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San Antonio has paid a price in the war on terror. To date, 14 San Antonians have been killed in action and many more wounded. How many of these casualties may have been the result of the constantly changing "Rules of Engagement" is anybody's guess. War is a nasty business. Ask anyone who has ever been in combat and witnessed the death and destruction first hand. The military has a mission to kill the enemy and destroy their potential to wage war. Unfortunately, people, including civilians, get killed. During WWII the US and their allies deliberately bombed cities in Germany...

"MIAMI — American presence in Iraq is more dangerous to world peace than nuclear threats from North Korea or Iran, Rep. John Murtha, D-Pa., said to an audience of more than 200 in North Miami Saturday afternoon."

by Mark Finkelstein June 8, 2006 As has been documented at NewsBusters here, here, here and here, the predictable MSM response to the killing of Zarqawi has been to downplay its signficance. But there was one surprising bright spot late this morning. CNN host Carol Lin gave pull-out-now John Murtha a surprisingly rough run for his money. Lin: "A very big day for this administration. Is it fair to say that this attack and the killing of Al-Zarqawi wouldn't have happened if US troops were not on the ground?" Murtha was unwilling to concede the point: "I'm not sure about...

What's the price of Iraqi lives? We have witnessed enough to know that the US military is behaving more like Barbarian hordes than a well-trained army. Eyewitnesses, who insisted that Marines went on a rampage killing innocent Iraqi civilians to avenge the loss of their friend, have been proved right.   By Linda S. Heard , Special to Gulf News  Does man's inhumanity to man know no bounds? Last November, an IED (improvised exploding device) planted at a roadside near the Western Iraqi town of Haditha took the life of a US Marine. An official report of his death...