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Say a Prayer for the 3/5 Darkhorse Marines in Afghanistan

They are fighting it out in Afghanistan & they have lost 9 marines in 4 days; 13 since October.

(SALEM, Ore.) - "We are asking everyone to say a prayer for 'Darkhorse' 3rd Battalion 5th Marines and their families." That is an email from our writer, Chuck Palazzo, another former Marine veteran, who lives in Da Nang, Vietnam.

Women Veteran Suicides: Is this SOP (Standard Operating Procedure)?

Our sisters and sometimes our mothers or daughters...

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - This history of American women in the military goes back to the Revolutionary War and every war since and most probably the result of the same mistreatment including rape, the worst assault.

At the present time 15% of military veterans are female and this amounts to about 2,000,000.

What Really Happened to Meredith Kercher?

Reconstruction Shows the Details of What Happened.

(DALLAS, Tx.) - As Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito prepare to appeal their convictions for murdering Meredith Kercher, a forensic expert has stepped forward with a detailed and precise reconstruction of the crime.

Ron Hendry is blunt in his conclusion: "Amanda Knox and Raffaele Sollecito would never have been regarded as persons of interest – much less suspects – had the police correctly done their job from the start," he says.

The Insanity of Saddam Hussein`s Human Meat Grinder

Shredding your way to war with lies...

(SALEM / BAGHDAD) - I first heard of the 'human meat grinder' when I was in Baghdad, Iraq in 2008 on a particularly hot summer day, standing on Saddam Hussein's old parade ground.

WikiLeaks and Gaza Links

“It seems to us that the country which is not mentioned much, especially in the Middle East, or which this development seems to favor is Israel. This is how we see it in a way when we look in the context of who is benefiting and who is being harmed.”

(CLERMONT, Fla.) - WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange, champion for freedom of speech, may be facing investigation in the US.

In question is whether he violated espionage laws by hiding out after being charged by the international public prosecution office with "sex by surprise" for violating an obscure Swedish law against having sex without a condom.

WikiLeaks and The Sound of Silence

The U.S. military is not without considerable knowledge confirming the common source of the fixed intelligence that induced America to invade Iraq.

(TEMPE, Az.) - The scope and scale of WikiLeaks is a marvel to behold. Some praise it as the ultimate form of democracy. Others as the epitome of the most sacred of liberty’s principles: the right to know.

Yet the real story here is not what’s revealed but what’s withheld. The marvel is not what we now know but what is already known that is left unsaid. And what’s given an interpretive spin by those newspapers granted priority access.

Secrets no Longer

As the truth became obvious, Republican propaganda in favor of “winning” the war changed from a determination to “defeat an enemy” to justifying the Christian intrusion to bring “Freedom”.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - WikiLeaks has done it again. And in doing so has made the U.S. look foolish.

The cause stems from an attitude of the last administration, which President Obama inherited, that believes its opinions are superior to those of other governments, and even American citizens: it is not!

Uprooting the Bedouins of Israel

God-TV: sewing seeds of hate and strife...

(BEER-SHIVA, Israel) - Despite the fact that it was the seventh demolition since last July, this time the destruction of the Bedouin village Al-Arakib in the Israeli Negev was different.

The difference is not because the homeless residents have to deal this time with the harsh desert winter; nor in the fact that the bulldozers began razing the homes just minutes before the forty children left for school, thus engraving another violent scene in their memory.

The Most Annoying Little Fruit on YouTube

A fresh slice of humor...

(SALEM, Ore.) - Every now and then we receive an unsolicited story contribution that begins with something like... "Here's something to break up the dark cloud that accompanies most Salem-News.com regular reports" and I have to smile, because I understand.

We all have our reprieve and I thought I'd share one of mine with our readers. This guy is a real fruit and an incredible hit on YouTube: "The Annoying Orange".

Continued US Presence Must be a Priority for Lasting Peace in Sudan

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - The Sudan Caucus is urging the President to send Hillary Clinton, Colin Powell, and John Danforth to Sudan to assure the full implementation of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement.

Danforth and Powell played a key role in securing the CPA and thus should be at the forefront of this continued diplomatic process.