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Official: Long deployments less effective (www.stripes.com)
The Army has concluded it is very difficult to sustain effective unit deployments longer than 12 months, a top Army official said. Undersecretary of the Army Nelson Ford was responding to a... More
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The Fall of Triumphalism
(www.thenation.com)
In a remarkable evocation of the strategic environment of 2025, the National Intelligence Council (NIC), a government intelligence service, portrays a world in which the United States wields... More
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Iraq Pact Challenges Antiwar Movement
(www.thenation.com)
What does the US-Iraq Security Pact mean for the antiwar movement? It certainly may cement an American perception that the war is finally over, stranding the peace movement as public opinion turns its... More
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Gulf War illness is real, new federal report says (www.cnn.com)
An extensive federal report released Monday concludes that roughly one in four of the 697,000 U.S. veterans of the 1990-91 Gulf War suffer from Gulf War illness. That illness is a condition now... More
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The Obama effect
(www.salon.com)
Barack Obama isn't even president yet, but he has already helped bring the Iraq war closer to an end. On Sunday, the Iraqi cabinet voted overwhelmingly to approve a security agreement calling for... More
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Iran Opens Naval Base Near Routes for Gulf Oil (www.nytimes.com)
Iran announced Tuesday that it had opened a naval base in the Gulf of Oman to counter any hostile forces, in what was clearly an allusion to American Navy vessels patrolling nearby. The... More
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National Guard soldiers prepare for deployment (www.leadertelegram.com)
A quarter of Wisconsin National Guard soldiers to be deployed in February will come from west-central Wisconsin. Units within 70 miles of Eau Claire will contribute 940 soldiers of the 3,500 being... More
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Reports: U.S. helicopters raid Syrian village (www.msnbc.msn.com)
U.S. military helicopters attacked an area along the country's border with Iraq, causing casualties, Syria's state-run television and witnesses said Sunday. The TV report quoted unnamed Syrian... More
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National Guard from Tri-Cities head to Mideast (www.tri-cityherald.com)
Army National Guardsmen from the Tri-Cities and across Washington will leave for the Middle East this week to serve out a yearlong deployment in Iraq. After a buildup about as long as the mission... More
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NATIONAL GUARD: Washington's 81st Brigade deploys to Iraq (www.tri-cityherald.com)
Members of the Washington Army National Guard’s 81st Heavy Brigade Combat Team will begin flying to the Middle East this week for a year-long deployment in Iraq.
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