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Army Chaplain Killed in Afghanistan: Some Go the Extra Mile

The last Army chaplain lost in combat was Phillip Nichols. He was also killed in October 1970 by a hidden explosive device planted by the enemy.

(KABUL / SALEM) - A U.S. Army chaplain was killed along with four other soldiers Monday, when the HUMVEE they were traveling in was struck by a roadside bomb.

The Chaplain, Army Captain Dale Goetz of the 4th Infantry Division, is the first Army clergyman to die in combat since the Vietnam War, 40 years ago.

Military T.B.I. and Nurse Katherine Helmick: Are There 1,000,000 PTSD & T.B.I. VICTIMS?

Penetrating Brain Injuries sound pretty drastic but surgical intervention saves many from typical seizures/epilepsy.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Every once in a while I just fall into serendipity. On August 28, 2010, I chanced to turn on C-Span and here was N.P. (Nurse Practitioner) Katherine Helmick, B.S., M.S., Senior Executive Director of the Military Traumatic Brain Injury Project.

I was astonished to see that an N.P. had such a high medical position. Don’t get me wrong. My daughter is an N.P. and she is sharp! So is N.P. Helmick.

Death and Destruction: the Real Face of Western Value

Greedy Politicians, Profiteers, Cooperative greedy culture, world domination.

(SALEM, Ore.) - The Salem-News.com YouTube page receives a growing amount of traffic every day and along with that, constant pitches for friendship from fellow YouTube users all over the world.

Many items sent to our newsroom here end up as Salem-News.com articles and reports, and the video included below is no exception to that rule. We live in a world of war and pain and death and violence, where people perish in larger numbers sometimes than ever before in the past.

Hikers in Iran

Three devoted peace activists are still being held by Iran after being kidnapped a year ago.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - It has now been more than a year since Iranian authorities seized three Americans — Shane Bauer, Sarah Shourd, and Josh Fattal — in the mountains of Iraqi Kurdistan and falsely accused them of espionage on behalf of the U.S. government.

No formal charges have been filed, and they have been denied their right to see an attorney. All three have suffered from maltreatment, and Sarah is experiencing severe health problems.

An In-Depth Look at Salem-News.com Writers and Topics

An Editor's thoughts on managing the daily flow of a high traffic news Website.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Our goal from the first day has been to offer a product for news viewers that is helpful and educational, fast, non-invasive and undemanding, relevant and honest. We are bound to no political party and yet we do speak out clearly about certain issues.

Consider this an overview of who we are and what we do. There are many things always taking place at once as there are in any daily news environment; this article is a summary of that, and also contains information about future plans for the site.

Controversy Over Muslim Cultural Center Near Ground Zero

Racism and bigotry are alive and well in America.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - Lost in the shuffle about the protests of building a cultural center near Ground Zero is that a number of Muslims died at the towers that day -- not just the nut cases in the planes -- and that nearly all Muslims adamantly opposed the actions and events that took place on 9/11, and denounced them strongly, saying that the Islamic religion in no way condones it.

The controversy has been inaccurately dubbed the "Ground Zero mosque."

Emotion Vs. Logic

The religious battles that continue to be fought are over which symbol has the right of Primacy, and which leadership will prevail.

(PASO ROBLES, Calif.) - Propaganda and ignorance cause many Americans to believe the unbelievable about President Barack Obama.

It begins with a lack of understanding of the Religions of the Book, and ends with condemnations and accusations of the President; the victim of a campaign by Republicans whose purpose is to win back the power of the presidency by playing upon the ignorance of willing consenters. So, let’s set the record straight.

Public Enemy Number One: the American Press

Stealing America's freedoms like a thief in the night...

(CINCINNATI) - It’s 2010 and a few members of congress have noted that we have a corruption problem in Afghanistan. Over a period of 9 years. $2.4 trillion dollars has been stolen with a dozen enquiries, dozens of reports, audits, all saying the same thing.

The “war on terror” was more “pickpocketing” and not so much “Osama bin Waldo.” It’s 2010 and reports are trickling in that, just maybe, terrorist mastermind Osama has been dead for years and years.

Bin Laden is Dead; Long Live `Bin Laden`

Who’s keeping the terror myth alive?

(OSAKA, Japan) - In the trigger-happy post-9/11 world, the favoured way to instigate a war is to demand that the designated “evildoer” prove a negative.

Iraq was invaded because it couldn’t prove that it didn’t have WMDs. Iran is under constant threat of attack unless it can demonstrate that it’s not seeking nuclear weapons. And now Pakistan is being chastised for allegedly harbouring Osama bin Laden—who in all probability has been dead and buried for eight years.

The Ground Zero Mosque Lies

Let’s get some facts straight.

(CINCINNATI ) - There never were plans for a mosque at “ground zero.” The entire story is made up by a public relations agency working with the Israeli government and the GOP. There are plans for an Islamic center in an old Burlington Coat Factory store blocks away. That far down the island of Manhattan, a couple blocks away is “across town.”

The idea that Israel is financing the “Ground Zero Mosque” controversy when Mossad agents were arrested, dancing in the streets on 9/11, is an obscenity.