2007/06/30

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Some of the most striking pictures of the day


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Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk
Spains Queen Sofia with giant panda in China
Spains Queen Sofia hugs a panda at the Chengdu Giant Panda Breeding Centre in Sichuan Province
French fireman at Magny Cours in Nevers, France
The Formula One racer of Lewis Hamilton is reflected in the helmet of a French fireman
Bust of Chairman Mao
A bust of Chinas late leader Mao Zedong in Sothebys auction house in Hong Kong after a preview of art related to the 10th anniversary of the territorys handover to China
Mayon volcano in the Philippines
A cloud of ash and smoke spews from the Mayon volcano in the Philippines
Flooded street in Lahore, Pakistan
Hundreds of thousands of people in Pakistan have been hit by heavy flooding and nearly 300 people have been killed after torrential rain and high winds
South Korean rice aid loaded for shipment to North Korea
Sacks of rice are loaded onto a Vietnamese ship in South Korea to be sent to North Korea after the south said it would resume food aid to the north


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2007/06/26

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The real shame of America


clipped by: cptenaud
clippers remarks: This Government should be ashamed. But in its arrogance and greed. It will always use the troops. And then push them aside when they are no use.


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2007/06/17

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The connection here is that other people do your fighting for you


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Clip Source: sideshow.me.uk
For the last 35 years Ive watched men complain that, unlike their fathers who fought in "the Good War" against the Third Reich, they didnt get a chance to show their manly stuff, because Vietnam was a bad war, which they had no choice but to resist. And now they think they can redeem their manhood by letting another generation of young people go fight a "good war" for them in the Middle-East - which they, of course, will be fighting from the same distance they fought the "bad war" from.


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2007/06/16

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Fuzzy Baghdad Math


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Vietnam Memorial: Out Of The Past


clipped by: photowriter
clippers remarks: To me it looks like the long haired guy is materializing out of the wall. Sort of strolling back through a bad time.


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Tape reveals order to shoot Vietnam protestors


clipped by: arifsali
Clip Source: www.guardian.co.uk
� 37-year-old recording of Kent State killings found
� National Guard always denied order to fire

Listen to the order to shoot given by the Ohio National Guard
� National Guard always denied order to fire
The command, as Alan Canfora heard it on a 37-year-old audio recording recently discovered in a government archive, appeared to leave no room for doubt. "Right here. Get set. Point. Fire." Then came 13 seconds of gunfire. When it ended, four students were dead and nine injured, and the shootings at Kent State University became engraved in Americas collective memory as one of the most painful days of the Vietnam era.
Yesterday, Mr Canfora, who was among the nine students wounded on that day, demanded a new investigation into the shootings at Kent State in Ohio, saying it was time to settle conclusively what led the contingent of National Guard troops to open fire on unarmed student protesters.
Kent State University
Four students were killed and nine injured at Kent State University on May 4 1970.


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US Deaths in Vietnam and Iraq


clipped by: brazilnut72
clippers remarks: A comparison.


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40 year old bullet removed from Vietnam mans heart


clipped by: vavee

HANOI, VIETNAM -- A Vietnamese soldier who was shot by U.S. troops in 1968 and has lived with a bullet lodged in his heart since then underwent surgery, and the slug was removed, doctors said Monday.

Le Dinh Hung, 60, underwent surgery Friday and is recovering quickly, said Dr. Nguyen Sinh Hien, who spent three hours operating on Hung at Hanoi Heart Hospital.

"It is the strangest case that I have ever seen," Hien said. "Normally a person with a bullet in his heart would die immediately if they didnt have surgery right away."


