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WAR: About that War

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Associated Press

"A lot of them, when they were told they were coming to Jazeera and Habaniyah, they quit," said Marine Staff Sgt. Juan Santiago of New York City, speaking of two towns just outside Bidimnah. Santiago saw more than half his trainees quit the

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New York Times

Inert in his bed, the 29-year-old Marine reservist is a survivor of an Iraq car bombing and a fearsome scramble of wounds: profound brain injury, arm and facial fractures, third-degree burns, tenacious infections of the central nervous system. Each d

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Washington Times

Future warriors will be as proficient in irregular operations, including counterinsurgency and stabilization operations, as they are today in high-intensity combat." Stability operations, called "nation building," would be a top priori

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USA Today

A judge offered a 20-year-old man facing sentencing: Enlist in the Army or go to jail for up to a year. Michael Guerra, 20, had pleaded guilty to 2nd-degree criminal contempt after he was accused of violating an order of protection.

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Los Angeles Times

Struggling to retain enough officers to lead its forces, the Army has begun to dramatically increase the number of soldiers it promotes, raising fears within the service that wartime strains are diluting the quality of the officer corps. Last year

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CBS News

With a new general in charge, the U.S. military's plans to fight Iraq's insurgents are expected to emphasize improving Iraqis' quality of life, rather than killing or capturing guerrillas.

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By LAURIE KELLMAN AP - Jan 31 9:50 PM US/Eastern

Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a fallen soldier in Iraq who reinvigorated the anti-war movement, was arrested and removed from the House gallery Tuesday night just before President Bush's State of the Union address, a police spokeswoman said

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Associated Press

Car bombs exploded in quick succession Sunday near four Christian churches and the office of the Vatican envoy, killing 3 people and raising new concerns about sectarian tensions. At least 17 other people were killed in other violence around the coun

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Washington Post

During the battle of Tora Bora in December 2001, when al Qaeda leaders were pinned down by US forces, Tabarak sacrificed himself to engineer their escape. He headed toward the Pakistani border while making calls on Osama bin Laden's satellite pho

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MSNBC (link to video)

Al-Qaida No. 2 man al-Zawahri said in a videotape that President Bush was a “butcher” and a “failure” because of a deadly US airstrike in Pakistan targeting him, and he threatened a new attack on the US. “In seeking to kill my humble self and four of

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Agence France Presse

The six-day World Social Forum wrapped up in Caracas with US anti-war activist Cindy Sheehan calling President George W. Bush a "terrorist" during an event hosted by Venezuela's leftist leader.

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London Times

THE drab compound that houses the Iranian embassy in Pyongyang is the focus of intense scrutiny by diplomats and intelligence services who believe that North Korea is negotiating to sell the Iranians plutonium that would hand Tehran a rapid route to

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Reuters

Iran says it will launch medium-range missiles if attacked, and accused Britain and the USof arming rebels in its south. Shahab-3 missiles place Israel, US bases in the Gulf and foreign troops in Iraq within their range.

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Washington Post

Congress has granted unusual authority for the Pentagon to spend as much as $200 million of its own budget to aid foreign militaries, a break with the traditional practice of channeling foreign military assistance through the State Department.

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New York Times

NOT long after the collapse of Saddam Hussein's regime in Iraq in 2003, a top aide to Paul Bremer, then head of the American occupation authority, excitedly explained that Iraq had just become the front line in Washington's effort to neutrali

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Financial Times (link to poll)

Despite persistent disillusionment with the war in Iraq, a majority of Americans supports taking military action against Iran if that country continues to produce material that can be used to develop nuclear weapons. [even if = $6/gal. gas?]