US military deaths in Afghanistan at 1,200
As of Thursday, Sept. 23, 2010, at least 1,200 members of the U.S. military had died in Afghanistan as a result of the U.S. invasion in late 2001, according to an Associated Press count.The AP count is six more than the Defense Department's tally, last updated Thursday at 10 a.m. ...
More U.S. Troops Killed in Afghanistan Under Obama Than Under Bush
During former-Pres. George W. Bush’s tenure, 575 U.S. troops were killed in Afghanistan. Since President Obama took office on Jan. 20, 2009, 580 U.S. troops have perished there (as of August 19). In just 19 months, the Afghan war under Obama has claimed more U.S. lives than the previous administration’s ...
Japan suffers under scorcher weather
Scorching summer weather in Japan has led to at least 132 deaths and seen more than 30,000 people rushed to hospital with heatstroke, the government said on Tuesday. The mercury has repeatedly topped 37 degrees Celsius in recent days in central Tokyo and other locations in Japan, and the sun ...
Afghanistan copter crash kills 2 U.S. service members
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — Two U.S. service members were killed Thursday in a helicopter crash in Helmand province, the third fatal chopper crash in the south of Afghanistan in less than two months. The Taliban claimed to have shot down the aircraft. The NATO force said an investigation was ...
Record Western military deaths in Afghanistan in June
Reporting from Kabul, Afghanistan — As the Afghan war's bloodiest month for Western forces drew to a close Wednesday, the widening scope and relentless tempo of battlefield casualties pointed to a formidable challenge for U.S. Army Gen. David H. Petraeus, the incoming commander. At least 103 coalition troops were killed ...
NATO: US soldier dies in Afghanistan; 85th intl service member killed so far in June
KABUL, Afghanistan (AP) - NATO has reported that a U.S. service member has died in a roadside bomb attack in southern Afghanistan, but gave no other details.The death brought to 85 the number of international service members killed so far in June, which is already the deadliest month of the ...
2 US service members killed in Afghanistan
KABUL, Afghanistan — Two American service members died following bomb attacks in southern Afghanistan, the military said Wednesday.June is on track to becoming one of the deadliest months for U.S. and international forces in the nearly nine-year Afghan war. Including the latest deaths, 69 international forces have been killed so ...
Army passes grim Afghan milestone
Britain’s military operation in Afghanistan passed a grim milestone when the Ministry of Defence announced the death of the 300th UK soldier in the country since Nato operations began in 2001. As British troops prepare for what is likely to be another testing summer in Helmand province, Monday’s announcement is ...
Suicides Now Claiming Nearly as Many Soldiers as Battlefield Deaths
Annual rates of suicide among American troops have been steadily rising since 2002, and are now so high that they rival the actual battlefield death toll. So far this year, 163 active and non-active soldiers have killed themselves. That's startlingly close to the number of troops lost fighting in Operation ...
5 NATO troops, Afghan official die as attacks rise
KABUL, Afghanistan — Five NATO troops including one American died Tuesday, continuing a grim trend that could make June among the deadliest months of the nearly 9-year-old Afghan war.Five Afghan policemen and a district governor were also killed Tuesday in separate fighting across the country, which has seen an uptick ...
Mother: Please tell me my son is not dead
General Stanley McChrystal, the top commander in Afghanistan, says it is likely U.S. troop casualties will rise throughout the summer, even to fall.Those deaths aren't just numbers. They are sons, daughters, mothers, fathers, brothers, sisters and friends of the people here at home. T.J. Holmes reports on how one family ...
U.S. Military Deaths Hit 1,000 In Afghanistan
The U.S. has reached the grim milestone of 1,000 or more dead service members killed by hostile action in Afghanistan.The deaths of five U.S. service members Tuesday from a suicide bomb attack in Kabul brought the toll from hostile fire the four digit mark, according to reports. An excerpt from ...
Vigil for 1000 deaths in Afghanistan
FORT WAYNE, Ind. (WANE) - Over the weekend, the number of American troops killed in Afghanistan hit 1000. To mark that milestone, several people held a vigil in downtown Fort Wayne Tuesday night. They gathered at the corner of Clinton and Berry and held signs that said "U.S. Out of ...
