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U.S. Army to Add 22,000 Troops

Agence France Presse July 20, 2009.

Iraq Reclaims 1,000 Artifacts Smuggled Into U.S. Over Past Two Years

AzzamanSeptember 18, 2008.

No word on how U.S. authorities seized the items, who the traffickers were, or whether U.S. troops might be involved in the smuggling.

Winter Soldier on the West Coast: "Enough is Enough, It's Time to Get Out of There."

Dahr Jamail, IPS News. June 4, 2008.

Continuing the Winter Soldier hearings in Maryland and D.C., Iraq veterans tell a Seattle audience stories of the daily atrocities committed in Iraq.

Atheist Soldier Says Army Punished Him for His Beliefs

Steven Reynolds, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: Rights and Liberties. March 6, 2008.

At the very least, atheists arenâ€™t going to make it anywhere in the army during the Bush Administration.

Army Falsely Claims Lowering Standards of Recruitment Has Not Affected Troop Quality

Tom, ThinkProgress AlterNet: War on Iraq. March 4, 2008.

Having fewer high-quality recruits not only hurts military performance, it also costs money.

US Army Still Broken and Getting More Hollow By the Day

Richard Blair, The All Spin Zone AlterNet: PEEK. February 26, 2008.

The question is: will a Democratic Party controlled congress do anything about it?

Going AWOL vs. Going to Iraq

Mary Wiltenburg, Der Spiegel. March 26, 2007.

As criticism of the Iraq war grows at home, some US soldiers abroad increasingly are rejecting Bush's mission. On military bases across Germany, many are now seeking a way out through desertion or early discharge.