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  • U.S. Military Weapons Inscribed With Secret 'Jesus' Bible Codes

    01/18/2010 8:50:10 AM PST · by US Navy Vet · 199 replies · 8,307+ views
    ABC News ^ | Jan. 18, 2010 | By JOSEPH RHEE, TAHMAN BRADLEY and BRIAN ROSS
    Coded references to New Testament Bible passages about Jesus Christ are inscribed on high-powered rifle sights provided to the United States military by a Michigan company, an ABC News investigation has found.
  • Army Chief of Staff Endorses Women 'Warriors'

    04/13/2005 7:20:52 PM PDT · by zzen01 · 13 replies · 508+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | April 14, 2005 | Dave Eberhart
    Army Chief of Staff Gen. Peter Schoomaker strongly defended the inclusion of female "warriors" in the armed forces - and the growing number of female casualties.
  • 4 U.S. Marines Killed in Iraq Incidents

    08/22/2004 10:43:32 AM PDT · by jolie560 · 2 replies · 339+ views
    NYPOST ^ | Aug 22, 1:11 PM EDT | Abdul HusseinAl-Obeidi
    NAJAF, Iraq (AP) -- U.S. warplanes bombed Najaf's Old City and troops clashed with Shiite militiamen Sunday amid fears a plan to end the standoff could collapse. An Iraqi mediator pleaded for radical cleric Muqtada al-Sadr to pull his fighters from the revered shrine at the center of the crisis. Meanwhile, four U.S. Marines assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force have been killed in separate incidents in Iraq's volatile Anbar province, the military announced. .... A car bomb also detonated near a U.S. military convoy outside Mosul, the military said. Two children were injured in the blast.
  • Top US general attacks hawks' strategy on Iraq

    08/23/2002 10:24:41 AM PDT · by Theyknow · 47 replies · 113+ views
    Telegraph UK ^ | 8/23/02 | By David Rennie in Washington and Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor
    hawks' strategy on Iraq By David Rennie in Washington and Anton La Guardia, Diplomatic Editor (Filed: 23/08/2002) One of America's most senior generals has condemned as "foolish" plans backed by leading Washington hawks to topple Saddam Hussein by using special forces in a repetition of the tactics that succeeded in Afghanistan. Gen James L Jones Gen James L Jones, the four-star commander of the Marine Corps who will be taking over as Nato's supreme allied commander, was clearly addressing high-ranking conservatives in and around the Pentagon. Some have demanded a short, sharp attack on Iraq involving local opposition forces backed...