Jan 28, 2012 3 Comments ›› Angelia
I am personally torn on this issue. I am one of those peace through superior firepower we need a KICK ASS military types. But I have said for years Afghanistan should have stayed a Special Ops war. However I also see that Iraq needed to be a boots on the ground ...
Continue ReadingJan 28, 2012 22 Comments ›› Angelia
Heritage Foundation: Defense Secretary Leon Panetta today laid out details of a plan to cut a half a trillion dollars from defense spending. That’s in addition to the half-trillion in cuts required under the Budget Control Act. The Wall Street Journal reports that, as part of the plan to cope with funding cuts and reduced troop levels, ...
Continue ReadingJan 28, 2012 3 Comments ›› Angelia
Miami Herald: Inspired by Monday night’s Republican presidential debate over immigration, Rep. David Rivera, R-Miami, filed a bill that would give young people who serve in the military — not college students — a path to U.S. citizenship. "If somebody is willing to die for America, then certainly they deserve a chance at life in America," ...
Continue ReadingJan 27, 2012 1 Comment ›› Angelia
Reuters: At least 1,000 Iraq War veterans and their family members are expected to march in St. Louis on Saturday in the nation's first major homecoming parade honoring U.S. soldiers who served in the war, a coalition of veteran groups, private citizens and local officials said. Since the last troops left Iraq in December there have ...
Continue ReadingJan 25, 2012 2 Comments ›› Angelia
Yahoo News: A Marine sergeant who led a squad that killed 24 unarmed Iraqis avoided serving any time Tuesday for his role in one of the darkest chapters of the Iraq war, winning leniency through a plea deal that carried no real punishment beyond a reduction in rank. Military judge Lt. Col. David Jones said he ...
Continue ReadingJan 25, 2012 1 Comment ›› Toro520
BNO News: BAGHDAD (BNO NEWS) -- More than 30 people were executed by Iraqi authorities on Thursday following their conviction for various crimes, the United Nations reported on Tuesday. It is the largest number of confirmed executions within a single day in years. UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay said she was shocked to learn ...
Continue ReadingJan 21, 2012 4 Comments ›› Angelia
WSBTV: Burglars ransacked a Villa Rica home belonging to the family of a soldier who was killed in Iraq. The burglars stole Army Sgt. Mike Hardegree's medals and the Gold Star that was given to his family by the Department of Defense after his funeral. His mother, Cindy Hardegree, walked Channel 2's Craig Lucie through ...
Continue ReadingJan 13, 2012 1 Comment ›› Angelia
Sorry I have been away folks, recovering from an illness. But I am back with a vengeance.
Continue ReadingJan 13, 2012 4 Comments ›› Angelia
The Dog Files: Airmen of the 92nd Security Forces Squadron at Fairchild Air Force Base paid their respects Thursday to one of their own. Lucky, a military working dog, survived five tours of duty in Iraq, Afghanistan and Kyrgyzstan. He succumbed to cancer last September at age 10, surviving two previous diagnoses of the disease. Several dozen service members ...
Continue ReadingJan 6, 2012 Comments Off Pat Dollard
BAGHDAD — It was one of the deadliest insurgent groups in Iraq in recent years, an Iranian-backed militia that bombed American military convoys and bases, assassinated dozens of Iraqi officials and tried to kidnap Americans even as the last soldiers withdrew. But now the Shiite-led government of Prime Minister Nuri Kamal al-Maliki is welcoming the militant ...
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