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Street Smarts

Kofi Anan is a drink? True or False? asked the questioner...

(MANAMA, Bahrain) - On several occasions recently, TV hosts have conducted random street interviews revealing that the average American is incredibly uninformed.

For instance, when one passerby was asked “Which state does KFC come from,” he answered, “What, the chicken? I don’t know. I really don’t know.”

Remembering Vietnam

After 1,000 years of domination by China, Vietnam’s conflicts with the French and the U.S. were mere bumps in the road.

(SAN FRANCISCO) - January 30th marks the forty-fourth anniversary of the beginning of the Tet Offensive, a defining event in the Vietnam War.

I was a U.S. Army Transportation officer stationed in Vietnam during the 1968 Tet Offensive.

TET `68 and the Siege at Khe Sanh - 44 Years Ago

The Chinese New Year holiday holds memories of fierce bravery and combat.

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - The infamous Tet Offensive in the Vietnam War, 44 years ago, marked the turning point in a long U.S. military struggle to help the South Vietnamese win a decisive victory against the Communist North.

Both sides had strong determination, and the Americans fought for years with the Army of the Republic of South Vietnam (ARVN) with many victories to their credit.

Booby Traps of the Vietnam War

Lethal booby traps are often used in warfare, particularly guerilla warfare...

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - A booby trap is a device set up to be triggered by an unsuspecting victim. As the word trap implies, they often have some form of bait designed to lure the victim towards it.

However, in other cases the device is triggered when the victim performs some type of everyday action e.g. opening a door, picking something up or switching something on.

Rumor Mill Claims Monsanto Purchased Blackwater (XE) as its own Private Army

A translation mistake started an information whiplash; the nation's most deadly company, Monsanto, is not buying XE.

(SALEM) - The article 'Blackwater's Black Ops' - by Jeremy Scahill, carried by The Nation, was republished by a number of groups that took the additional step of concluding that Blackwater was purchased by Monsanto, the driving force behind both Agent Orange, and Genetically Modified Food (GMO).

As it turns out, Monsanto did not purchase Blackwater (XE), however there is no question that the groups have done their share of dancing.

Happy Tet Monsanto!

"... and hope that in the coming year, the authorities will consider closing down your office and those of Dow Chemical and DuPont."

(DA NANG, Vietnam) - Sorry not to have received a reply to my letter to you of 10th December, so I assume you did not visit the children at the Hoa Binh Village at Tu Du Hospital.

I find this worrying that you a Vietnamese, as are some of your staff, could not find time to see children affected by Agent Orange a product made by the company you work for...

Agent Orange, Vietnam

Written by Jason Zasky- Fred A. Wilcox’s “Scorched Earth” highlights the legacies of Vietnam War-era chemical warfare.

(WASHINGTON D.C.) - Beginning in the late 1960s, following a period of heavy use of Agent Orange by the United States military, Vietnamese hospitals saw a huge increase in the number of seriously deformed babies being born to parents exposed to the now-infamous herbicide.

And to this day, obstetricians in Vietnam continue to deliver so-called Agent Orange children, who suffer from all manner of horrific birth defects, physical handicaps and mental deficiencies.

Agent Orange victims still living in pain, says US envoy

“The US Government should provide direct assistance to victims apart from cleaning up contamination hot-spots” - Nguyen Van Rinh, chairman of the Vietnamese association,

(HANOI) - National Assembly Vice Chairwoman Nguyen Thi Kim Ngan yesterday thanked Bob Filner, a member of the US House of Representatives, for his valuable support for Viet Nam, particularly in connection with the spraying of Agent Orange during the American War.

Ngan said that since Viet Nam and the US normalized relations 16 years ago, there had been great achievements in politics, security and defense, economics, trade, education and training, science and technology, and humanitarian co-operation.

Agent Orange: A Tragic Legacy

Until the US govt and the responsible corporations are held accountable in this bioterrorism war crime, victims will continue to be overlooked and unassisted.

(WASHINGTON, D.C.) - In an effort to help tip the scales for the United States during the Vietnam War, Agent Orange was developed by biotechnological companies in order to help clear dense fields, giving soldiers a clearer vision of their targets.

Along with the loss of vegetation, the was an additional hope that Vietnamese farmers would relocate to U.S. occupied cities, and no longer be able to grow and provide for the Vietnamese troops.

The warmongers want another war, and its close

It appears that pro war forces have now realized they cannot produce any smoking nuclear gun, for there is none.

(Jamestown, RI) - The same forces that dragged us into a war with Iraq resulting in over one million deaths are now hard at work desperately trying to immerse the US in yet another catastrophic war.

This time the target is Iran, and tragically they are having great success, for we are getting ever closer to the impending war.