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Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group

by Dahr Jamail | Nov 18, 2009

According to a soldiers' advocacy group at Fort Hood, the U.S. base where an army psychiatrist has been charged with killing 13 people and wounding 30 in a Nov. 5 rampage, the official suicide figures provided by the Army are "definitely" too low. Chuck Luther served...

Soldiers Who Just Say No

by Jon Letman | Aug 18, 2009

Six months into Barack Obama's presidency, the U.S. public's display of antiwar sentiment has faded to barely a whisper. Despite Obama's vow to withdraw all combat forces from Iraq before September 2011, he plans to leave up to 50,000 troops in "training and...

Tuesday: 24 Iraqis Killed, 142 Wounded

by Margaret Griffis | Jul 21, 2009

Updated at 12:35 p.m. EDT, July 21, 2009 At least 24 Iraqis were killed and 142 more were wounded on a busy day in Iraq. No Coalition deaths were reported, but two sets of Iraq-related groups are headed to Washington to ask for help with their vastly different needs. Meanwhile, the status of Iraqi and Palestinian refugees who fled the war has changed in two particular cases.