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(Newser) - Lawyers for US soldiers convicted of abuse at Iraq's Abu Ghraib prison say the recently released CIA memos prove their clients were just following orders, the Times of London reports. Some of the dozen soldiers who were convicted plan to appeal, arguing that the Bush administration kept quiet during... More »

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Abu Ghraib • appeal • US military • soldier • Lynndie England • Iraq war • criminal trial • torture memo • Charles Graner

Army Introduces New Measures to Stem Suicides

Officials to hire more therapists, boost drug and health screening

Apr 24, 09 6:24 AM CDT
(Newser) - The army has begun a new effort to stem the rising toll of soldier suicides, hiring more mental health workers and instituting new rules for drug testing and health screening, reports AP. The number of suicides in the first three months of 2009 reached 56—after a record 140 last... More »

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suicide • US Army • soldier • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • suicide prevention

(Newser) - A Virginia college has a missing library book back—145 years after a Union soldier stole it during the Civil War. An Illinois man who inherited the book from friends tracked down the original owner and returned it to Washington and Lee University in Lexington, reports the Washington Post. The... More »

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Virginia • soldier • Civil War • campus • Washington and Lee University • library

US Soldier Pleads Guilty to Iraqi Murders

Sergeant gets 35 years for his role in the killing of 4 prisoners

Mar 30, 09 2:47 PM CDT
(Newser) - US Army Sgt. Joseph Mayo pleaded guilty today to the murder of four Iraqi prisoners, the Washington Post reports. The 27-year-old was sentenced to 35 years for participating in the execution-style slaying of four men his infantry unit thought had attacked US military patrols in Baghdad. The prisoners had been... More »

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Iraq • murder • US military • soldier • guilty plea • court martial • Iraq war

Army Phasing Out Program Holding Soldiers After Service

Gates announces end to forced extensions

Mar 19, 09 2:02 AM CDT
(Newser) - The Army plans to stop forcing soldiers to serve again after their enlistment contracts are up, reports the Washington Post. Defense Secretary Robert Gates announced plans yesterday to phase out the “stop-loss” program—which keeps soldiers in the Army beyond their service obligation—over the next two years. Some... More »

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Robert Gates • US military • tour of duty • US Army • soldier • defense secretary • Stop-Loss

 360K US Troops 
 Suffer Brain Injuries 

As many as 20% of war vets have had concussions or worse

Mar 4, 09 5:53 PM CST
(AP) - The number of US troops who have suffered wartime brain injuries may be as high as 360,000, say Defense Department doctors. They estimate that between 10% and 20% of the roughly 1.8 million Americans who have served in Iraq and Afghanistan had such injuries—the vast majority of... More »

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soldier • concussions • Bill Maher • Iraq veterans • Afghanistan veterans • traumatic brain injury • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • Bill Maher Grid

(Newser) - The trailer for Quentin Tarantino’s new film, Inglourious Basterds, is just 100 seconds long, but that's enough. "Perhaps there will prove to be a level of postmodern self-ironising,” Paul MacInnes writes in the Guardian. “Perhaps serving up Kill Bill with the Holocaust as a... More »

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Brad Pitt • film • Holocaust • Quentin Tarantino • soldier • World War II • movies

analysis

 Should We Allow Coffin Pics? 


Feb 15, 09 4:26 PM CST
(Newser) - President Obama is reviewing a media ban at Dover Air Force Base, where dead soldiers arrive in flag-draped coffins, but "in truth, it's not an easy issue," John Barry writes in Newsweek. There is widespread support for raising the ban "as a way of reminding the... More »

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media • coffin • US military • Dover Air Force Base • soldier • soldiers' families

Interview

Iraqi Insurgent: We Won't Stop Til US Leaves

Numbers dwindle, but 'I feel happy' when killing Americans

Feb 10, 09 2:15 PM CST
(Newser) - These are tough times for the Iraqi resistance. Violence is down, fighters are scarce, and the public has turned against them. Abu Abdul Aziz is one of just 35 fighters in the Front of Jihad and Change—a far cry from the 750 he fought alongside in 2005—but the... More »

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Iraq • insurgents • soldier • Iraq war • insurgency

(Newser) - As many as 24 US Army soldiers took their own lives in January, an enormous rise over previous years, the Army Times reports. The deaths of seven soldiers have been confirmed as suicides, while 17 pending cases will likely get the same designation, the AP reports. If that happens, the... More »

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suicide • US military • US Army • soldier • Iraq war • Afghanistan war • suicide prevention

 Novice Skydiver 
 Lands Safely 
 With Dead Instructor 

Soldier says military training saved his life after instructor's mid-jump death

Feb 3, 09 6:39 AM CST
(Newser) - First-time skydiver Daniel Pharr had to think fast when he realized the instructor he was strapped to had suffered a medical emergency shortly after they leaped from the plane, he tells the Charlotte Observer. The soldier, copying moves he had seen on TV, pulled the toggles above him and steered... More »

