WHERE HAVE ALL THE FLOWERS GONE?--KINGSTON TRIO (VIDEO FOR EVERYONE WITH SOMEONE AT WAR)

This video is dedicated to everyone who has someone at war in either Iraq or Afghanistan.

The Kingston Trio sings their hit song: "Where have all the flowers gone?"

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GRIPPING VIDEO OF DOUBLE IED ATTACK ON U.S. CONVOY IN IRAQ (GRAPHIC FOOTAGE)

The video takes you right on board a U.S. Army Humvee as they weave their way through a double IED attack.

The footage is graphic and the language is intense.

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TENSE VIDEO OF IED ATTACK ON MARINE CONVOY (GREAT FOOTAGE)

The video takes you along with U.S. Marines in a convoy when they are hit by an IED.

You get to see and hear the Marines communicating with each other as they fight their way out.

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THE COST OF WAR---"BYE, BYE MISS AMERICAN PIE" (AMAZING VIDEO)

This video explains the cost of the IRAQ WAR and what the TRILLIONS spent on the war could have bought here in the United States and around the world.

The video is appropriately backed with the song "Bye, Bye Miss American Pie."

We highly recommend this video for all.

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WHAT THE $720 MILLION A DAY SPENT ON IRAQ WAR COULD BUY (VIDEO)

The United States is now well into the fifth year of the IRAQ WAR and in this video you are able to see what the $720 MILLION A DAY spent on the war could buy back here in the United States.

Very educational!

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CHENEY CLAIMS U.S. IS CLOSE TO "VICTORY" IN IRAQ, BUT ALL THIS VIOLENCE HAPPENED MONDAY IN IRAQ

Vice President Dick Cheney is still living in some dream world where he thinks the United States is close to achieving "victory" in Iraq.

While Cheney is barnstorming around and claiming "victory" in Iraq, the following took place in just ONE DAY in Iraq:

Source: http://warnewstoday.blogspot.com/

Baghdad:#1: A roadside bomb struck a police patrol near the Shaab Football Stadium in eastern Baghdad, killing a policeman and a civilian and wounding three policemen and three civilians, the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. The blast damaged a police vehicle and several nearby civilian cars, the source said.A roadside bomb killed three policemen and wounded six people, including three policemen, when it targeted a police patrol near central Baghdad's National al-Sha'ab stadium, police said

.#2: Separately, a twin roadside bomb explosions went off outside the Nahrain printery near Uqba Bin Nafie Square in Karrada district in central Baghdad on Monday morning, wounding 12 employees of the printing establishment owned by the Iraqi Central Bank, the source added.

#3: Also in the day, four people were wounded when a roadside bomb detonated in Palestine Street in eastern Baghdad.

#4: The body of a man was found in eastern Baghdad on Sunday, police said.

#5: A car bomb wounded five people in the Abu Dsheer district of southern Baghdad, police said.

#6: Four people were wounded by a roadside bomb in al-Nidhal Street, central Baghdad, police said

.#7: Police found one body in Baghdad in Dora neighborhood.

Diyala Prv:Mandili:#1: A shepherd was killed and another wounded when an improvised explosive device planted on the main road between Mandili and al-Muqdadiya in Diala went off on Sunday, police said.“An IED went off on the road between the districts of Mandili and Muqdadiya, killing a shepherd and wounding another,” a security source in the al-Muqdadiya police told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.

Kirkuk:#1: "Unidentified armed men opened fire on Monday (Jan. 5) on a woman in al-Ayoun village in al-Abbasi district in southwest of Kirkuk, killing her on the spot,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency

.#2: “An explosive charge went off on the main road between Kirkuk and Tikrit near al-Rashad district, southwest of Kirkuk, damaging a lorry,” he also said

.#3: Unknown gunmen killed a leading figure of the Patriotic Union of Kurdistan [PUK] under President Jalal Talabani, the chief of the local police said on Monday. “Unidentified gunmen shot and killed a member of the PUK, Subhi Hassan, in Jemen region, north of Kirkuk,” Brig. Sarhad Qader told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “The gunmen also killed and injured two other men who were accompanying him,” he added.

#4: Two people were killed and one wounded in a drive-by shooting in northern Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, police said. The victims were drinking alcohol in the street, police said

.Mosul:#1: A car bomb wounded two Iraqi soldiers and four civilians when it struck an Iraqi army patrol in northern Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said.

#2: Gunmen, one wearing a medical uniform, shot and seriously wounded a medical student at the hospital where he works in Mosul, police said.

#3: A roadside bomb targeted students were leaving Al Hadbaa college in Mosul injured seven students.

