|
Scarred Beneath the Skin; Veterans Carry the Wounds of War in the Form of Shrapnel
|
Brian Radke was celebrating his 31st birthday at Walter Reed Army
Medical Center when he chomped into a grilled cheese sandwich and bit
something that was neither grilled nor cheese.
It was sharp, round and hard as a BB, and it had dislodged from
his throat.
"Shrapnel," the Army specialist told his wife that December
morning, after he'd spit it into his palm.
"There's my birthday present," Nova Radke remembered him saying.
When U.S. service members or civilians such as Bob Woodruff of ABC
News are injured or killed in Iraq, official accounts often blame
roadside bombs and improvised explosive ...
|
Chechnya in Crisis
Transcript from: NPR Morning Edition
; ...President of the Russian republic of Chechnya has promised to find those responsible...installing a mobile telephone network in Chechnya when they were kidnapped after a shootout...is an expert on Russia and author of Chechnya: Calamity in the Caucuses. He says...
|
|
POLITICS: CHECHNYA REMAINS A THORN IN RUSSIA'S SIDE
News Wire article from: Inter Press Service English News Wire
; ...settlement in the breakaway region of Chechnya. However, international rights activists...unacceptable level of violence still persists in Chechnya. The international community and the...s treatment of non-combatants in Chechnya. Russia's voting rights had been suspended...
|
|
Chechnya: War is over, crisis is not
Newspaper article from: Daily Mirror
; ...April 16 that it had ended the war in Chechnya. The announcement was largely symbolic...requires compromise and goodwill. In Chechnya this did not happen. Might can be right...to the extent it is necessary. But in Chechnya, the use of force went beyond the limit...
|
|
CHECHNYA MAY GAIN FROM SUMMIT ACCORD
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...United Press International 11-19-1999 Chechnya may gain from summit accord UPI International...political mediation to end the violence in Chechnya as the Organization of Security and Cooperation...stepped-up Russian military action in Chechnya dominated the formal agenda as the OSCE...
|
 "The Economist (US)")
|
Chechnya requests independence. (Leaders) (Cover Story) (Editorial)
Magazine article from: The Economist (US)
; ...Yeltsin's decision to crush the rebel republic of Chechnya by force was made on January 13th 1991, when Radio...He was right in Lithuania then. He is wrong in Chechnya now. Chechnya may seem an unimportant little place that few people...
|
|
CHECHNYA:GORDON H. SMITH
Transcript from: Congressional Testimony
; ...SMITH COMMITTEE ON FOREIGN RELATIONS CHECHNYA: IMPLICATIONS FOR RUSSIA AND THE CAUCUSES...s recent military campaign against Chechnya. Let me first say that yesterday I had...understanding of what exactly is happening in Chechnya, and how it affects United States interests...
|
|
Chechnya's troubled election; As the Oct. 5 regional presidential vote nears, critics allege that the Kremlin has fixed the race.(WORLD)
Newspaper article from: The Christian Science Monitor
; ...and order in the war-torn region of Chechnya is losing credibility fast. Local presidential...mysteriously withdrawn or been ejected from Chechnya's troubled election, leaving the Kremlin...advisory commission, who just returned from Chechnya. The republic's presidential elections...
|
|
|
COMMENTARY: CHECHNYA - SPELLING FAILURE
News Wire article from: United Press International
; ...International 08-30-2004 Commentary: Chechnya - spelling failure MOSCOW, Aug 30...officer Alu Alkhanov, would triumph in Chechnya's special presidential election Sunday...Kremlin has not always been good for Chechnya. If Alkhanov can find a political solution...
|
|
|
Moscow, Chechnya Sign Peace Treaty; Agreement Postpones Resolution of Rebellious Region's Demand for Independence
Newspaper article from: The Washington Post
; The presidents of Russia and Chechnya signed a formal peace treaty today...men of a Russian television crew in Chechnya over the weekend. It was the latest...It does not mention, or resolve, Chechnya's demand for independence, over...
|
|
|
PUTIN: CHECHNYA WILL DECIDE FOR ITSELF
News Wire article from: United Press International
; 00-00-0000 Putin: Chechnya will decide for itself MOSCOW, Nov...and neighboring regions and plunge Chechnya back into the Middle Ages. Putin...Chechen representatives, headed by Chechnya's deputy in the State Duma, Aslambek...
|
Find more facts and information related to the
article "Scarred Beneath the Skin; Veterans Carry the ..."
