Army Bills Soldier for Losing Gear After Getting Shot

He passed out after getting shot in the leg by a sniper and woke up in Germany with a Purple Heart.

But now the Army says he owes them for the gear he left behind in Iraq.

Source:
http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2010/06/soldier_gary_pfleider_shot_by.php

In Armys Trauma Care Units Soldiers Feel Warehoused

For many soldiers, Army Trauma Care Unites have become warehouses of despair, where damaged men and women are kept out of sight, fed a diet of powerful prescription pills and treated harshly by noncommissioned officers.

Source:
http://www.nytimes.com/2010/04/25/health/25warrior.html?src=sch&pagewanted=all

When suicide bombing is simply strategic suicide

There is no doubt that suicide attacks can be deadly -- and terrifying.

But are they effective in furthering the larger goals of the attackers? Osama bin Laden & Co. would like us to think so. Jihadists crow that they "love death" while the West "loves life," giving them an insuperable advantage that no conventional army can overcome.

Source:
http://articles.latimes.com/2010/apr/07/opinion/la-oe-boot7-2010apr07

Bomb disposal expert due to be sent to Afghanistan is quizzed

Nicholas Fabian, 32, an Army bomb disposal expert who is reportedly due to be posted to Afghanistan, was held after wife Victoria, also 32, suffered serious leg injuries in the blast in a communal car park in the village of Vigo, near Meopham, Kent, just after 1pm yesterday.

Source:
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1255901/Bomb-disposal-expert-sent-Afghanistan-quizzed-car-explosion-leaves-pregnant-wifes-legs-shredded.html