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heart attack • soldier • skydiving • parachute

(Newser) - An Army mechanic stationed in Iraq surprised his son by popping out of an oversize present at the boy’s 6th birthday party, the Nevada Appeal reports. Casey Hurles hadn’t seen son Gabriel since June; when he learned his leave would coincide with the birthday, he hatched a... More »

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US military • soldier • father • Nevada • birthday party • son • leave • surprise

 Israel to Back 
 Soldiers Accused 
 of War Crimes 

Government fears tribunals following civilian deaths in Gaza war

Jan 25, 09 4:35 PM CST
(AP) - Special legal teams will defend Israeli soldiers against potential war crimes charges stemming from civilian deaths in the Gaza Strip, Prime Minister Ehud Olmert said today, promising the country would "fully back" those who fought in the three-week offensive. "The soldiers and commanders who were sent on missions... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Gaza • war crimes • civilian casualties • Israel and Palestinians • soldier • Palestinians • Arab Israeli conflict • war crimes tribunal • Israel Defense Force

 US to Honor Nazis' 
 Secret Soldier Slaves 

350 survivors vowed to keep abuses secret

Dec 29, 08 4:30 AM CST
(Newser) - After 64 years, the US Army will finally honor 350 American soldiers who were tortured and enslaved during the Holocaust's final months, CNN reports. The Nazis beat, starved and forced the war prisoners to work in a section of the Buchenwald  concentration camp. Some 100 of them died, and survivors... More »

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Holocaust • US troops • US Army • soldier • World War II • prisoner of war • honor • Nazis

 Israelis Mass 
 at Gaza Border 
 After Fresh Strikes 

Gaza death toll hits 300

Dec 29, 08 3:37 AM CST
(Newser) - Israeli troops massed at the border today as Gaza's death toll hit at least 300 following fresh Israeli air strikes overnight. Bombs decimated a mosque and family home—reportedly killing 5 children—as well as a university Israeli officials said contained explosives labs that aid Hamas' insurgency, CNN reports. Israeli... More »

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Israel • Ehud Olmert • Palestine • Hamas • death toll • soldier • airstrike • UN Security Council

Soldiers Who Survive War
Are Less Intelligent

Records reveal that the smartest of Scottish regiments died on WWII battlefields

Dec 20, 08 7:39 AM CST
(Newser) - Soldiers who survived World War II were on average less intelligent than their fallen comrades, a study of British records has revealed. Researchers merged military records with an IQ test given to Scottish schoolchildren in 1932 and found that Scots who died in battle had an average IQ of 100.... More »

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military • Scotland • war • research • British troops • soldier • World War II • human intelligence • casualties

Pentagon Kept Humvees Despite Known IED Threat

Officials delayed switch to safer vehicles: report

Dec 9, 08 6:35 AM CST
(Newser) - Military leaders knew before the Iraq war that roadside bombs would threaten troops, but they still dragged their heels on adopting vehicles more resistant to IEDs, a Pentagon investigation has found. In 2005 officials stopped processing an urgent request from field commanders for vehicles called MRAPs, whose height and hull... More »

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Pentagon • Humvees • IED • soldier • MRAP • Marine • Iraq war • investigations

 Troops Run Amok 
 in Zimbabwe Capital 

Police, soldiers clash after unpaid troops turn to robbing, looting

Dec 2, 08 7:52 AM CST
(Newser) - Unpaid Zimbabwean soldiers battled riot police on the streets of Harare today, venting their frustration after waiting all day to withdraw money from a bank, the BBC reports. Dozens of troops ran riot before order was restored, robbing moneychangers, looting shops, and encouraging civilians to join them. Some passers-by threw... More »

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Africa • Zimbabwe • soldier • riots • Harare • Cholera

 Iraq OKs US Troops
 for 3 More Years  

Pact gives Iraqis more oversight over American presence

Nov 27, 08 8:14 AM CST
(AP) - Iraq's parliament today passed a security pact with the US that lets American troops stay in the country for 3 more years. The ruling coalition's Shiite and Kurdish blocs as well as the largest Sunni Arab bloc backed the "yes" vote, the AP reports. The parliament speaker said an... More »

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Iraq • Middle East • Iraqi Parliament • US troops • soldier • Muqtada al-Sadr • Iraq exit strategy • security pact

 US Soldier Among 9 
 Killed in Afghan Market 

Attack brings year's death toll to 5,400

Nov 13, 08 8:09 AM CST
(AP) - A suicide car bomber struck a US military convoy passing through a crowded livestock market in eastern Afghanistan today, killing an American soldier and at least eight civilians and wounding an additional 74 civilians. Yesterday, two British troops were also killed when their vehicle was struck by an explosive while... More »

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Afghanistan • US military • suicide bombing • car bomb • market • soldier • British military

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