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How to win wars against guerillas


clipped by: oscarrob
clippers remarks: If we were smart, this is how we would prosecute our war in Iraq and Afghanistan with all our troops. This is the only way that a guerrilla war can be won. Guerrilla wars, which is what these are, are won by winning the hearts and minds of the population. Mao proved it, Vietnam proved it, and it is being proved in Afghanistan and Iraq. Why we dont recognize it, except sporadically as a "risky strategy," is beyond me.
Clip Source: online.wsj.com

Its an intimate style of warfare and, for the Americans, a brutal one. They go weeks without showers or decent food. They live every day exposed to enemy fire, and it has cost them dearly. Over the past year, 1-32 has lost 19 men, almost half of the deaths in the entire 5,000-man brigade.

The Americans and their Afghan National Army allies live among the people on the valley floor, while the insurgents -- Taliban, al Qaeda and other fighters of various stripes -- are up in the steep, rocky ridges. When the insurgents attack, they fire down on American soldiers and Afghan civilians alike. "The semiotics of it are great," says Lt. Col. Chris Cavoli, commander of 1-32, a unit of the 10th Mountain Division. "You cant buy press like that. The way the fight is constructed is to deliver one message: Were here to protect you, and the bad guys are here to ruin your lives."



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2007/06/12

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Fishermen Dont Know the Difference Between Copper and Fiber Optic


clipped by: shaine
clippers remarks: This is actually a big problem everywhere. Thiefs are going to construction sites to raid copper. Air conditioning units are being taken. Locally, AT&T had to replace a big chunk of phone cable they left exposed overnight. People are getting electocuted trying to steel live wires. All kinds of mayhem is occurring due to the high price of copper.
Clip Source: techdirt.com
the high price of copper is leading to crime around the world as people are looking to steal anything copper and sell it.
the Vietnamese government thought it would make sense to allow local fisherman to grab old Vietnam War-era undersea cable lines and resell it for profit.
27 miles of fiber optics have gone missing, and its going to cost many millions to replace.
the allowance to fish up copper lines has now been rescinded


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The World We Live In


clipped by: laceym
clippers remarks: Wow. Sorry about adding to the Paris Hilton pile o crap.
Clip Source: agylen.com

Exactly 35 years have passed between this photograph:

1972ut.jpg

And this one:

pariscrying.jpg

What links them, besides being both taken on a June 8, is that the photographer is the same: Huynh Cong Ut, better known as Nick Ut.

Does this say anything about the world we live in? I?m not sure



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US Veterans High Suicide Risk


clipped by: nohobot
Clip Source: news.bbc.co.uk
US soldiers during the Vietnam War
Vietnam war veterans were included in the survey
US war veterans are twice as likely to commit suicide than ordinary civilians, a study has found.
Men who were white, better educated and older than the other men appeared to be at higher risk, as did those with a physical or emotional disability.
The research, published in the Journal of Epidemiology and Community Health, included men who had served in World War Two, the Vietnam war, the Korean War and the Gulf war.
It said the rate of suicide among men who had taken military service was 2.13 times higher than those who had never served in the armed forces.
War veterans were also twice as likely to use a firearm to kill themselves, it said.
Disabled veterans, or those who had experienced emotional or psychological trauma during their service were identified as the highest risk group.
Interestingly, overweight veterans were less likely to have committed suicide than those of normal weight, the study found.


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2007/06/03

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MIA Vietnam Veterans remains to be brought home


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Clip Source: www.abc.net.au

An official party will leave from Sydney for Vietnam today to bring home the remains of two Australian soldiers declared missing in action in 1965.

Lance Corporal Richard Parker and Private Peter Gillson were serving in South Vietnam when they were struck by enemy machine gun fire.

Their bodies were only recently discovered in a grave north of Ho Chi Minh City.

Assistant Defence Minister Bruce Billson says Australia has a moral duty to see the soldiers are properly laid to rest.

"They served with great gallantry. They gave their lives in the service of the nation and the nation must never forget that," he said.

"Ill be joined by Private Gillsons son, who was an infant at the time his dad lost his life," he said.

"Private Gillsons son didnt have a focal point for his grieving, this is a part of his life story that has been a void for 42 years, now were able to bring that aspect to a close for him."



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