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McCain Marks 40th Anniversary of Crash

Republican John McCain reminisced with war buddies on Friday, 40 years after he was shot down over Vietnam, and made the anniversary part of his presidential campaign. McCain appeared with Col. Bud Day, a fellow Vietnam prisoner of war, and told reporters he was highlighting his military experience because of his pride in his service.

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American POW - One Year in Captivity

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.

TRICARE for Any Vet Found 'Unfit'

Source: Military.com

Bush to Seek Lifetime TRICARE for Medically 'Unfit' Vets

VA Reaches Out to Former Prisoners of War

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.

Always remember those who have fallen

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.

Hundreds Turn Out For Memorial Day Ceremony

Source: kltv.com

Across East Texas today, there were several ceremonies to remember our war dead.

Memorial Day takes on personal meaning

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 …

All 3, USA POW's dead, breaking: by Gerald

RIP Spc. Alex Jimenez, Pfc. Joseph Anzack Jr., and Pvt. Byron Fouty. UPDATE: VOI: Bodies of Three Kidnapped Soldiers Found

Honoring today's troops

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: Intel, 3 missing POW's: by Gerald

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.

CIA: Bush Personally Authorized "interrogation methods [torture?] that may be used against detainees"

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.

Jessica Lynch Sets the Record Straight about What Really Happened

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?

Why is My Dad Far Away in That Place Called Guantanamo Bay? Young Boy's Plea to Tony Blair

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?

6 Hezbollah militants detained during war seek POW status - Haaretz - Israel News

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.

Israeli American captured by Syria 'still alive after 23 years'

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.  …

Follow Omar Khadr From an Al Qaeda Childhood to a Gitmo Cell

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.

High-Value Detainees Will Be Given Prisoner-of-War Status

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.

Will Bush and Gonzales get away with it?

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.

G.O.P. Senator Resisting Bush Over Detainees

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.

History of Israeli-Arab Prisoner Exchanges

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.

The Ongoing Debate over Guantanamo Bay: Ordinary Prison or Place of Torture?

From the Vietnam War to Operation Iraqi Freedom, the topic of prisoners of war has sparked interest in many people.

Oregon Governor To Present Purple Heart, POW Medal To Bataan Survivor

Source: CNET News.com

Better late than never. A happy Memorial Day to Omar McGuire and all who have given.

Guantanamo & Impeachment: February 23-24 in History

One of my many "Start Pages" (Google, Yahoo, MSN?) gives me one of those "This Day in History" factoids.

Outside View: U.S. no better than Soviets?

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.

Ex-POWs Meet Secret Breakfast Benefactor

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.