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Diaspora Glorifying the Murderous LTTE- Navi Pillai

This fundamental circumstance have led to stereotyping the Tamil Diaspora as a glorifying group of a ‘ruthless organisation’.

(LONDON Sri Lanka Guardian) - The issue of Tamil Diaspora ‘glorying’ the ‘murderous’ LTTE has come to the focus with the outspoken charge of the UN Human Rights High Commissioner Navi Pillai who is widely respected for her integrity and impartial concern for the public good.

Such statement coming from a person of stature is welcome and must be taken as a helpful comment to correct the failures that is undermining the credibility of the whole Tamil Diaspora.

The Toxic Alphabet Soup of Military Health (Please Support my Motorcycle Ride for Veterans)

I'm on the road armed with a motorcycle, sleeping bag, and information to help Veterans.

(COLORADO SPRINGS) - When looking at military health problems, there are the toxic chemicals like TCE, AO and PCE, then there are the injury based PTSD and TBI; it becomes a confusing batch of acronyms and far too many Veterans are SOL as a result.

But there are answers, they begin with awareness, and understanding, and that is what 'Operation Red Dragonfly' is all about.

Operation Red Dragonfly Veteran Health Outreach Mission in Colorado

Veterans can in come cases, received disability claims for contact with toxic water, this is particularly true for those who served at Camp Lejuene in North Carolina.

(DENVER) - Operation Red Dragonfly, my solo motorcycle mission to travel the United States giving talks about contaminated military bases and other critical health issues like PTSD and Agent Orange, is already being met with great success.

With the help of Marine widow Sheree Evans in Missouri and a wonderful team across the US, we are spreading the word about health issues that continue to claim those who served.

2013 National POW-MIA Recognition Day Poignant to Family of Pilot Killed in Vietnam

The pilot's "Naval Aviator's Certificate" was repatriated with the next of kin.

(Washington, D.C.) - "Doc" Sheehan is currently the VFW State Surgeon for Illinois. He wrote the story below, and the video was produced by Patrick J. Hughes. It will bring tears to your eyes, and rightly so. Read on:

On September 20, 2013 National POW-MIA Recognition Day in front of the Lincoln Memorial, I returned a piece of personal memorabilia to the daughter of USMC LCL Robert N. Smith, whose F4B crashed over North Vietnam in 1969.

Changing Lives in 24 Hours/Gaza Children with Shabab-4-Life TJP [Video]

Sixty Palestinian refugee youth enjoy a fun and educational day out thanks to some very caring souls.

(Jacksonville) - Two buses trundled to a cemetery in Gaza that had become the unfortunate home of a number of desperate Palestinian refugees. Hussein Haniyeh and the Shabab-4-Life team had come to pick up sixty children living in that poor refuge from international politics to give them a day out for recreation and a little education.

Their first stop was at the Omari Mosque where the shaykh gave the children some history about the mosque and let them explore its facilities.

Operation Red Dragonfly Moving East

A new promotional video below by Lisa Spaulding is in my opinion, totally fantastic.

(SALT LAKE CITY) - Operation Red Dragonfly has progressed through several western states with steady success. I am currently in Utah moving toward Colorado. The mission is designed to raise awareness of multiple health issues facing Veterans, many of which are fatal.

Whether contaminated with chemicals or saddled with the hard hitting reality of war and readjustment back to civilian life, Veterans who have the facts will live longer than those who suffer in informational darkness.

Operation Red Dragonfly Speaks to Paul Stanford

Tim King spoke with the fore running expert on the use of medical cannabis by Veterans, while out standing in the field of grass.

(PORTLAND, Ore.) - Paul Stanford from The THC Clinic in Portland, Oregon, is another supporter of Operation Red Dragonfly, our mission to educate Veterans and their families about the dangers of contaminated military bases, and also to gather elements for our upcoming documentary on PTSD (Post Traumatic Stress Disorder).

Paul Stanford is one person who knows about the connection between PTSD and medical cannabis.

`Coffee Strong` Near Joint Base Lewis-McChord - an Out of the Box Approach for Helping Vets

There are other outlets like Coffee Strong located near US military bases helping Vets in kind and creative ways, please watch the Operation Red Dragonfly interview with Andrew Wright.

(TACOMA) - I visited Coffee Strong in the Tacoma area Friday and was pleased to see a team organized to offer a strong outpouring of support for soldiers and other members of the military in the Joint Base Lewis-McChord area.

They offer valuable services to those traumatized by the military and war.

`Operation Red Dragonfly` Receives GoPro video Camera to Document Veteran Outreach Mission

Salem-News.com writer Vic Pittman also provided saddle bags for the trip!

(ALBANY, OR) - Your neighbor, your co-worker, your brother, mother, sister or father; they are the Americans who served this nation in the military and many if not most, were exposed to dangerous chemicals.

From administrative roles to infantry and aviation positions, bases are soaked in dangerous, deadly cancer-causing chemicals. I'll be raising awareness of this problem in the coming weeks all over the US.

Ending the Muslim Brotherhood`s Occupy Egypt (The Unreported Story)

“MB is about a distorted theology that is based mainly on blaspheming and delegitimizing the other and the other, is simply everybody who is not MB”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - As expected, the mainstream media raved about the horrifyingly bloody crackdown on the peaceful Muslim Brotherhood sit-ins in Cairo on Wednesday morning August 14.

The two sit-ins, or to be honest, the terrorist bases in Rabaa and Nahda squares, were not peaceful at all; unless you believe Moltov cocktails, automatic guns, grenades, and RPJs are legitimate tools in protests and occupy movements with a good cause.