E3 2012: Splinter Cell Blacklist announced

June 4, 2012   Leave a Comment  

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Sam is back in a darker, more intense Splinter Cell experience

Interview: Rachel McNeill, Iraq War veteran arrested with Occupy Boston

Oct. 29, 2011   Leave a Comment  

Rachel McNeill (center, holding American flag) locks arms with fellow Veterans for Peace members moments before she was arrested in Boston on October 11. (Blast Staff photo/John Stephen Dwyer)

Rachel McNeill is one of 141 people arrested on October 11 when Occupy Boston briefly expand its encampment. This soft-spoken Wisconsin native is a veteran of the Iraq War who joined the Army Reserve shortly after 9/11. She was 17 years old. McNeill spent a year in Iraq, much of it in the so-called “Sunni [...]

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The Embassy Cables: Our friend Iran (in 1972)

Dec. 7, 2010   1 Comment  

An Iranian F-4 (Media credit/PressTV)

Well, we knew this already, but a Wikileaks-posted cable from the US Embassy in Tehran in 1972 shows how the United States rushed to arm the Shah’s Iran, concerned over Soviet interests in the area. The cable indicates that the state department urged the delivery of one of several squadrons of F-4 jets to Iran [...]

VA reaches out to families of vets with mental illness

Nov. 11, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Veteran advocate Tammy Duckworth served in Iraq as an Army helicopter pilot and received combat injuries that cost her both legs. She ran for an Illinois congressional seat in 2006, spoke at the 2008 Democratic National Convention in Denver, and was appointed last year as Assistant Secretary for Public and Intergovernmental Affairs in the Department [...]

Ten facts about Veterans Day

Nov. 11, 2010   1 Comment  

Number one: Thank a vet for their service

Ryan Reynolds is superb in unremarkable “Buried”

Sept. 24, 2010   Leave a Comment  

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A 94-minute exercise in claustrophobia

Poll shows Americans think Iraq is safer after U.S. invasion

Sept. 19, 2010   1 Comment  

The Iraq war, is more abstract, there is no definition to it. To keep America safe, yes, to control the spread of Islamic extremists, yes. But how?

Full text of President Barack Obama’s address on the end of combat operations in Iraq

Aug. 31, 2010   Leave a Comment  

Source: White House Media Affairs Office THE PRESIDENT: Good evening. Tonight, I’d like to talk to you about the end of our combat mission in Iraq, the ongoing security challenges we face, and the need to rebuild our nation here at home. I know this historic moment comes at a time of great uncertainty for [...]

Your World in Focus 9: An interview about women’s rights

Jan. 4, 2010   1 Comment  

Veteran Canadian foreign reporter talks about women’s issues in Africa and the Middle East.

Fort Hood Soldier dies in Iraq

Dec. 14, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Private Jhanner Tello, 29, died in Baghdad on Dec. 10 as a result of injuries sustained during non-combat incident.

One click reveals 6,000 years of history

Dec. 8, 2009   Leave a Comment  

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The online Virtual Museum of Iraq is an Italian gem

Iraq shoe thrower sentenced

March 12, 2009   Leave a Comment  

Do you remember that Iraqi guy who threw his shoes at President Bush? Remember how he was lauded as a national hero? Well, now he’s going to prison.

Bush, you got shoe-ed

Dec. 15, 2008   Leave a Comment  

This Iraqi journalist takes off both his shoes and whips them right at Bush during a press conference in Iraq. Before he hurled them, he yelled “this is a farewell kiss, you dog. This is from the widows, the orphans and those who were killed in Iraq.”

A Foreign Affairs reporter talks women’s rights

Nov. 12, 2008   Leave a Comment  

Today I had the chance to interview Olivia Ward, a foreign affairs reporter for the Toronto Star. The interview was absolutely enlightening.

The World is Watching

Nov. 4, 2008   Leave a Comment  

The world is indeed watching today. Despite the United States recent economic woes, there is no doubt amongst serious observers that the country is still, by far the most powerful nation in the world. The United States military budget “" which, I think it is fair to say, gets quite a bit of use “" [...]