Source: Conservative Thoughts
I am again posting the story on one of our American heroes Army Specialist Ahmed Altaie. I have posted several times in past about Ahmed's case asking for anyone who reads the post to contact their Senators and Congressman to ask for an update on Ahmed's status.
Source: Military.com
Bush to Seek Lifetime TRICARE for Medically 'Unfit' Vets
Source: Military.com
Do you know any former prisoners of war (POW) or their family members? If so, the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) needs your help.
Source: zwire.com
"President Abraham Lincoln once said, 'Any nation that does not honor its heroes will not long endure'," Command Sgt. Major Louis E.
Source: kltv.com
Across East Texas today, there were several ceremonies to remember our war dead.
Source: dailyastorian.info
Flags danced in the wind on Memorial Day and it seemed that flowers were everywhere as North Coast residents and visitors took time out to remember soldiers who gave their lives for their country.First called Decoration Day, the holiday has its roots in the Civil War when women's …
RIP Spc. Alex Jimenez, Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., and Pvt. Byron Fouty. UPDATE: VOI: Bodies of Three Kidnapped Soldiers Found
Source: walb.com
Andersonville - - It's a day we put our political differences aside and pay tribute to those who proudly serve our country. All over the country Saturday, Americans recognized Armed Forces Day.The sound of Echo Taps could be heard all over the country Saturday.
UPDATE: A U.S. military source familiar with the manhunt said the two-vehicle convoy was struck with a roadside bomb, then was apparently ambushed by gunmen. Some of the soldiers had been shot.
Source: The New York Times
The Central Intelligence Agency has acknowledged for the first time the existence of two classified documents, including a directive signed by President Bush, that have guided the agency's interrogation and detention of terror suspects.
Source: MSNBC
What was the greatest misinformation about you? The whole Rambo story, that I went down fighting. It just wasn't the truth. So what really happened?
Source: Common Dreams
Ten-year-old Anas el-Banna will walk to the door of Number 10 Downing Street this week to ask for an answer to the question he has been trying to have answered for four years: Why can't my Dad come home?
Source: Haaretz
Six Hezbollah detainees being held by Israel since the second Lebanon war will petition the High Court of Justice on Wednesday, asking that they be recognized as prisoners of war.
Source: CNET News.com
The parents of a Brooklyn-born Israeli soldier who was captured by Syrian forces 23 years ago solemnly marked the birthday of their missing son this weekend, petitioning the Israeli government to do more to work for the release of the soldier, whom they believe is still alive. …
Source: Rolling Stone
He was a child of jihad, a teenage soldier in bin Laden's army. Captured on the battlefield when he was only fifteen, he has been held at Guantanamo Bay for the past four years -- subjected to unspeakable abuse sanctioned by the president himself.
Source: ABC News
ABC News has learned that President Bush will announce that high-value detainees now being held at secret CIA prisons will be transferred to the Department of Defense and granted protections under the 1949 Geneva Conventions.
Source: Salon.com
The pilot and Vietnam POW -- a staunch Republican -- who pushed through the War Crimes Act of 1996 is appalled that the Bush administration, facing possible prosecution for war crimes, is devising a legal escape hatch.
Source: The New York Times
Senator Lindsey Graham advocates using the the military's existing court martial system to try terrorist detainees, bucking his own party and President Bush.
Source: thejerusalemfund.org
Arrangements for prisoner exchanges between Arab governments and Israel date back to 1948. During the early 1980s, the Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO) and Israel exchanged prisoners, the most famous of which is known as the "Jibril Deal" in May 1985.
From the Vietnam War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, the topic of prisoners of war has sparked interest in many people.
Source: CNET News.com
Better late than never. A happy Memorial Day to Omar McGuire and all who have given.
One of my many "Start Pages" (Google, Yahoo, MSN?) gives me one of those "This Day in History" factoids.
Source: United Press International
Now that the Defense Department has come up with a name for the current conflict -- "the Long War" -- it's fair to ask if that war's duration amounts to a life sentence for detainees and also to question the circumstances under which captives are being held.
Source: The Buffalo News
" NORFOLK, Va. (AP) -- For 30 years, a group of former World War II prisoners of war has been getting together for a monthly breakfast at Bunny's Restaurant. And for the last few years, someone has been anonymously picking up the tab.