specifically, soldiers and their commanders exposed (even after the fact) in combat and bombing areas.
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If you are really interested in this topic, I recommend reading "The Plutonium Files," a recently published book. It reports on the negative health effects of uranium and plutonium, specifically the results of secret tests performed on civilian citizens and members of the military, by our government. (Almost all of whom were unaware they had unwittingly become guinea pigs.) Very interesting and informative.
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because they exposed to direct impacts.
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The Air Force used to be part of the Army.
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A soldier is created and built to do duty for his/her country. They shouldn't be home at all.
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No its not...The Americans have been caught doing worst..but remember..in all cases its been the British and Americans who has exposed these brutal acts..that says a lot about the people..\nand one other point the soldiers who are caught doing these acts are punished.
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Well, I can tell you that I know first hand.. prior to being deployed to Afghanistan or Iraq soldiers were briefed on the extremely prevalence of homosexuality in those countries.. particularly in Afghanistan where the Taliban's rule was so strict about mingling with women and such.. as you described in your question.  This is a huge secret kept from the American people because we might OFFEND our precious Muslim allies should this information get out.  Soldiers were literally ORDERED not to talk about such information with the public.  However, I am serious as a heart attack.  Especially in Afghanistan, but all throughout the strict Muslim world, it is not at all uncommon that men will have sex with men for pleasure.  There is usually no love involved, and I'm sure that Akmed would behead you if you called him gay, but it is extremely prevalent and is often considered acceptable or natural.  The women in those societies are strictly off limits, even the wives (except for reproduction purposes).  One of the biggest problems our soldiers encountered on the ground in Afghanistan was the super high AIDS/HIV rate of the common people, particularly in men.  Furthermore, I know first hand that one of the most difficult things for United States soldiers running those prisons was to keep the Muslim men from having sex with one another all the time.  Our medical troops would test and label who was and who was not HIV positive, only to test a few weeks later and have new cases within the prisons.  It was hell trying to keep the right people separated from one another because of room constraints and the fact that they wouldn't keep their hands off of each other behind closed doors.  Another issue was that terrorists would recruit young boys to fight the coalition forces, and after liberated, there was strong evidence that many of the young boys had been sleeping with and having sex with their elder captors, as a sort of friendship or loyalty thing.  Of course, in reality it mounted to child rape.  It was--and I am sure still is-- a disgusting phenomena within those countries.  I'm sure you've all seen the Iraq prison torture pictures with all the naked Muslim men performing sex acts.. it got the US in big trouble last year... well I sometimes wondered how "uncomfortable" some of those men were.  Furthermore, hasn't Bin Laden been hanging out in a cave for years now with only a bunch of male lieutenants and man servants as companions?  Also, haven't you noticed how every single time a video surfaces from one of the terrorists leaders our CIA issues a statement about that person's apparent health, which usually includes liver problems, obvious nerve damage etc.  I don't think they are chugging corn whiskey or sipping acid in the desert, so liver and organ problems no doubt points to Hepatitis-C, syphilis, or other STDs.  Check out some of the articles compiled on the sites below if you are still skeptical after reading this!
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An explosion is an example.
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many things that took place in WWII are still guarded as secrets
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I know a truly amazing woman who survived a concentrarion camp when she was 16-17.  It happened without a doubt.  And the numbers don't matter  If it was 300,00 it is still appalling.  It was not just Jews either.  Gypsys, homosexuals, physically and mentally disabled, anyone the Nazis consider undesirable were also targeted.
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i think malace has a lot to do with it.  When you talk about killing civilians, there is a certain line that is crossed, when you realize the person is not a threat but choose to end their life in a brutal manner.  When a pilot drops a bomb on a target, he belives his information is accurate, that this target is an enemy position and his mission will save lives.  \n  A foot soldier who sees clearly unarmed civilians who currently pose no risk has to face the reality that his targets may not be an enemy.  \n  A pilot may not realize his mistake until he returns for an after action brief.
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OK.  First off, the guards at Abu Graib weren't "troops."  Ok, they were enlisted as troops, but their lives were not threatened.  The guards blew it.  They had a simple job.  They blew it.  They abused human beings.  Given, we didn't decapitate anyone like the terrorists in the middle east; however, we are supposed to better than torturing our POW's.  Apparently, we are not.
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yes, it was an unknown soldier buried there, but like three years ago they exumed his body and did a dna test to verify the identity of the body, it is both a literal and symbolic burial, that soldier signified all of the unknown and missing soldiers that fought for our country
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It is civilians on the battlefield.  They are hired to plan civilian roles for our troops taring for the War in Iraqi.\n\nGod Bless You and The Southern People.
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About two weeks after the 911 attack, I was watching on the news that most people that even LOOKED like muslims were being arrested for practically no reason at all. That´s on the police´s side, but on the civilians side of the story, New Yorkers, for example, went out to the streets and beated down anyone that resembled muslim walking on the street, and in their houses, they broke their windows, and smashed the windshields on their cars. and things of that sort.
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Those that have already done it ALWAYS remember it being harder than it was.  *L*  "Back in MY day..."\n\nOf course, there are a LOT of things that have been dropped from the BT because of injuries, or have been deemed "unsafe" (damn OSHA), and some things have been added to meet the new combat situation.\n\nEasier?  No, just different.  The physical part is still there, the Drills are still there, just the classes have changed.
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Sadly, there have been quite a few recipients of the Bronze Star (or - as we soldiers currently prefer to call it - the BS) who were nowhere near a theater of combat. Many people won the BS without having ever left US soil while merely serving in a support role! Mainly officers and very senior NCOs. Go figure.
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http://www.capitolhillblue.com/blog/2006/03/soldiers_in_iraq_know_they_are.html