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"You belong to the Army now, soldier." Most vets who went through Army Basic Training likely heard that on more than one occasion from their DI. Now it seems that there really is some truth to that. A local man, Army Spc. Frank Chapman, is prepared to donate a kidney to his mother who is...

Haaretz -- What lies beneath

I was just wondering if anyone knows or is related to a soldier killed in Iraq or Afghanistan? I read the local newspaper today and found that the son of a childhood friend was killed by an IED late last week. The irony of the whole matter is that my childhood friend died at a young age (25)...

link Good thing he wasn't killed, then his heirs would probably have been shaken down for the money.

Snip: I found it humorous in an sad sort of way that the attack was filmed by insurgents. Tschiderer is no doubt thankful that the sniper didn't go for the head shot as [he should have been] trained to do. Or at least a lower gut shot. http://www.armytimes.com/story.php?f=1-292925-976420.php

http://www.ohionewsnetwork.com/Global/story.asp?S=2682931&nav=LQlCU7xI http://www.kentucky.com/mld/kentucky/news/nation/10401608.htm Apparently, five others were also charged. What gives?

I just bet the Iraqis are glad they've been liberated by those we're-here-to-give-y'all-freedom Yankees. With friends like these So, what do you have to do, exactly, to get into the US army? Figure out which end you have to wipe one time out of three?

http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/americas/3812713.stm This one pisses me off on many levels. Primarily, the 'outrage' is over this soldier being 'mistakenly' beaten. WTF??? It's outrageous that any beatings are taking place!!! So much for that 'presumed innocent' status we once took for granted...

I took this post from a message board on a thread saying "War on Iraq equals genocide", one of firece debate.