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  • July 2008

    • Hitchens Agrees: Waterboarding Is Torture

      Vanity Fair  |  Jul 3, 08 3:10 PM CDT

      Hitchens Agrees: Waterboarding Is Torture

      (Newser) - "You may have read by now the official lie about this treatment, which is that it simulates the feeling of drowning," Christopher Hitchens writes of waterboarding in Vanity Fair . "You feel that you are drowning because you are drowning," concludes the author, who experienced the controversial interrogation technique himself. "I find I don't want to tell you how little time I lasted." More »

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      Iraq  • torture  • waterboarding  • interrogation techniques  • Christopher Hitchens  • military training

  • April 2008

    • Who Are You Calling 'Devil Dog'?

      Marine Corps Times  |  Apr 28, 08 8:41 PM CDT

      Who Are You Calling 'Devil Dog'?

      (Newser) - Once used with pride, the Marines moniker "Devil Dog" now has a nasty bite to it, the Marine Corps Times reports. Young Marines recoil at the term that troops earned by fighting off Germans in a bloody World War I battle. They say it reminds them of angry COs: "It's a preface to getting your ass chewed," one Marine major said. More »

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      military  • US Marine Corps  • officer  • military training  • terminology

    • Behold the Mighty Medicine Ball

      ESPN  |  Apr 14, 08 12:22 PM CDT

      Behold the Mighty Medicine Ball

      (Newser) - The thunk of a medicine ball may evoke images of football players doing strength and resistance training, but its history reaches far beyond the advent of modern fitness regimens. ESPN the Magazine chronicles the medicine ball through the ages, from gladiators' workouts to Renaissance medical texts to the earliest days of the US Military Academy. More »

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      athlete  • history  • fitness  • Matt Ryan  • military training  • Romans  • strength training

  • January 2008

    • Indignant NATO Allies Blast Gates' Critique

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 17, 08 5:02 AM CST

      Indignant NATO Allies Blast Gates' Critique

      (Newser) - US Defense Secretary Robert Gates has sparked an uproar among America's allies after he complained to the Los Angeles Times that some NATO forces are unprepared for their jobs in Afghanistan. The Dutch, British and Canadians—who all have troops in the south of the country—immediately slammed the comments, with one Brit official calling it "bloody outrageous." More »

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      Afghanistan  • Great Britain  • Canada  • NATO  • Robert Gates  • Netherlands  • military training  • counter insurgency

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