March 2005
As war stretches on, recruiters scramble
by mikepower
Last month, the US Army missed its monthly recruiting target for the first time since 2000. The Army National Guard and Reserve haven't reached their monthly targets since October.
A military tribunal determined last fall that Murat Kurnaz, a German national seized in Pakistan in 2001, was a member of al Qaeda and an enemy combatant whom the government could detain indefinitely at the U.S. military prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
by mikepower
The three military officers on the panel, whose identities are kept secret, said in papers filed in federal court that they reached their conclusion based largely on classified evidence that was too sensitive to release to the public.
Dead Iraqis; Why an Estimate was Ignored, The Lancet Study Why an Estimate was Ignored
by mikepower
To the extent it was covered at all, the reports were short and usually buried far from the front pages of major newspapers. The results of the study could have played an important role in future policy decisions, but the press’s near total silence all
www.mnftiu.cc | get your war on
by sbrothier & 1 other
David Rees reads and signs "Get Your War On II"
World War 2 Pictures In Color
by sbrothier & 1 other
The Internet's Largest Collection of Rare Color Photographs from WWII
February 2005
Ecstasy trials for combat stress
by mbertier (via)
"American soldiers traumatised by fighting in Iraq and Afghanistan are to be offered the drug ecstasy to help free them of flashbacks and recurring nightmares."
The Unseen War
by sunny
The Unseen War is a terrific simulation of war, created using toy soldiers and fantastic special effects, by Velvet G.
Learning to Love the Neocons
by mikepower
The neocons ought not be taken lightly, especially since they have pilfered something from the arsenal of the left even as they are misusing it. What they have pilfered, simply, is the idea that the world can be changed.
January 2005
WorkingForChange-Is Al Qaeda just a Bush boogeyman?
by mikepower
A look at the conclusions of the BBC series Power of Nightmares
Daniel Pipes - Disinfopedia
by mikepower
Information, statements and comments on this extreme right-winger
