Iraq War Grief Daily Witness (photo) Day 222

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   RubDMC on January 17, 2006 at 4:16 pm

   

   Click on the candle to copy the image into your own comment (you can leave it on my server), and/or rate this one – not for mojo, but to leave a small mark after taking this moment.

   ” I know. But I do not approve. And I am not resigned.”
   from Dirge Without Music
   by Edna St. Vincent Millay

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   dada on January 17, 2006 at 4:21 pm

   

   Peace

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   Man Eegee on January 17, 2006 at 4:22 pm

   

   NOW!

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   DuctapeFatwa on January 17, 2006 at 4:24 pm

   Two deploying soldiers and a concerned mother reported Friday afternoon that the U.S. Army appears to be  singling out soldiers who have purchased Pinnacle’s Dragon Skin Body Armor for special treatment. The soldiers, who are currently staging for combat operations from a secret location, reported that their commander told them if they were wearing Pinnacle Dragon Skin and were killed their beneficiaries might not receive the death benefits from their $400,000 SGLI life insurance policies. The soldiers were ordered to leave their privately purchased body armor at home or face the possibility of both losing their life insurance benefit and facing disciplinary action.  

   The soldiers asked for anonymity because they are concerned they will face retaliation for going public with the Army’s apparently new directive. At the sources’ requests DefenseWatch has also agreed not to reveal the unit at which the incident occured for operational security reasons.  

   On Saturday morning a soldier affected by the order reported to DefenseWatch that the directive specified that “all” commercially available body armor was prohibited. The soldier said the order came down Friday morning from Headquarters, United States Special Operations Command (HQ, USSOCOM), located at MacDill Air Force Base, Florida. It arrived unexpectedly while his unit was preparing to deploy on combat operations….

   nerdified link

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     S2 on January 17, 2006 at 5:20 pm

     but what possible reason could there be to order soldiers to remove body armor?

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       Oui on January 17, 2006 at 5:40 pm

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       Breaking News: Fight’s On —
       Pinnacle Armor Dragon Skin vs. Interceptor Body Armor
       by David Crane

       January 13, 2006 — DefenseReview received some interesting information yesterday regarding this NewsHour with Jim Lehrer (PBS) interview of Lt. Col. Roger Charles (Ret.) and Lt. Col. Robert Maginnis (Ret.) conducted by Margaret Warner on Pinnacle Armor SOV Flexible Body Armor/Dragon Skin vs. the Interceptor Multi-Threat Body Armor System Outer Tactical Vest (OTV), a.k.a. Interceptor Body Armor. As many of our readers are probably aware, DefenseReview has published a number of articles on SOV/Dragon Skin. We first started writing about Dragon Skin body armor in October 2001.

       “Treason doth never prosper: what’s the reason?
       For if it prosper, none dare call it treason.”

       ▼ ▼ ▼ MY DIARY

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       DuctapeFatwa on January 17, 2006 at 6:26 pm

       so that company would not want disposables using the competition’s product.

       The article Oui links below seems to sort of hint at that, but understandably, it would not be something the Pentagon would want to discuss. If pressed, I am sure it will be a question of national security.

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   ask on January 17, 2006 at 4:43 pm

   
   Iraqi Captors Threaten Life of Reporter

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   jimstaro on January 17, 2006 at 5:40 pm

   
   Light A Candle For
   Peace, Tolerance, Understanding
   and For The Children – Innocence Lost!

   William Rivers Pitt | The New Fascism
   William Rivers Pitt writes: Say “fascism” to anyone you meet, and you will be greeted with the boilerplate response of the blithely overconfident: such a thing cannot happen here. This is the United States of America, land of the free and home of the brave. Ours is a nation of laws, of checks and balances, of righteousness and decency. Our laws and traditions stand as a bulwark against the rise of totalitarian madness. It cannot happen here. Thus we are indoctrinated into the school of our own assumed greatness.

   The 14 Defining Characteristics of Fascism

   U.S. MILITARY CALLED ON TO COMPENSATE IRAQI CIVILIANS

     (15 jan 2006) NEW YORK, Jan 15 (OneWorld) – U.S.-based humanitarian
     groups are urging the administration of President George W. Bush to
     compensate the families of innocent Iraqi citizens killed as a result
     of aerial bombings by the U.S. military.

   What if you were Iraqi, What would you be doing in present situation/occupation, in Your Own Country?

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     jimstaro on January 17, 2006 at 8:24 pm

     Mining for kids: Children can’t “opt out” of Pentagon recruitment database

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     jimstaro on January 17, 2006 at 8:56 pm

     Remember Afghanistan? Insurgents Bring Suicide Terror to Country
         By Kim Sengupta
         The Independent UK

        Tuesday 17 January 2006

        

     Years of Conflict
         By Jerome Taylor

     October 2001 – US-led invasion of Afghanistan begins.

     December 2001 – Hamid Karzai is sworn in as president of Afghanistan. Mullah Omar, the Taliban leader, and Osama bin Laden survive the war. Taliban and Arab fighters start anti-government insurgency.

     July 2002 – After weeks of guerrilla resistance in the southeast, Haji Abdul Qadir, the vice-president, is killed in Kabul. US air raid kills 48 civilians.

     September 2002 – Karzai escapes assassination attempt.

     June 2003 – Renewed fighting between government forces and Taliban fighters in Kandahar province kills 49.

     September 2004 – Karzai again escapes assassination.

     November 2004 – Karzai re-elected with 55 per cent of votes.

     May 2005 – Details emerge of prisoner abuse in detention centres run by US authorities.

     June 2005 – Three elite Navy Seals and 16 soldiers are killed during combat operations.

     August 2005 – US military says 100 militants are killed this month.

     September 2005 – Bomb attacks fail to stop Afghans voting in the first parliamentary and local elections for 30 years.

     October 2005 – Insurgents renew their attacks on government targets killing a top cleric.

     December 2005 – A resurgent Taliban targets peacekeeping forces. Al Qa’ida says the Taliban still controls large parts of Afghanistan.

     January 2006 – Increasing violence leaves scores of civilians dead including a senior Canadian diplomat.

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   supersoling on January 17, 2006 at 5:50 pm

   

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   alohaleezy on January 17, 2006 at 6:53 pm

   I’m out of words.

   PEACE

   Out of Iraq NOW!

9. 

   shermanesqe on January 17, 2006 at 8:13 pm

   

   For Peace…

10. 

    LookingUp on January 18, 2006 at 2:33 am

    that Baghdad Burning wrote about? Named Alan (Elin), who had the record store? Who’d find any piece of music you wanted? Who charmed any and all visitors…

    Who had a wife and two children?

    Who had a job and passion before the invasion?

    http://riverbendblog.blogspot.com/

    Such a waste.