#4: Unknown gunmen entered a pharmacy and killed a student pharmacist in Mosul, 390 km (240 miles) north of Baghdad, police said

Kurdistan:#1: Turkish warplanes bombed targets in northern Iraq on Monday in Ankara's latest offensive against suspected Kurdish guerrilla positions, an Iraqi local official said. Azad Wassu, mayor of the Iraqi town of Zarawa close to the Qandil mountains in northern Iraq's border area, said he had no immediate details of whether anyone had been wounded or infrastructure damaged.Turkish warplanes and Iranian artillery bombarded Kurdish rebel hideouts in northern Iraq on Monday, a Kurdistan Workers' Party (PKK) spokesman said. "Turkish planes and Iranian artillery bombarded Aquwan and the Iranians bombarded Maradu. The bombardment lasted for about one hour starting from 7pm (1600 GMT)," the spokesman, Ahmed Denis, told AFP. The spokesman had no immediate word on any casualties.

Al Anbar Prv:Al Ratba:#1: The director of Anbar’s police intelligence died on Monday in a car accident in western Anbar while on duty, a senior police officer said. “Major Mohamed Erak died on Monday (Jan. 5) when his car overturned while heading to al-Ratba ditrict on the international road in western Anbar,” Colonel Jabier al-Dulaimi told Aswat al-Iraq news agency. “Two other people accompanying the major also died,” he added.

So much for Cheney's BS.

THIS SUCKS!!! NO PURPLE HEARTS FOR PTSD, PENTAGON RULES

The Purple Heart will not be awarded to service members suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder, the Pentagon confirmed Monday.

By William H. McMichael - Staff writerPosted : Monday Jan 5, 2009 20:27:19 EST
http://www.armytimes.com/news/2009/01/military_purpleheart_ptsd_010609w/

“It’s not a qualifying Purple Heart wound,” said Defense Department spokeswoman Eileen Lainez, although she added that “advancements in medical science may support future re-evaluation.”

The decision, reached Nov. 3 but not made public until now, followed months of evaluation by military and outside officials. That evaluation was spurred when Defense Secretary Robert Gates was asked at a May press conference whether he would support awarding the Purple Heart to PTSD sufferers.

Gates said the idea was “clearly something that needs to be looked at.” His undersecretary for personnel and readiness, David S.C. Chu, decided against making such awards after conferring with the Pentagon’s Awards Advisory Group, which includes “awards experts” from the Office of the Secretary of Defense, the Joint Staff, the military services, the Institute of Heraldry and the Center for Military History, according to Lainez.

Gates concurred with that decision, Lainez said.

The decision was first reported Monday by the Stars and Stripes newspaper.

The Purple Heart “recognizes those individuals wounded to a degree that requires treatment by a medical officer, in action with the enemy or as the result of enemy action where the intended effect of a specific enemy action is to kill or injure the service member,” Lainez said.

PTSD “is not a wound intentionally caused by the enemy from an outside force or agent, but is a secondary effect caused by witnessing or experiencing a traumatic event,” she said.

According to the National Institute of Mental Health, PTSD is an anxiety disorder that can develop “after exposure to a terrifying event or ordeal in which grave physical harm occurred or was threatened.”

The affliction is one of several reported in high numbers among veterans returning from duty in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, both marked by long tours and high exposure to combat trauma.
Lainez listed several additional factors in the Pentagon’s decision:

•Based on the definition of a wound, “an injury to any part of the body from an outside force or agent,” other Purple Heart award criteria, and 76 years of precedent, the Purple Heart has been limited to award for physical wounds, not psychological wounds;

•PTSD is specifically listed as an injury not justifying award of the Purple Heart in Title 32 of the Code of Federal Regulationbs.

•The requirement that a qualifying Purple Heart wound be caused by “an outside force or agent” provides a fairly objective assessment standard that minimizes disparate treatment between service members. Several members could witness the same traumatic event, for instance, but only those who suffer from PTSD would receive the Purple Heart.

•Current medical knowledge and technologies do not establish PTSD as objectively and routinely as would be required for this award at this time.

•Historically, the Purple Heart has never been awarded for mental disorders or psychological conditions resulting from witnessing or experiencing traumatic combat events — for example, combat stress reaction, shell-shock, combat stress fatigue, acute stress disorder, or PTSD.

Lainez stressed that the Pentagon “is working hard to encourage service members and their families to seek care for PTSD, by reducing the stigma and urging them to seek professional care.”

Service members diagnosed with PTSD “still warrant appropriate medical care and disability compensation,” she said.

3rd BATTALION, 1st MARINES IN THRILLING COMBAT VIDEO

Video follows the 3rd Battalion, 1st Marines on various combat missions in Iraq. Great action video with great music.

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4 MARINES KILLED WHEN CONVOY IS AMBUSHED (ACTION-PACKED VIDEO)

Four U.S. Marines are killed when their convoy is ambushed by insurgents in this video.

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FLY IT LIKE YOU STOLE IT!! BLACKHAWK HELICOPTER MUSIC VIDEO (SMASHING PUMPKINS)

You are brought right on board a Blackhawk helicopter with music by Smashing Pumpkins in this action packed video.

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