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Poetry: Iraq & Afghanistan

Taking a moment to observe the sacrifice; Foreword by Tim King.

(LOS ANGELES) - It is so easy for Americans to be supportive of the wars overseas, but understanding what they support is a different thing altogether. There are the politics, but let's put that aside.

The lives of combat forces are hard, very hard. There is the fear, there is the anticipation, the heat, the cold, the fatigue, the marginal food, the attitudes, the endlessly competitive spirit of competition, the list goes on and on.

Week 1 of Pill Mill Doc Trial in Wichita, Kansas

"So dark the con of man" - Da Vinci Code

(WICHITA, Kansas) - Opening statements in what could be a 12 week trial, included a prosecutor portraying Stephen Schneider, a former doctor, and his wife Linda, a nurse in his medical practice as "greedy criminals".

"This is a case about money, not medicine," Assistant US Attorney Tanya Treadway told jurors this week.

The Next 9/11-Made in Israel?

If, as Benjamin Netanyahu admitted, 9/11 was “very good” for Israel, a nuclear 9/11 might be even better.

(OSAKA, Japan) - Citing the possibility of a terrorist organization getting nuclear weapons as the greatest threat to U.S. security, Barack Obama persuaded 46 other countries at the recent Nuclear Security Summit to agree to secure the world’s loose nuclear material.

Those leaders who came to Washington might have done more to avert a nuclear attack, however, if they had asked the U.S. President to account for America’s own loose nukes.

Israeli Settlers and the `Price Tag` Campaign

Religious extremists in Israel are a threat toward Palestinians, police and even the IDF.

(HAWARA / SALEM) - Religion and pathology make a dangerous mix; that's how Israel's Haaretz begins their article today about the West Bank's far-right extremist settlers in Yizthar and the "price tag" campaign.

NSML Decries Suspension of UNLV Basketball Player for Adult Marijuana Use

Suspension highlights the way society treats individuals who make the rational choice to use marijuana instead of alcohol.

(LAS VEGAS, Nv.) - UNLV basketball player Matt Shaw has been suspended for one year — ending his career with the team — because of one positive test for marijuana.

Shaw, fourth on the team in scoring last year, tested positive during a random drug test administered during the recent NCAA tournament.

What`s Happening in Thailand?

An Interview with Patrick Winn – American journalist in Bangkok.

(TEHRAN) - Nowadays, Thailand is witness to one of the bloodiest civil wars since the 2006 military coup which ousted the popular Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra from office.

The supporters of former Prime Minister are calling for the dissolution of parliament and a new round of general elections.

Poem: Arizona Immigration Law & Senator John McCain

"As a former marine I am honored by your call to duty & sacrifice, But you and no one alive should deny any minority a better life."

(LOS ANGELES) - What do you think of John McCain's politics? Millions of Americans see Arizona's decision to have local police officers begin enforcing immigration law. as the last thing that this nation needs.

To some, the act of singling out people on a border with a Hispanic country without racial profiling is a cruel fantasy.

The Alleged `Undertreatment of Pain` in the U.S. Military

The notion of "undertreatment of pain" involves a goal of addicting every class of people in our country with opioids -- even our bravest -- our military.

(MYRTLE BEACH, S.C.) - The pharmaceutical industry, their pain societies/foundations and their lobbyists fought for a Military Bill for the "undertreatment of pain in our armed forces" and were successful at having the bill pass.

One of Big Pharma`s Biggest Operators Blows the Whistle

Dr John Rengen Virapen is a former scientist who after 35 years of work in the pharmaceutical industry, has left it to warn the public of the nefarious dealings and motives of the pharmaceutical industry.

(SALEM, Ore.) - Our writers, namely Dr. Phil Leveque and Marianne Skolek, have written at great length about the moral impropriety of the pharmaceutical industry. If you haven't noticed, this industry is banned from advertising on Salem-News.com.

A former member of big pharma business, Dr. John Renger Virapen, has come forward with serious charges against the industry at large, which backs much of the data we have published.

Alleged Head of the Quintero Drug Trafficking Enterprise Extradited to U.S. From Mexico

Eight-year battle by defendant to avoid extradition ends with one way trip to San Antonio.

(SAN ANTONIO) - Juan Jose Quintero-Payan, 68, of Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico, has been extradited to Texas to face four felony violations of the drug and racketeering statutes, José Angel Moreno and John E. Murphy.

U.S. Attorneys for the Southern and Western Districts of Texas, along with a special agent in charge of the Drug Enforcement Administration’s Houston Division, made the announcement today.