Rain-Drenched, Wind-Tossed NYC Peace Grannies Hold Memorial for 1,000 Dead G.I.s in Afghanistan
It seems as if most of our U.S. populace has forgotten that U.S. soldiers are dying in Afghanistan. Focused on Tiger Woods' sex life and, more understandably, the seemingly endless, unresolvable health reform and jobs battles in Washington, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan appear to be ignored. However, a ...
Haiti buys 50,000 tents from China to help people made homeless by earthquake
HAITI has bought 50,000 tents from China, but needs at least 150,000 more to shelter the people made homeless by the January 12 earthquake, Haitian Prime Minister Rene Preval says. "We've purchased 50,000 tents from China for $5 million, that's $100 per unit. They'll be arriving here this week," Preval ...
Toll of US dead in Afghan war hits 1,000: website
WASHINGTON — The number of US soldiers who have died in the Afghan war has reached 1,000, according to website icasualties.org Monday, a grim milestone in the conflict launched more than eight years ago.The independent website, which tracks military deaths in Afghanistan and Iraq, said 54 US soldiers have died ...
Haiti gives conflicting numbers for quake death toll, adding to suspicion that nobody knows
TITANYEN, Haiti (AP) - Haiti has issued wildly conflicting death tolls for the Jan. 12 earthquake, adding to confusion about how many people actually died - and to suspicion that nobody really knows.A day after Communications Minister Marie-Laurence Jocelyn Lassegue raised the official death toll to 230,000, her office put ...
Haitian president says government buried 270,000 bodies in mass graves
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti - Haitian president says government has buried 270,000 bodies in mass graves.
Haiti raises earthquake's death toll to 230,000
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti — Haiti's government has raised the death toll for the Jan. 12 earthquake to 230,000 from 212,000 and says more bodies remain uncounted.The government initially estimated 150,000 dead on Jan. 24, apparently from bodies being recovered in the rubble of collapsed buildings in Port-au-Prince, the capital that was ...
Haiti death toll tops 200,000 as aid anger mounts
PORT-AU-PRINCE — The death toll in the Haiti quake has swelled to 200,000, Prime Minister Jean-Max Bellerive said as angry protests over the slow arrival of aid flared on the rubble-strewn streets.More than three weeks after the 7.0-magnitude earthquake, Bellerive said his tiny Caribbean nation had been ravaged by "a ...
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This past week, the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), the main federation of Hollywood's six major studios, posted on their web site a list of what they believe ...
March 23rd, 2013
This evening is going be a big moment in turning our country around on the issue of gun violence. That's why I desperately want you ...
March 21st, 2013
I am hosting a nationwide series of house parties this Saturday night where tens of thousands of people will gather together in living rooms to ...
March 15th, 2013
The response to my Newtown letter this week has been overwhelming. It is so very clear to everyone that the majority of Americans have had ...
March 13th, 2013
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February 26th, 2013
My Final Word on Buzzfeed and Emad Burnat's Detention at LAX
Thanks to everyone for bearing with me as I spend so much time on what happened to Emad Burnat. It's important to me because he's ...
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Michael Moore Responds to Buzzfeed Story on '5 Broken Cameras' Co-Director Emad Burnat
On Tuesday, February 19th, Emad Burnat, the Palestianian co-director of the Oscar-nominated documentary '5 Broken Cameras,' was detained with his wife and son at Los ...
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If the 'Mosque' Isn't Built, This Is No Longer America
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December 14th, 2010
Why I'm Posting Bail Money for Julian Assange
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May 12th, 2011
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September 22nd, 2011
A STATEMENT FROM MICHAEL MOORE ON THE EXECUTION OF TROY DAVIS
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December 16th, 2010
Dear Swedish Government: Hi there -- or as you all say, Hallå! You know, all of us here in the U.S. love your country. Your ...
November 2nd, 2010
This letter contains (almost) no criticisms of how the Democrats have brought this day of reckoning upon themselves. That -- and where to go from ...
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