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Hidden Casualties: Mark Benjamin's reporting on sick, injured and wounded U.S. troops
After revealing that hundreds of National Guard and Reserve Soldiers in medical hold at Fort Stewart, Ga., were being kept in hot cement barracks, UPI further investigates the issue of sick, injured and wounded U.S troops. The investigation reveals that conditions similar to Fort Stewart also prevail in Fort Knox. Further, the report includes a detailed account linking a number of U.S non-combat illnesses and deaths in Iraq and elsewhere to possible side effects of anthrax and smallpox vaccines. Also, after the death of NBC reporter David Bloom from a blood clot in Iraq, Benjamin started tracking other cases in which soldiers there and in the U.S had become sick or died from blood clots after getting their vaccines.
Tags: National Gulf Resource Center; Army Secretary Less Brownlee; Senate National Guard Caucus
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Peace Is Hell
"Every six month the Pentagon sends nearly 4,000 soldiers to Bosnia and brings nearly 4,000 soldiers home. To see how it's done is to understand why keeping peace has become harder than waging war - and why the Pax Americana has stretched the mighty American military to the limit," reports the Atlantic Monthly. The story details the everyday life, preparation and responsibilities of the Amerian troops in Bosnia, and sheds light on their training and equipment. The article finds that the Bosnian mission requires "all of the subtlety, patience and personal wariness that operating in international coalitions and ambiguous civilian environments entails."
Tags: Army; peacekeeping; Serbia; Bosnia; the Gulf War; Eagle Base; soldiers; troops; U.S. Department of Defense; Kosovo; Macedonia; East Timor; Fort Stewart; Pentagon