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Julian Assange & Bradley Manning`s Defense Fund

The US response to Assange's release of secret documents was to prohibit banks and PayPal transfer funds; now there is a way to help.

(EUGENE) - You might recall that when Daniel Ellsberg released the Pentagon Papers to the press, no one in the press was prosecuted for releasing the information.

When Bush's chief advisor, Karl Rove and Cheney's chief advisor, Scooter Libby, outed an undercover agent by talking to the press, which resulted in the deaths of a dozen of her secret contacts, destroyed her career, and made her a death target for life, Bush waved his wand and it was all okay.

Marine Medal of Honor Recipient, Nation`s Best- Faces Retaliation as Whistleblower

The Medal of Honor reflects the gratitude of the entire nation. Here's the rest of the story...

(SALEM) - Marine Corps sergeant Dakota Meyer was awarded the Congressional medal for saving 36 lives in the heat of extensive combat, in Afghanistan.

But now, instead of being honored, Dakota Meyer is experiencing retaliation for having blown the whistle on a former employer based in England, military defense contractor BAE Systems, that he believes was trying to sell military hardware to Pakistan that could in turn be used against U.S. forces.

Final Return Home for Salem Marine Killed in Afghanistan

"Thank you, Corporal Buyes, for your service to this grateful nation. Rest well." - Facebook comment

(SALEM) - A Salem, Oregon Marine who was killed during combat operations in Afghanistan 26 November 2011, 21-year old Adam J. Buyes, arrived home today under full escort.

Salem-News.com Video Photographer Jerry Freeman was on scene to record the procession, and Q Madp, our photographer and the founder and energy behind IraqWarHeroes.com, was there to shoot the still photos.

Reflections of the Iraq War

It's a war where nationalism drove an aggressive U.S. to mirror the behavior it supposedly believed Iraq was 'capable' of committing.

(SALEM) - For many the war in Iraq will never end, and for their sake everyone should understand as much as possible about this military operation that claimed far more lives than western media sources accurately reveal.

There is right and there is wrong and there is popular opinion. U.S. politicians with few exceptions, follow that third option.

Research Briefs for the 2011 Bonn Conference

As international attention focuses on Taliban negotiations, Painful Steps: Justice, Forgiveness and Compromise in Afghanistan’s Peace Process argues the need for a peace process based on the desires of the Afghan people.

(KABUL) - Ten years after the first Bonn conference attempted to lay the foundations for Afghanistan’s reconstruction, Afghan and international actors at Bonn II will meet to discuss the post-2014 handover of security responsibility to the Afghan government and the nature of the international community’s ongoing commitment to the country.

Will the U.S. Appease Iran for Afghanistan Supply Routes?

American military leaders have shot themselves in the foot a few times in history, but this...

(SALEM) - The sudden realization that the United States might have to utilize supply routes through Iran to continue its war in Afghanistan, is a buzz kill for the rooting sections of pro-war Americans who back Israel's religious apartheid government in cries for war and blood.

There are few concessions for sloppy combat work and the recent U.S. attack on two Pakistan military outposts could really refocus the priorities of a country that is pounding away and becoming increasingly unpopular with the Afghan people grows exponentially.

Comparing Evils

From the Book RADICAL PEACE: People Refusing War

(OLDENBURG, Germany) - Jamal Khan is an Afghan journalist who fled his country because of Taliban persecution and now lives in Germany.

Keeping Veterans` Claims Alive

Important info for U.S. military vets.

(SAN DIEGO) - In 2010, more than 3 million veterans received monthly monetary benefits from the Department of Veterans Affairs (VA), including more than 1 million veterans each from the Vietnam War and Gulf War eras, as well as veterans who served as far back as World War II.1 Nearly 40 percent of the veterans receiving benefits are age 65 or older.

Ending the War in Afghanistan

It is time to bring our sons and daughters home and hand over security in Afghanistan to the people of Afghanistan.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - After 10 years, more than one hundred thousand American troops remain in Afghanistan, at the cost of over $100 billion a year and the lives and well-being of too many of our young men and women who wear the uniform.

America has accomplished the goals that were originally set out in Afghanistan: eliminating al Qaeda's safe haven and bringing to justice those responsible for 9/11.

Undisciplined U.S. Military Attack in Pakistan?

Amid fierce resentment, a growing number of Pakistanis fear the U.S. may be losing its chance to secure peace in Afghanistan.

(SALEM) - 24 Pakistani troops were killed and 13 others injured in deadly airstrikes by U.S. and NATO forces on two of the country's military checkpoints.