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American troops have been in Iraq for three decades, from Operation Desert Storm in the 1990s to today, with civilians trapped in the ISIS-held city of…
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Kyle Powell died in my arms, November 4, 2006.That's the first line of Gerardo "Tony" Mena's poem "So I Was a Coffin," which he set to music, added…
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While Whitney Terrell was writing The King of Kings County, a novel based in 1950s Kansas, America was invading Iraq. His strong feelings about the war…
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Logan Black is an Iraq War veteran and an actor. Last year he moved Kansas City Fringe Festival audiences with Bond: A Soldier and His Dog, a one-act play…
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Her powerful words were enough for the government of Saddam Hussein to declare her an enemy. For Iraqi poet Dunya Mikhail, poetry has charted and changed…
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When you think of Iraq and Afghanistan, you think of American soldiers in uniform, but what may surprise you is how many private contractors are there…
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Nearly two million active duty U.S. servicemen and women are due back home by the end of this year. Many have struggled to reintegrate, but few more…