond mining, troops, cover-up, corruption, crime, military, investigation, human rights, conflict, abuse )

Dee
- 121 days ago - cnn.com
HARARE, Zimbabwe (CNN) -- Illegal diamond mining by Zimbabwean troops is leading to bloodshed and attacks against civilians, said a global watchdog group formed to cut the flow of so-called "blood diamonds."
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Sign Petition: Tell Congress to Help Afghan Girls
World  (tags: world, afghanistan, usa, war, troops, obama, politics, military, government, americans, girls, rights, freedoms, culture, family, education, health, food, protection, medicine, safety )

Tom
- 128 days ago - thehungersite.com
Schools torched. Classrooms hit with poison gas. Acid thrown in their faces. Girls risk life and limb to learn even as attacks by insurgents mount. You can help: The Afghan Women Empowerment Act would fund educational opportunities and keep them safe.
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The Desecration of Iraq's Art Treasures - Iraq's Broken Culture
World  (tags: usa, war, iraq, violence, troops, censorship, americans, media, immoral occupation, Broken Culture, artists, victims, humanrights, humans, middle-east )

Madalena
- 230 days ago - counterpunch.org
There are no victors in such a war - only victims. As I say in my song, Forever War, "They tell us it will last /About a hundred years/ We never count their casualties/And we sure can't measure tears/No, we can't measure tears." Although the mainstream
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Israeli Troops Detail Gaza Atrocities as Demand Grows for War Crimes Probe
World  (tags: israel, middle-east, war, war crimes, atrocities, troops, violence, terrorism, conflict, death, crime )

Madalena
- 231 days ago - wsws.org
The publication of testimony by Israeli soldiers detailing atrocities in which they participated or that they witnessed has lent further weight to the growing demands for an international war crimes tribunal to investigate the three-week Israeli siege of
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Troops Face New Tests in Afghanistan
World  (tags: afghanistan, afghan heroin, conflict, corruption, crime, death, politics, society, Taliban, terrorism, troops, violence, USA. world )

Kit
- 237 days ago - washingtonpost.com
The new strategy here involves a major -- but controversial -- push to better coordinate the efforts of NATO troops deployed in the south, a new focus for counternarcotics operations and the allocation of more troops to train Afghan security forces.
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Choosing Atrocity: Israel, America and the Strangling of Gaza
World  (tags: obama, troops, usa, war, americans, American Empire, death, children, israel, middle-east, palestine, terrorism, violence, 'HUMANRIGHTS!', conflict, crime, humans, iraq, africa, asia )

Madalena
- 247 days ago - chris-floyd.com
Here again, I will pay Barack Obama much more respect than many of his followers do. I don't believe that he looked at the attack on Gaza, felt to his very soul that it was an horrific atrocity, but then refused to denounce it out of some sort of cynical
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Peace Action: That's Not Change - It's More of the Same - Take Action
World  (tags: afghanistan, troops, WAR, peace!, change, President Obama )

Dar
- 260 days ago - peaceblog.wordpress.com
Peace Action strongly opposes Obama's recent announcement and urges people to immediately call on Obama to choose diplomacy, not escalation. More troops won't solve our problems in Afghanistan. PLEASE TAKE ACTION
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PETITION Stop US Arms Sales to Israel
World  (tags: MADRE, israel, middle-east, palestine, violence, war, world, conflict, obama, americans, troops )

Madalena
- 284 days ago - org2.democracyinaction.org
Although the invasion of Gaza is currently halted, the damage that has been done to the region's civilian infrastructure and, more importantly to its population, is catastrophic. The US remains Israel's primary source of military funding and equipment
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Mullen: Up To 30,000 New U.S. Troops In Afghanistan By Mid-2009
World  (tags: CJCS, Admiral Mike Mullen, americans, congress, government, obama, military, news, terrorism, troops, u.s., usa, war, conflict, death, humans, interesting, middle-east, society, world, afghanistan )

SirRobert
- 319 days ago - spacewar.com
The United States plans to send between 20,000 and 30,000 additional troops into Afghanistan by next summer, the Chairman of the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff - Admiral Mike Mullen said Saturday.
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U.S. To Send More Troops Into Afghanistan
World  (tags: americans, congress, democrats, government, news, obama, military, troops, republicans, terrorism, u.s., usa, war, conflict, afghanistan, humans, world, news, violence, gates )

SirRobert
- 331 days ago - cnn.com
The U.S. military plans to move three more combat brigades into Afghanistan by summer, Defense Secretary Gates said. The U.S. has nearly 31,000 troops present in Afghanistan now.
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