The study’s wide-ranging critique of the White House, the Defense Department and other government agencies was a concern for Army generals, and the Army has sought to keep the report under lock and key. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

Testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on Iraq by William E. Odom, LT General, USA, Ret. picked by dollyllama 2 years ago

The danger faced by U.S. troops in the war-torn country comes through in chilling video obtained by CNN from the Islamic Army of Iraq, one of the most active insurgent organizations in Iraq, showing its sniper teams targeting U.S. troops. picked by robfouryqr 3 years ago

"A soldier who saved the life of a young puppy in Iraq and expected to bring him back home with her could see her dog executed by her U.S. superiors." picked by Rivenwar 1 year ago

Discover the back story of the US intelligence community by exploring "Creating Global Intelligence: The Creation of the US Intelligence Community and Lessons for the 21st Century", a collection of declassified documents from the late 1940s to the early 1950s that ultimately led to the establishment of the CIA picked by 2manyusernames 4 months ago

The existence of massive stars — up to a whopping 120 times the mass of the sun — has long perplexed astronomers. The big question was how these stellar behemoths reached their enormous sizes without blowing off all the gas that feeds them.

A new computer simulation of star formation has found a surprisingly simple solution to how these stars might get around this problem. picked by AutumnLotus 11 months ago

'Mission creep' in the Iraq conflict has dropped US chances of success from 70 percent to 26 percent, says a University of Georgia researcher. The predictions were made by a statistical system that has been accurate in 80 percent of former conflicts, said assistant professor Patricia L. Sullivan. The same approach gave a 93% chance of success for the first Iraq War in 1991. picked by TheUncannyWally 2 years ago

A senior civil servant who left secret intelligence files relating to Iraq and al Qaeda on a train was fined 2,500 pounds on Tuesday. picked by aclister 1 year ago

A follow up to this
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I met him half way through his second tour in Iraq. Cox’s story was one of the most human and powerful stories I have ever reported and you responded with hundreds of emails. Cox is trying to change Iraq “one picture at a time.”

He takes pictures of Iraqi kids, prints them out back at base, and then gives them to the kids. It maybe the only picture their family has. picked by ImNotBlue 1 year ago

On May 10th, 2007, this video was banned in Congress. picked by Bornbad 3 years ago

Israeli police arrested on Tuesday a woman who pretended to be an army officer for five years, and even went to last summer's war in Lebanon, because it made her "feel good". picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago

Suicides among US soldiers in Iraq doubled last year over the previous year to a level last seen in 2003, US army medical experts said today. picked by teaya21 3 years ago

A judge declared a mistrial Wednesday in the court-martial of an Army lieutenant who refused to deploy to Iraq, saying the soldier did not fully understand a document he signed admitting to elements of the charges. picked by 2manyusernames 3 years ago

Three years ago, Army PFC LaVena Johnson was found dead in Iraq. Her body was found in a tent belonging to KBR. She had abrasions all over her body, a broken nose, a black eye, burned hands, loose teeth, acid burns on her genitals, and a bullet hole in her head. The Army labeled Johnson’s death a suicide. The family finds that hard to believe. Link has video, transcript, and mp3 picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

BAGHDAD, Iraq - A suicide attacker detonated an explosives-rigged vest at a Shiite funeral in Baghdad, killing 32 people gathered to mourn the death of an Iraqi army officer killed in a car bombing, police and ambulance officials said.

Isn't it the height of bad taste to bomb a funeral? What if it turns into a geometric progression? picked by bevissimo 2 years ago

Ehren Watada a lieutenant in the U.S. Army refused to deploy to Iraq, say ing that the war there is illegal. He faces up to 2 year in Prison. picked by dorkfire 3 years ago

The recruiters told the undercover students that noone is going to Iraq anymore and that the war is over! picked by musicgirldani 3 years ago

The U.S. Army is apologizing to thousands of Army families who received letters beginning "Dear John Doe" after losing a loved one in Iraq or Afghanistan. picked by hypnotode 11 months ago

A primary mystery puzzling neuroscientists - where in the brain lies intelligence? - just may have a unified answer. Parieto-Frontal Integration Theory (P-FIT) identifies a brain network related to intelligence, one that primarily involves areas in the frontal and the parietal lobes. picked by AutumnLotus 2 years ago