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18 Feb 2011 12:55

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World: Things get even worse – and deadly – for protesters in Bahrain

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The AP is reporting that at least 50 people have been injured in attacks on protesters in Bahrain. “People started running in all directions and bullets were flying,” one person said. source
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17 Aug 2010 10:09

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World: Iraqi suicide bomber makes life complicated for withdrawing U.S.

  • 50+ Iraqi soldiers were killed in the targeted attack on a training camp
  • 100+ more were injured; the timing is very bad for the U.S. source
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24 May 2010 11:02

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World: North, South Korea really freaking pissed at one another

The guy on the TV looks pretty angry. If you look at the soldiers, ten to one, also angry. If you look at North Korean soldiers right now, they’re probably angry too. source
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03 Apr 2010 09:42

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World: Iraqi military targeted in latest post-election attack

  • 25 were killed by insurgents
    dressed as soldiers source
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08 Mar 2010 23:47

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U.S.: The Supreme Court takes on Fred Phelps’ hate-causing cronies

  • cause Phelps’ Westboro Baptist Church,
    which has made it a mission of
    theirs to protest soldiers’ funerals,
    was sued in 2006 after they
    protested the funeral of Lance Cpl. Matthew Snyder.
  • issues The corresponding issues of
    free expression and right to dissent meet with the conflicting issue of
    privacy in this case, which could
    set a pretty huge precedent for
    protesters. source
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08 Feb 2010 09:44

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U.S.: India’s snow problems deadlier, scarier than D.C.’s are

  • 17+ soldiers dead in an avalanche at a training camp source
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31 Dec 2009 11:20

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U.S., World: More Americans soldiers died in Afghanistan than last year

  • 155 soldiers died in Afghanistan in 2008, according to iCasualties
  • 319 died in 2009; more roadside bombs are to blame source
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25 Dec 2009 10:44

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U.S.: The controversial military rule on pregnancy lasted less than a week

  • Well, that didn’t last long, guys. It’s a Christmas miracle! Just days after news broke about Maj. Gen. Anthony Cucolo’s new rule on pregnant soldiers in Iraq, the policy was removed. The policy would’ve pushed a court-martial on any soldier who was pregnant while on duty, or impregnated a soldier on duty. Try explaining that one to civilians, and you see the problem. source
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18 Nov 2009 10:45

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World: This isn’t charity! Hamas-friendly charity group puts up mean bounty

  • $1.5 million for Palestinians who take Israeli soldiers hostage source
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17 Nov 2009 20:50

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U.S.: U.S. soldiers are committing suicide at a higher rate in 2009

  • 140 the number of suicides in the U.S. Army in 2008; that was an all-time record
  • 140 the number of soldier suicides so far in 2009; we’re on track for a new record source
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