Fort Hood
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U.S. Army Underreporting Suicides, Says GI Advocacy Group By Dahr Jamail
Chuck Luther served 12 years in the military and is a veteran of two deployments to Iraq, where he was a reconnaissance scout in the 1st Cavalry Division. The former sergeant was based at Fort Hood, where he lives today. “I see the ugly,” Luther told IPS. “I see soldiers beating their wives and trying… Continue reading
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Another Media Black Eye: Second Cop — Not Kimberly Munley — Brought Down Fort Hood Killer By Greg Mitchell
With the publication of an interview with Sgt. Mark Todd, the actual cop who gunned down the killer at Fort Hood — following its account of an unnamed eyewitness last night–The New York Times this afternoon finally underlined what some of us noticed from nearly the start: the media fell hook, line and sinker once… Continue reading
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A Morally Bankrupt Military: When Soldiers and Their Families Become Expendable By Dahr Jamail
The military operates through indoctrination. Soldiers are programmed to develop a mindset that resists any acknowledgment of injury and sickness, be it physical or psychological. As a consequence, tens of thousands of soldiers continue to serve, even being deployed to combat zones like Iraq and/or Afghanistan, despite persistent injuries. According to military records, over 43,000… Continue reading
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Reaction to Fort Hood – Stupidity Beyond Belief by Richard C. Cook
Last week a psychiatrist who had been ordered to Afghanistan went berserk and shot up the place. So happens he was a Muslim, a loner, deeply conflicted, subject to abuse from other soldiers who had been taught by our politicians and media that ‘Allah’ is a dirty word. Continue reading
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MidEast Dispatches: Where Will They Get the Troops? Preparing Undeployables for the Afghan Front
After eight years of two major counterinsurgency wars (and various minor encounters in what used to be called the Global War on Terror), with many soldiers experiencing multiple tours of duty, with approximately 120,000 U.S. troops still in Iraq and almost 70,000 in Afghanistan, with the Afghan War clearly in an escalatory phase, commanders in… Continue reading
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Everything About Nidal Malik Hasan Screams “Patsy” By Paul Joseph Watson
The Empire strikes back – right when when public support for the occupation of Iraq and Afghanistan sinks to all time lows, an anti-war Islamic extremist with links to suicide bombers goes on a shooting rampage at a U.S. army base, reinvigorating support for the war on terror and demonizing opposition to it as anti-American… Continue reading
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U.S.: “War Comes Home” with Ft. Hood Shootings By Dahr Jamail
While investigators probe for a motive behind the mass shooting at the Fort Hood military base in Texas Thursday, in which an army psychiatrist is suspected of killing 13 people, military personnel at the base are in shock as the incident “brings the war home”. Continue reading
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Mass Shooting Indicates Breakdown of Military By Dahr Jamail
The soldier says that the mood on the base is “very grim,” and that even before this incident, troop morale has been very low. “I’d say it’s at an all-time low – mostly because of Afghanistan now,” he explained. “Nobody knows why we are at either place, and I believe the troops need to know… Continue reading
The New Dark Age 