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U.S. personnel in Iraq could face court-martial…

19 hours ago ago from Sola Dei Gloria

Today's strange story.. Army orders court martials for soldiers who get pregnant in northern Iraq American soldiers in northern Iraq who get pregnant or who impregnate a service member even if they are married to each other face court martial and possible jail time, the military newspaper Stars & Stripes reported Monday. The order effects soldiers in the region that includes Kirkuk, Tikrit, Balad, Mosul and Samarra and applies ...

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Army general in Iraq issues pregnancy ban

12 hours ago ago from One Penny Sheet

OPS_admin | Dec 20, 2009 | Comments 0 U.S. personnel in the north could face court-martial, jail for failing orders The Army general of U.S. forces in Northern Iraq has banned pregnancy among military personnel in his command, NBC News reported on Friday. Anyone who becomes pregnant or impregnates another servicemember, including married couples assigned to the same unit, could face a court-martial and jail time, according to ...

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Web users unite: Let’s tell sites to pay up

21 hours ago ago from BakoWeb.com Website Hosting Blog

Washington Post Link By Kevin Kelleher Washington Post Sunday, December 20, 2009 Wake up, Web users. It's time you demanded your fair share for the vast wealth you are helping to build for the Internet's most popular sites. Yahoo, despite its recent troubles, has $4 billion in cash. Google has $22 billion that it won't even share [...]

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Planet Terror

4 hours ago ago from rambo

Planet Terror (2007) IMDB rating: 7.80 Plot: After an experimental bio-nerve gas is accidentally released at a remote U.S. military base in Texas, those exposed to the gas turn into flesh-eating, mutating zombies out to kill. An assortment of various people who include stripper Cherry, her shady mechanic ex-boyfriend Wray, a strong-willed doctor, the local sheriff, and an assortment of various people must join forces to survive the ...

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World’s Sole Military Superpower’s 2 Million-Troop, $1 Trillion Wars

16 hours ago ago from Aletho News

By Rick Rozoff | December 21, 2009 With a census of slightly over 300 million in a world of almost seven billion people, the U.S. accounts for over 40 percent of officially acknowledged worldwide government military spending with a population that is only 4 percent of that of the earth's. A 10-1 disparity. In addition to its 1,445,000 active duty service members, the Pentagon can and does call upon 1.2 million National Guard and ...

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U.S. soldiers in Iraq could face courts-martial for getting pregnant

18 hours ago ago from CNN - U.S.

U.S. soldiers in Iraq could face courts-martial for getting pregnant From Barbara Starr and Adam Levine, CNN No pregnancy, general's orders STORY HIGHLIGHTS New order makes getting pregnant, impregnating a fellow soldier an offense Rule meant to prevent losing soldiers when troop strength is stretched thin, general says Of the 22,000 people in the command, 1,682 are women

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U.S.-Allied Sunni Groups Struggle Under Iraqi Control : NPR

15 minutes ago ago from NPR

Search hear continuous streams 24-Hour Program Stream NPR News and Shows hear the latest news [4 min 45 sec] Latest NPR Newscast U.S.-Allied Sunni Groups Struggle Under Iraqi Control December 22, 2009 Audio for this story from All Things Considered will be available at approx. 7:00 p.m. ET ...

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