Archive for August, 2005
Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
Iraq Unseating Vietnam as Most Expensive U.S. War-Report
Abid Aslam, OneWorld US1 hour, 6 minutes ago WASHINGTON, D.C., Aug 31 (OneWorld) - It costs the United States more per month to prosecute its war in Iraq than it did to fight in Vietnam in the 1960s and 1970s, according to a report released Wednesday. Current military operations in Iraq cost about $5.6 billion […]
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Wednesday, August 31st, 2005
Poll Finds Support for Pairing Creationism With Evolution
By Kevin Eckstrom and Adelle M. Banks Religion News Service Washington, Aug. 30 - Nearly two-thirds of Americans support teaching creationism alongside evolution in public schools, according to a new poll, but there is far less agreement over who gets to decide what is taught. The poll, released Tuesday (Aug. 30) by the Pew Forum […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Despite more jobs, US poverty rate rises
from the August 31, 2005 edition - http://www.csmonitor.com/2005/0831/p02s01-usec.html Percentage of Americans in poverty grew for the fourth straight year, the US Census Bureau reported Tuesday. By Sara B. Miller and Amanda Paulson | Staff writers of The Christian Science Monitor Despite a year in which the US economy added jobs, the percentage of Americans living […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
[ACNS] Presiding Bishop Griswold troubled by US proposed UN
From Worldwide Faith News Date Mon, 29 Aug 2005 15:22:08 -0700 ACNS 4026 | USA | 26 AUGUST 2005 Presiding Bishop Griswold troubled by U.S.-proposed revisions of global poverty agreements [ENS] In response to the United States’ proposed revisions to UN poverty-reduction strategies - as reported in today’s New York Times and Washington Post - […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Slight Majority Say Bush Should Meet With Sheehan
washingtonpost.com Survey Suggests Mother’s Actions Have Little Impact on War Views By Richard Morin Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 30, 2005; 7:00 AM Slightly more than half of the country says President Bush should meet with Cindy Sheehan, the mother of a soldier killed last year in Iraq, who is leading a protest against […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Iraqi Forces Still far From Ready
Philadelphia Inquirer | August 30, 2005 Sgt. LaDaunte Strickland, sweat pouring down his face, stared at the four Iraqi soldiers sitting in the shade of a truck. They were supposed to be helping Strickland and a group of U.S. Marines man a vehicle-control point, a basic operation in which troops hope to catch insurgents at […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Lest We Forget 2
U.S. Soldier Killed, Second Hurt in Attack on Helicopter From Associated Press August 30, 2005 BAGHDAD — One U.S. soldier was killed and another was injured when an Army helicopter made a forced landing under fire Monday in northern Iraq, the U.S. military said. The attack happened in the city of Tall Afar, 240 miles […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Soon He May Be!
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Military Wrestles With Disharmony Among Chaplains
Lt. Gordon James Klingenschmitt, a chaplain and a priest with the Evangelical Episcopal Church, has accused the Navy of religious discrimination. Photo Credit: By Jay Paul washingtonpost.com By Alan Cooperman Washington Post Staff Writer Tuesday, August 30, 2005; A01 The growing influence of evangelical Protestants is roiling the military chaplain corps, where their desire to […]
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Tuesday, August 30th, 2005
Where Is Joe McCarthy When We Need Him?
[USA] Civil rights group on FBI list The Detroit News, USA Aug. 30, 2005 Norman Sinclair www.detnews.com Michigan Militia, affirmative action supporters are labeled threats in terrorism symposium report. An FBI report released Monday to a national civil rights group shows that federal and state law enforcement agencies label social activists, animal lovers and white […]