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  1. Ike Doesn't Like Bush's War Priorities

    Dispatches (Matthew D. LaPlante) - Jun 20, 2008

    Missouri Democrat Rep. Ike Skelton is calling on President Bush to make Afghanistan his top priority. As casualties in Afghanistan continue to exceed those in Iraq, I'm thinking this comes a bit late, but for what it's

    Also tagged: iraq

  2. 'Iraqtion' 2008

    Dispatches (Matthew D. LaPlante) - Jun 16, 2008

    Iraq has been sidelined by the economy as the issue voters say is most important to them, heading into this November's presidential election, but it may nonetheless be the issue that distinguishes the two candidates

    Also tagged: iraq, 2008 election

  3. War on terror

    Dispatches (Matthew D. LaPlante) - Jan 23, 2008

    An Afghan journalist has been sentenced to death by a provincial court for distributing "blasphemous" material. Sayed Perwiz Kambakhsh's crime? Downloading material from the Internet relating to the role of women in

    Also tagged: terrorism, journalism

  4. We, The People, tarred and feathered

    Dispatches (Matthew D. LaPlante) - Dec 18, 2007

    McClatchy Newspapers military columnist Joe Galloway writes this week,"The next smarmy politician who shouts, 'God bless our troops' ought to be tarred and feathered and ridden out of Washington on a rail for sheer

    Also tagged: iraq, veterans

  5. Rivalry week

    Dispatches (Matthew D. LaPlante) - Nov 22, 2007

    Dr. John Zaugg and Dr. Tate Viehweg sent this photo from Iraq, where the University of Utah graduates are working at the Ibn Sina Hospital in Baghdad (of Baghdad ER fame.) Ibn Sina is the busiest military hospital in

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  6. More airstrikes

    Dispatches (Matthew D. LaPlante) - Oct 24, 2007

    Have the folks at Hill Air Force Base seemed busier in the past year? Here's one reason why, from USA Today... The U.S. military has increased airstrikes in Iraq fivefold this year, reflecting a steep escalation in

    Also tagged: iraq, hill air force base

  7. THE BACKSTORY

    Dispatches (Matthew D. LaPlante) - Oct 11, 2007

    I'm going to miss out on The Afghanistan Orphanage Project event this weekend. I've got two other conflicting assignments. That's too bad, because I really wanted to meet Ahmed Shah Karimi face to face. Karimi, who

    Also tagged: national guard