U.S. Blocks Oversight of Its Mercenary Army in Iraq
By January 2012, the State Department will do something it s never done before: command a mercenary army the size of a heavy combat brigade.
http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/iraq-merc-army/
US doing little to help Iraqis who aided troops
Americans like to think of themselves as a moral people. So is it really possible that we will abandon thousands of Iraqis who risked their lives to help American troops and civilians but now face a grave threat of being killed as 'collaborators'? The short answer is yes.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/07/21/117952/us-doing-little-to-help-iraqis.html
Rape shame of the US military
A US female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by an enemy. Yet most cases go unreported.
http://bit.ly/mVtCmp
From Information Clearing House
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mercenary
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rape
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http://www.wired.com/dangerroom/2011/07/iraq-merc-army/
US doing little to help Iraqis who aided troops
Americans like to think of themselves as a moral people. So is it really possible that we will abandon thousands of Iraqis who risked their lives to help American troops and civilians but now face a grave threat of being killed as 'collaborators'? The short answer is yes.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/2011/07/21/117952/us-doing-little-to-help-iraqis.html
Rape shame of the US military
A US female soldier in Iraq is more likely to be raped by a fellow soldier than killed by an enemy. Yet most cases go unreported.
http://bit.ly/mVtCmp
From Information Clearing House
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=Iraq
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=mercenary
http://www.sharenews-blog.com:8090/helma/twoday/sharenews/search?q=rape
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Starmail - 23. Jul, 09:47
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