On AlterNet: national guard

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Foreign Mercenaries Losing Their Immunity in Iraq

Willam Fisher, IPS News. December 18, 2008.

Under the agreement approved by the Iraqi government last week, U.S. contractors will be subject to Iraqi law for the first time.

The New Gulf War Syndrome

Nora Eisenberg, The Guardian. November 11, 2008.

Soldiers in Iraq and Afghanistan are in danger from toxic chemicals, yet most don't know what they've been exposed to or where to get help.

Next Troop Rotation to Consist Solely of National Guard

Spencer Ackerman, Attackerman AlterNet: PEEK. May 20, 2008.

Troop shortages require that all soldiers rotated into Iraq this spring come from the National Guard.

Your Time Is Up, Mr. President -- the National Guard Is Coming Home

Karen Dolan, Ben Manski, AlterNet. February 5, 2008.

The wisdom from Main Street U.S.A. continues to be vastly better than the "intelligence" propagated by 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue.

Soldier Mysteriously Killed in Afghanistan, Family Kept in the Dark, Sound Familiar?

Philip Barron, AlterNet: PEEK. October 3, 2007.

Philip Barron: Hopefully Ciara Durkin's family will get a swifter response from the military than LaVena Johnson's has.

Volunteer Soldiers Devastated by Iraq Weren't "Asking for It"

Stacy Bannerman, AlterNet. March 10, 2007.

"They volunteered, didn't they?" is a common sneering response to the stories about National Guardsmen whose lives were destroyed by Iraq -- the truth is that going to war is not what they signed up for.

"The National Guard just tried to recruit my 9 year old nephew"

Lindsay Beyerstein, AlterNet: PEEK. November 30, 2006.

Recruiting sergeant gives bloggers nephew a call.