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Police Marijuana Raid Turns Deadly; Prosecutor Seeks to Employ NDAA?

"There is no time frame or deadline for filing charges" - Weber County Attorney Dee Smith

(SALEM) - The police invasion of a private home leaves a law enforcement officer dead and a U.S. veteran facing the death penalty.

It could be the most definitive example of why rogue SWAT tactics and marijuana are a bad mix.

Faces of Oregon war dead

Oregonians from 70 towns have been killed in the fighting overseas...

(PORTLAND) - The Sunday Oregonian rightly welcomed an Oregon Army National Guard battalion home from Afghanistan.

But we need also note that, according to the Pentagon, at least 93 military members who claimed home towns in Oregon have died in the Iraq and AfPak wars. The Oregonian counts 111 because its criteria is that a GI need only have "some tie" to Oregon or SW Washington to be counted.

Barack Obama Takes a Cruel, Personal Shot at U.S. Marines

The Oval Office proves once again that Obama's alliance is toward corporate Amerika and the vaunted 1%, and certainly not with this nation's warriors.

(SALEM) - Salem-News.com readers know that we care greatly about the water contamination at the Camp Lejeune Marine base in North Carolina.

For decades, Marines drank the water along with their families, and they died of cancer, men developed the highest rate of breast cancer for any single spot known on earth, and so many infants were stillborn that Marine moms were at one point, forced to have their babies cremated.

`Time to Attack Iran`?

A Council on Foreign Relations article lacks transparency and impartiality...

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - he council on foreign relations, one of the think tanks seen as a major contributor to the forecasting of the White House foreign policies, has lately published an opinion piece that says “Time to attack Iran”.

In the piece the council downplays the fears of many skeptics who envision the perilous consequences of an attack on Iran tantamount to a WWIII scenario, and therefore refuse to subscribe to a preemptive strike of its nuclear facilities.

US Spies could be Tracking you on Twitter & Facebook

Fake profiles used by Department of Homeland Security, says privacy group, List of keywords flags ‘danger’ signal, DHS may attempt to identify users from their accounts - Keywords include ‘virus’, ‘drill’ and ‘illegal immigrant’

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - The Department of Homeland Security makes fake Twitter and Facebook profiles for the specific purpose of scanning the networks for ‘sensitive’ words – and tracking people who use them.

Simply using a word or phrase from the DHS’s ‘watch’ list could mean that spies from the government read your posts, investigate your account, and attempt to identify you from it, according to an online privacy group.

Vietnam-era chemical poison on US farms

America's farmlands are to be carpet-bombed with Vietnam-era Agent Orange chemical if approved, in what is the latest example of how the US commits acts of war against humanity.

(WASHINGTON D.C. Press TV) - Considered by world nations to be a "Weapon of Mass Destruction" (WMD), a key chemical in Agent Orange, 2, 4-D, may be dropped on US farmland in a few months time.

According to an article published on Tuesday, the US govt. may soon approve the petition of the Dow AgroSciences Chemical Company to unleash Agent Orange on agricultural land across the United States.

Mainstream Media keeps al-Qaeda Myth Alive

“Who’s going to object to referring to the Sunni insurgency in post-war Iraq as yet another attack by al-Qaeda?”

(ALEXANDRIA, Egypt) - While surfing the morning news, Most people would indifferently glance at this headline “Al-Qaida in Iraq says it was behind Baghdad blasts” but would fail to grasp the real story behind it.

But then, how could they not when the story is presented to them with such a deceiving title to begin with.

Special interview with KLEFF 2010 Winner for Best International Film (`Agent Orange` 30 Years Later`), John Trinh

From our friends with the Agent Orange Action Council.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - EcoKnights recently caught up with the 2010 KLEFF winner for the Best International Film, Vietnamese-born American John Trinh; he shares his first experience at the his winning film “Agent Orange: 30 Years Later” and his future plans in the world of film making.

U.S. Air Force vs. Combat Infantry: Intense Love-Hate Relationship

The Air Force had casualties in dead, missing, and wounded but nothing like the Combat Infantry, the ones who did the actual fighting.

(MOLALLA, Ore.) - Words alone cannot describe the feelings about the Air Force of a Combat Infantryman, Lucky Bastards was the most common word for us slogging through the rain, mud, snow, and cold. We also had envy, jealousy, loathing, and hatred.

Some even called them the American Luftwaffe because they bombed or strafed us with machine gun fire- we guys in the mud.

Montanans Launch Recall of Senators Who Approved NDAA Military Detention. Merry Christmas, US Senate

Montana would be the first recall drive to be launched as a result of the vote for the NDAA military detentions provisions.

(HELENA) - Activists in one state made an unexpected move against US senators who passed the National Defense Authorization Act of 2011- which allows for the indefinite military detention of Americans without charge or trial.

Montanans have announced the launch of recall campaigns to give senators who voted for the bill the boot.