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  Welcome Home, War! Creating the "Domestic Surveillance State" How America's Wars Are Systematically Destroying Our Liberties   by Prof. Alfred W. McCoy Global Research, November 16, 2009 Tom Dispatch - 2009-11-12

  Afghanistan Contractors Outnumber Troops Despite Surge in U.S. Deployments, More Civilians Are Posted in War Zone   by August Cole Global Research, November 22, 2009 Wall Street Journal - 2009-08-22

  Global Warfare USA: The World is the Pentagon's Oyster US military operations in all major regions of the World by Rick Rozoff google_ad_client = "pub-1591488516340780"; /* 200x200, created 11/9/09 */ google_ad_slot = "9178639779"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);google_ad_client = "pub-1591488516340780";/* 200x200, created 5/22/09 */google_ad_slot = "1471974688";google_ad_width = 200;google_ad_height = 200;google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); Global Research, November ...

  "Why we fight": The Nature of Modern Imperialism Aggressive and exclusive military alliances like NATO should be disbanded by Alan McKinnon   google_ad_client = "pub-1591488516340780"; /* 200x200, created 11/9/09 */ google_ad_slot = "9178639779"; google_ad_width = 200; google_ad_height = 200; google_protectAndRun("render_ads.js::google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad);google_ad_client = "pub-1591488516340780";/* 200x200, created 5/22/09 */google_ad_slot = "1471974688";google_ad_width = 200;google_ad_height = 200;google_protectAndRun("ads_core.google_render_ad", google_handleError, google_render_ad); Global Research, November ...

KABUL – Four U.S. service members were killed in the past 24 hours in Afghanistan, NATO forces said Monday.

BAGHDAD – The U.S. military says an American soldier has been killed in action in Iraq

  FBI Concludes Hasan Not Involved in Terrorist Activities or Planning UPI November 10, 2009   The FBI said the man accused of the Fort Hood, Texas, massacre came to its attention in December 2008 but was not suspected of “terrorist activities.”   The FBI said it took notice of Nidal Malik Hasan as part of an unrelated investigation being carried ...

  Dead or Alive? Osama bin Laden: A Marketing Tool for US-NATO Military Operations Elizabeth Woodworth Global Research September 11, 2009 In 1961, upon leaving office, President Eisenhower warned of the danger of a military-industrial takeover of information, power, and resources in a democracy[1] . His dark vision has been steadily unfolding. Since September 11, 2001, world, and particularly US military ...

  The lying game: how we are prepared for another war of aggression John Pilger October 15, 2009  In 2001, the Observer in London published a series of reports that claimed an “Iraqi connection” to al-Qaeda, It was all false. Supplied by US intelligence and Iraqi exiles, planted stories in the British and US media helped George Bush and Tony Blair ...

For some in platoon that lost 3 in on-base attack, anxiety is heightened

TWENTYNINE PALMS, Calif. – Two days before shipping off to war, Marine Pfc. Jesse Sheets sat inside a trailer in the Mojave Desert, his gaze fixed on a computer that flashed a rhythmic pulse of contrasting images.

President Obama's executive order expanding job opportunities for veterans in federal agencies made headlines last week. He also marked Veterans Day by signing into law a bill that makes it easier for the families of service members to navigate the complicated landscape of rules governing their benefits during reassignments. The 2009 Military Spouses Residency Relief Act (S. 475) allows the husbands ...

Officials say many veterans with PTSD struggle to find employment

Inquiry will look at how military services keep watch on potential problems

Military deploys broader suicide prevention programs to drive rates down

Most Americans have a neutral to negative opinion of federal agencies, according to a Gallup poll released on Monday. The poll, conducted during the summer, asked more than 40,000 Americans to rate their individual experience with federal agencies to understand the public's overall perception of government. Nearly half (46 percent) viewed agencies neutrally, while 34 percent reported negative opinions and 20 ...

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – The U.S. Navy says wreckage of a training plane has been found off the Texas coast nearly three weeks after it went missing.

Army cook may face criminal charges after refusing to go to Afghanistan

WASHINGTON – The United States is limiting its goals in Afghanistan and demanding better accountability from that country's underperforming leader, Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton said Sunday, and she tied additional U.S. civilian help to results from Kabul.

KIEL, Wis. – Hundreds of people lining the main street of an Indiana town on Saturday fell solemnly silent as the white hearse passed. Mourners waited for hours outside a Wisconsin gymnasium to say goodbye to a soldier who once promised to take down Osama bin Laden.