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nytimes.com - 2/15/2009
Army Data Show Rise in Number of Suicides
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The number of soldiers who committed suicide in January could reach 24, a count that would be the highest monthly total since the Army began tabulating suicides in 1980. The latest Army figures, released Thursday, show seven confirmed suicides last month, with another 17 deaths still being ...
Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'
longwarjournal.org - 2/9/2009
Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'
— longwarjournal.org — At least one squad of the joint Taliban-al Qaeda Shadow Army operating in Swat. Al Qaeda has... reorganized its notorious paramilitary formations that were devastated during the US invasion of Afghanistan in 2001 and 2002. Al ... (more) Al Qaeda's paramilitary 'Shadow Army'

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mudvillegazette.com - 2/10/2009
'Shadow Army'
— mudvillegazette.com — What's the Shadow Army, you say? The Shadow Army is active primarily in Pakistan's tribal areas, the... Northwest Frontier Province, and in eastern and southern Afghanistan, several US military and intelligence officials told The Long War Journal on condition of anonymity due to the ... (more) 'Shadow Army'

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mudvillegazette.com - 2/14/2009
Off to War at 74
— mudvillegazette.com — Iraq vet prepares to deploy to Afghanistan : FORT BENNING, Ga. — Dr. John Burson balked when... a skeptical Army staffer asked him to undergo a three-day physical exam to make sure he was fit to deploy as a field surgeon to Afghanistan. “Look, I’m training to run a half-marathon,” replied ... (more) Off to War at 74

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TomDispatch:  Tomgram: William Astore, Whose Military Is It Anyway?

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Tomgram: William Astore, Whose Military Is It Anyway?
TomDispatch — ... According to the New York Times, suicides in the U.S. Army this January alone could total as many as 24. (For January 2008, the number was five.) If so, that would not only be the highest monthly total since the Army started keeping such figures in 1980, but more deaths than occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan combined that month. In 2008 as a whole, at least 128 soldiers killed themselves. As the Times noted, "Suicides rose for the fourth year in a row, reaching the highest level in nearly three decades. Army officials say the stress of long deployments to war ...

Whose Military Is It Anyway?
Antiwar.com Original — A ccording to the New York Times , suicides in the U.S. Army this January alone could total as many as 24 . (For January 2008, the number was five.) If so, that would not only be the highest monthly total since the Army started keeping such figures in 1980, but more deaths than occurred in Iraq and Afghanistan combined that month. In 2008 as a whole, at least 128 soldiers killed themselves. As the Times noted, "Suicides … rose for the fourth year in a row, reaching the highest level in nearly three decades. Army officials say the stress of long deployments to war zones plays ...

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Insurgency vs counterinsurgency
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Army Offers Citizenship for Enlisting
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Foreign Legions — Neptunus Lex
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