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Fighters for a Fading Empire

By William Astore

I'm a retired U.S. Air Force officer and a historian who teaches military history. The retired officer in me warms to the sentiment of our troops as both unparalleled fighters and selfless liberators, but the historian in me begs to differ.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27210.htm



Army's "Spiritual Fitness" Test Comes Under Fire

By Jason Leopold

An experimental, Army mental-health, fitness initiative designed by the same psychologist whose work heavily influenced the psychological aspects of the Bush administration's torture program is under fire by civil rights groups and hundreds of active-duty soldiers.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27205.htm



U.S. Teenager Tortured in Kuwait and Barred Re-entry Into the U.S.

By Glenn Greenwald

Mohamed traveled on an American passport and had valid visas for all the countries he visited. He has never been arrested nor -- until two weeks ago -- was he ever involved with law enforcement in any way, including the entire time he lived in the U.S.

http://www.informationclearinghouse.info/article27209.htm



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