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Occupy movement spins off OccupyMARINES and Occupy Police
The Occupy Wall Street movement has recently expanded beyond merely occupying parks and other physical territory and is staking out a new realm of metaphorical occupations that includes both OccupyMARINES and Occupy Police. The inspiration for OccupyMARINES came when Marine Sergeant Shamar Thomas confronted police officers who were threatening to…
U.S. families call for courts martial over deadly mission
Family members of US war dead from a disastrous Afghan mission — from which a young Marine got the highest US military decoration — called Sunday for senior officers to be court-martialed. Former marine sergeant Dakota Meyer, 23, defied orders and repeatedly drove into a village despite a Taliban firestorm…
Families call for courts martial over Afghan ambush
WASHINGTON — Family members of US war dead from a disastrous Afghan mission — from which a young Marine got the highest US military decoration — called Sunday for senior officers to be court-martialed. Former marine sergeant Dakota Meyer, 23, defied orders and repeatedly drove into a village despite a…
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