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U.S. Navy Veterans Association?
Posted from Mudville Gazette 6 hours ago
The association denied the Times' request for the records, maintaining it is exempt from disclosure because its staff is all-volunteer. A former top IRS official says there is no such exemption. The group reported $4.58 million in income from its Florida chapter in 2008 and $17.82 million from its o... (original story)
It Was Like Zulu
Posted from Op For 10 hours ago
From today's Sunday Telegraph, an interesting account of a battle in Afghanistan, one quote stood out, Lt Shephard, who joined the Army in 2007, said: “Every platoon commander wants to come to Afghanistan and have 'their fight’. But you have... (original story)
Protests in DC
Posted from Mudville Gazette 16 hours ago
Mentioned it in passing before, but from the above screen capture you can see the big anti war protest in DC ("Thousands Rally in D.C. Against Iraq War") is not just covered, but is the lead story on the local NBC web site's news page today. And D.C. is a protest town. A search of the Washington Pos... (original story)
Miles to go
Posted from Mudville Gazette 16 hours ago
Jules Crittenden, 20 March, 2003:The war started quietly just before dawn. I woke up in my sleeping bag on the Bradley's lowered ramp and looked at my watch. It was 0429 hours local time, about half an hour after George Bush's deadline elapsed. Col. Perkins had said we'd be parked under the air corr... (original story)
Small the excitement, feel the heat
Posted from Mudville Gazette 1 day 4 hours ago
You know how this guy knew it was March, 2010? Someone reminded him about the protest on the seventh anniversary of the Iraq war, dude. Know how everyone else knew it was March, 2010? No protest coverage in the American media. But don't take it personal, comrade. Even the big protests are ignored these days. Update: heh - here's NBC's local coverage of the protests: "Saturday's large-scale protest signaled the revival of the anti-war movement, that has been largely... (original story)
Wheels within wheels
Posted from Mudville Gazette 1 day 6 hours ago
There's been no shortage of news stories lately on successful anti-Taliban efforts in Pakistan. It began with a leaked (but only after they knew it wouldn't hurt national security!) story from the New York Times ("The participation of Pakistan's spy service could suggest a new level of cooperation from Pakistan's leaders...") and for weeks thereafter it seemed a day didn't pass without news of another Taliban operative captured there. Here's a roundup of some of the roundups, crediting both the... (original story)
The way we were
Posted from Mudville Gazette 1 day 7 hours ago
FACING UP TO IRAQWashington Post, Monday, January 29, 2001 OF ALL THE booby traps left behind by the Clinton administration, none is more dangerous -- or more urgent -- than the situation in Iraq. Over the last year, Mr. Clinton and his team quietly avoided dealing with, or calling attention to, the almost complete unraveling of a decade's efforts to isolate the regime of Saddam Hussein and prevent it from rebuilding its weapons of mass destruction.... (original story)
Meanwhile, back in Iraq
Posted from Mudville Gazette 1 day 12 hours ago
Following the obligatory "seven years" stories, the big news from Iraq today seems to be "FIFA lifts Iraq's ban from international soccer." In many regards that general lack of news is good news in and of itself. But this sort of thing goes on, too:Forces Kill Suspected Al-Qaida in Iraq Leader Offic... (original story)
The First Milblog
Posted from Mudville Gazette 2 days ago
The Mudville Gazette, on the other hand, just turned seven years old this week. Be sure to scroll down today's Dawn patrol (the right-hand column over there --->) , where for today I've recreated the world as it was back then. Here's a history of the earliest days of milblogs, something I'm damn pro... (original story)
Vahtt?? Vahtt is thees heedeous veapon??
Posted from Op For 2 days ago
"Indian Army Develops Blinding Chili Grenade" "India has unveiled the latest hot new weapon -- a grenade made using the world's hottest chili, reported The Sun on Friday. "At more than a thousand times stronger than the average cooking spice... (original story)
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