Word: iraq
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...Army report released on Jan. 29 confirms that at least 128 soldiers took their own lives last year--the first time since the Vietnam War that the military suicide rate has surpassed the civilian rate. Army officials point to the mental stress of the ongoing conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan as a primary factor in the rising rate and have proclaimed a commitment to addressing the issue with an increase in mental-health resources and access to counseling...
...Iraq A Violence-Free Election Day The country's Jan. 31 provincial elections proceeded without major violence despite several candidate murders in the days leading up to the vote. In a minor but positive sign, officials even decided to leave polls open for an additional hour after some Iraqis complained of names missing from polling lists. Preliminary results, to be released on Feb. 5, are expected to garner some controversy, however. In one Shi'ite province, a candidate who is unofficially leading the polls has been accused of serving as a top official in Saddam Hussein's Baathist regime...
Armies built for conventional warfare don't easily make the transition to counterterrorism, as U.S. commanders discovered in Iraq. Pakistan's generals have shown no enthusiasm for such a change, despite a massive infusion of U.S. military aid meant to make it happen. Much of that money has been stolen or spent to defend against an attack from India; little has reached the border with Afghanistan. Army chief Ashfaq Kayani has made some effort to take on the Taliban and other militant groups, but fitfully and with mixed results...
...Problem from Hell,” her Pulitzer Prize winning book in 2003, explores the nation’s response to genocides in Cambodia, Iraq, and Rwanda among others, throughout the twentieth century...
...advice to Mr. Panetta: resist it. This country cannot afford to turn the CIA into a Boy Scout troop. And there is a quick and easy fix to CIA staffing. Iraq and Afghanistan are grossly overstaffed with good, capable officers. These people are more than adequate to run the CIA's posts around the world. Having so many people in Iraq and Afghanistan was a Bush White House decision. Cut back in those two countries by two-thirds and the CIA will do just fine...