The Nation: US funding the Taliban

Oops. In this grotesque carnival, the US military's contractors are forced to pay suspected insurgents to protect American supply routes.
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Breaking News: Horrific Shooting At Ft Hood, TX- 12 dead, 31 wounded...

and the gunman, an O-4 major, was a mental health professional.

A U.S. soldier opened fire Thursday at Fort Hood, Texas, killing at least 11 people and wounding 31 others, military officials said.
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Obama Signs Matthew Shepard Bill

10 years ago Wyoming college student Matthew Shepard was brutally attacked and murdered because he was gay, today, President Obama signed into law the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd, Jr.
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Iran sentences activist to death sentence

The kangaroo court has made sure to include all of the juicy bits including a confession. Yes, he was conspiring with the US and the monarchy is naturally part of it as well.
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Britain Is Actively Looking for a Few Good Queers to Guard Queen Elizabeth

Ya know how some American senior military officials don't want gays serving the country because they are a security risk? (But white supremacists are not?) Well at least one country recognizes that theory is bunk: Britain.
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Quote For The Day

"Why was Mohammad Jawad tortured? Why did military officials choose a teenage boy who had attempted suicide in his cell less than 5 months earlier to be the subject of this sadistic sleep deprivation experiment? Not that anything would justify.
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Lisa Ling’s Sister Sentenced To 12 Years Hard Labor In North Korea

Lisa Ling’s sister, Laura, was sentenced to 12 years hard labor in North Korea along with fellow journalist Euna Lee over the weekend.
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More bodies, Air France wreckage found

The difficult search is collecting more pieces to the puzzle. To follow up on John's post last night about the families, I know a little about such situations.
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Obama Appoints Another Republican to Pentagon

Reports from Washington indicate President Obama will nominate Representative John McHugh, a Republican from upstate New York, as the nation's next Secretary of the Army.
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