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The number of wounded in the wars is around 23,000. That number only accounts for those wounded in combat. When troops from those wars who were wounded in other ways are counted, the number more than doubles, to about 53,000.
Many federal employees have outright refused repeated requests that they go to Iraq, while others have demanded that they not be sent outside the more secure Green Zone. Military officers complained about a request from Ms. Rice’s office that militar
Even as contractors built patrol boats with buckling hulls and a large new cutter with structural flaws, a Coast Guard review gave their performance high marks, extended their deal for nearly 4 years and paid them a multimillion-dollar bonus, governm
The railroad industry is hiring relatives of Capitol Hill lawmakers and staff members as it faces tighter federal safety legislation, employing a tactic untouched by the Democrats' new ethics proposals: lobbying by congressional family members.
When Iraq war veteran Jon Soltz accused Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Ky.) of "aiding the enemy," or called President Bush and Vice President Cheney "draft dodgers," the chairman of a group called VoteVets.org
China's growing ties with Russia in the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) have cut across US ambitions to dominate the Middle East and Central Asia. In Asia, Latin America and Africa, Beijing is engaged in extending its influence, offering
Russia is planning to buy new intercontinental ballistic missiles, nuclear submarines and possibly aircraft carriers as part of an ambitious military programme, it emerged yesterday. (Bet the Military Industrial Complex is happy,... or worse)
Ron Paul has accepted an invitation to participate in the first national presidential debate in New Hampshire on Wednesday, April 4. It will be hosted by Wolf Blitzer and will be carried on CNN TV, radio, and cnn.com from 7-9 p.m. EST. In Ari
Anna Nicole Smith, a former Playboy centerfold, actress and television personality who was famous for being rich (sporadically); litigious (chronically); and, above all, for being famous, died today after collapsing at a hotel in Florida. She was 39.
There appears to be no new ideas coming forth from either major political party. Democratic presidential candidate and former senator from North Carolina, John Edwards, stated on Sunday’s NBC’s Meet the Press that he would raise taxes, primarily on
Concerned network admins should examine traffic logs closely. A correlation of traffic from several of these IP blocks likely indicates that a network is under surveillance or has had access attempted by the US intelligence community and affiliated e
Violence against speed cameras and the firms that operate the devices for profit have been targeted in both the UK and Australia. Two men in Melbourne were seen yesterday at 11:45pm shooting a speed camera in Blackburn North with a pistol.
CBS 2 camera recently went undercover to tell you about a scam many people don't know about. It starts in your local post office, and right now there is nothing you can do to stop it. An identity thief hijacked Steve Zuckerman's name by ste
This bit of news comes from no less a source than the NRO's inspector general, Eric Feldman. Yet Feldman and other NRO officials are mum about just how big the flood is over there. This might not be such a big deal were stakes
Iran's efforts to produce highly enriched uranium, the material used to make nuclear bombs, are in chaos and the country is still years from mastering the required technology. Iran's uranium enrichment programme has been plagued by constant
A brief summary of testimony from witnesses in the obstruction and perjury trial of former White House aide I. Lewis "Scooter" Libby
Three US Army Reserve officers and two US civilians have been charged with taking or helping funnel more than $1 million in cash, sports cars, jewely and other items as bribes to rig bids on Iraqi reconstruction contracts, US officials
A long awaited Pentagon Inspector General's report into the Office of Special Plans and its activties surrounding pre-war intelligence in the lead up to the Iraq war has been completed, Raw Story has learned. According to sources close
Listen to Ernest Hancock tell the story of how volunteers handed out 1,500 copies of Aaron Russo's movie America Freedom to Fascism in Phoenix, Arizona.
Condoleezza Rice, the US secretary of state, has been confronted in congress over the US administration's failure to provide firm evidence for Iran's alleged nuclear weapons development.
(2 years ago Douglas Herman walked us through the chronology of War with Iran. And I'm afraid that chaos, death, destruction and economic collapse of the dollar is a predicted and desired side-effect for known and unknown reasons)
Dr. No gives Bush what will likely be the best advice he will receive on Iran.
The United States insisted that Nicaragua destroy hundreds of Soviet-made surface-to-air missiles after President Daniel Ortega said the weapons were needed for the country's defense.
The U.S. military’s lone outpost in South America is a modest affair - some 220 Americans share space with a local air force wing and an international airport. They are allowed no more than eight planes at a time.
President Bush's $2.9 trillion federal spending plan, forecasting a balanced budget by 2012, was sent to the new Democratic Congress, whose leaders immediately criticized it as wildly unrealistic and harmful to the middle class.
Many of the Iraqi soldiers hesitated, waiting for someone to tell them what to do. They stood to the side watching the action, their weapons at their sides.
By demonizing Iran and stirring up sectarian hatred against it in the region, Bush is pouring gas on the fire he started in Iraq -- and empowering al-Qaida.
"The Islamic Republic of Iran considers it a responsibility of U.S. forces in Iraq to protect members of the diplomatic community, including Iranian diplomats, and will hold them responsible for obtaining the release of the abducted Iranian dipl
How big is President Bush's proposed 2008 Pentagon budget? At nearly $623 billion for the fiscal year its size earned nothing but editorial superlatives and a scramble for historical precedents that could put the sum in perspective.
The murdered Israeli leader Gen. Yitzhak Rabin opposed the First Gulf War in 1990, warning that one never knows when starting a war where it will lead. As Bush and the neocons are reportedly planning to attack Iran, we should all think of the likely
