Troops

Troops Articles

[08/08/2006] 40,000 U.S. Troops Have Deserted Since 2000
More than half served in the Army. But the Army says numbers have decreased each year since the United States began its war on terror in Afghanistan. Those who help war resisters say desertion is more prevalent than the military has admitted. » More

[08/08/2006] Soldiers \'hit golf balls before going out to kill family\'
US soldiers, accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, drank alcohol and hit golf balls before the attack. One of them grilled chicken wings afterwards, a criminal investigator told a US military hearing yesterday.\nBenjamin Bierce interviewed one of the accused, Specialist James Barker who made a written statement in which he recorded graphic and brutal sexual details of the alleged assault on March 12. » More

[08/08/2006] Soldier Testifies of Stress in Iraq Unit
Frequent deadly attacks by insurgents sapped morale and raised combat stress in a U.S. Army unit that included soldiers accused of raping and murdering a 14-year-old Iraqi girl, a private testified at a military hearing Tuesday. » More

[03/20/2006] Some troops headed back to Iraq are mentally ill
Besides bringing antibiotics and painkillers, military personnel nationwide are heading back to Iraq with a cache of antidepressant and anti-anxiety medications.\n » More

[03/16/2006] Video shows Iraqi Children playing with remains of US soldier
The children climb down into the crater left by an explosion and start picking up scraps of twisted metal. \"Allah is great!\" they shout before the camera hones in to show what one boy is holding: torn fabric, the colour of the camouflage fatigues worn by US troops. The next scene shows the same children holding aloft a human leg, shreds of the same camouflage fabric hang from it and the foot is clad in a military-style boot. The children trample the leg and kick it around in the dust. » More

[03/16/2006] Firm Failed to Protect U.S. Troops\' Water
Halliburton Co. failed to protect the water supply it is paid to purify for U.S. soldiers throughout Iraq, in one instance missing contamination that could have caused \"mass sickness or death,\" an internal company report concluded. » More