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Polish President Lech Kaczynski Killed In Plane Crash

Link: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20100410/a… Poland's president and 96 others — including the army chief of staff, the navy chief commander, the head of the national bank — were killed as their plane crashed while trying to land in Russia. Lech Kaczynski and the many other national figures were en route to the 70th anniversary of the massacre in Katyn , where thousands of Polish officers were murdered by Soviet secret police in 1940. The Best Links: The Katyn Forest Massacre Read

Lil Wayne Going To Jail Is Like Elvis Being Drafted, Bun B Says

‘I don’t think anything like this has happened in music since Elvis got drafted into the Army,’ he says. By Shaheem Reid Bun B Photo: MTV News Bun B has been friends with Lil Wayne since he was a teenager. The Houston legend said having Wayne out of the music game for a year will be a greater loss than people are realizing. “I feel bad, because I don’t think anything like this has happened in music since Elvis got drafted into the Army,” Bun B said. ” … Let’s just keep it real: Lil’ Wayne is not just the biggest rapper, Lil Wayne is the biggest pop star right now. Maybe Susan Boyle is on his level. But when you talk about music, nine times out of 10, Lil Wayne’s name is gonna come into the conversation. I feel bad for any brother or any sister that’s gotta go to jail. I feel especially bad for a person like Lil Wayne who’s really riding the wave right now. But he don’t have a lot of time. He’s doing it on the Island . As wild and as ill as the Island is, I think at the same time, he’ll be all right. When you in that state jail and you dealing with those lifers, you got a lot of other issues at hand.” While in jail , Wayne should just focus on serving his time productively and not worry about fellow inmates, Bun said. , Wayne should just focus on serving his time productively and not worry about fellow inmates, Bun said. “I don’t think it will be smart for him to go to general population,” he said. “A person like Lil Wayne doesn’t have to prove anything to anybody in general population exposing themselves to that yard. It’s not about being real. It’s too many people who have way too much to gain, and [there is] so much he could lose by trying to prove something. … That’s nota good look. … It’s a little bit different when a person like Lil Wayne goes to jail. All we can do is pray for him. Pray for his spirit.” Bun, who championed his late musical brother Pimp C years ago when Pimp was in prison, said he admires the attitude Wayne’s musical family has in this tough time. “I just left Miami. People [were] trying to keep their heads up and sprits up while the young man was around, but they are hurting,” Bun said. “One thing I noticed from the Young Money camp is that they’re not being down because of their careers and they’re worried about a co-sign. They are worried about a friend. That’s what I see from Drake, Nicki, Stunna. … These people are concerned about a friend going to prison.” Related Videos Lil Wayne Goes To Jail: Celebs React Related Photos Lil Wayne’s Battle With His Gun Possession Case Related Artists Bun B Lil Wayne

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Soldiers on LSD

What happens to the army if you give them LSD? This is documentary evidence of an experiment testing just that, carried out on British marines in 1964… added by: ksimpson

Marines end seven year role in Iraq

BAGHDAD – The U.S. Marine Corps wrapped nearly seven years in Iraq Saturday, handing over duties to the Army and signaling the beginning of an accelerated withdrawal of American troops as the U.S. turns its focus away from the waning Iraqi war to a growing one in Afghanistan.

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Console families of military suicides, lawmakers urge Obama

Washington (CNN) — President Obama should end a longstanding policy of not writing letters of condolence to families of troops who commit suicide, dozens of lawmakers urged him in a letter Wednesday. The lawmakers warned that “our armed forces are in the midst of a suicide epidemic.” U.S. Army statistics show that more than 200 troops have killed themselves this year, more than in 2008, which was a record year.

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Army suicides set another yearly record

Washington (CNN) — Suicides among soldiers this year have topped last year's record-breaking numbers, but Army officials maintain a recent trend downward could mean the service is making headway on its programs designed to reduce the problem, Army officials said Tuesday. Since January, 140 active-duty soldiers have killed themselves while another 71 Army Reserve and National Guard soldiers killed themselves in the same time period, totaling 211 as of Tuesday, Gen. Peter Chiarelli, U.S

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DOD worker assessed Fort Hood suspect months ago

WASHINGTON – A Defense Department investigator on a terrorism task force looked into Fort Hood shooting suspect Nidal Hasan's background months ago, officials said Tuesday — providing fresh evidence the military knew worrisome details about the Army psychiatrist before last week's deadly rampage. Two officials speaking on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the case on the record said the Washington-based joint terrorism task force overseen by the FBI was notified of communications between Hasan and a radical imam overseas, and the information was turned over to a Defense Criminal Investigative Service employee assigned to the task force. That worker wrote up an assessment of Hasan after reviewing the Army major's personnel file and the communications

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Hasan awake and talking

AUSTIN – The Austin American-Statesman is reporting Maj. Nidal Malik Hasan is awake and talking

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Fort Hood Shoot-Out Proves Women Should Be Allowed in Combat, Already

A deranged murderer attacked an Army base packed with combat-ready soldiers trained to kill.

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Fort Hood Shoot-Out Proves Women Should Be Allowed in Combat, Already

Army Apologizes for Ryan Seacrest Stalker

Chidi Uzomah Jr., who is accused of stalking the Idol host, served in the Army National Guard

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