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The handful of small programs that exist have shown that working with dogs can help vets struggling with many war-zone issues.
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Even so, the spike comes despite a fresh wave of war-zone countermeasures, including mine-clearing machines, fertilizer-sniffing dogs and blimps with sophisticated spy cameras.
IED casualties in Afghanistan spike Craig Whitlock 2011
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I, for one, am not suprised the a fireworks display in a region which is still a war-zone, would scare the living daylights out of people.
Global Voices in English » DRC: Goma’s Makeover for Independence Day 2009
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Spending by lawmakers on taxpayer-financed trips abroad has risen sharply in recent years, a Wall Street Journal analysis of travel records shows, involving everything from war-zone visits to trips to exotic spots such as the Galápagos Islands.
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The sprawl and urban flight had left it behind like an abandoned toy in a war-zone, though, and I thought twice about leaving my car parked on the street.
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But whatever the constellation of reasons -- from war-zone jumpiness to outright disregard for civilian lives -- the security companies are cited time after time for shootings that the documents plainly label as unjustified.
Robert Greenwald: Profit-Chasing Guns-for-Hire Are Killing Us in Iraq and Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2010
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But whatever the constellation of reasons -- from war-zone jumpiness to outright disregard for civilian lives -- the security companies are cited time after time for shootings that the documents plainly label as unjustified.
Robert Greenwald: Profit-Chasing Guns-for-Hire Are Killing Us in Iraq and Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2010
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But whatever the constellation of reasons -- from war-zone jumpiness to outright disregard for civilian lives -- the security companies are cited time after time for shootings that the documents plainly label as unjustified.
Robert Greenwald: Profit-Chasing Guns-for-Hire Are Killing Us in Iraq and Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2010
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But whatever the constellation of reasons -- from war-zone jumpiness to outright disregard for civilian lives -- the security companies are cited time after time for shootings that the documents plainly label as unjustified.
Robert Greenwald: Profit-Chasing Guns-for-Hire Are Killing Us in Iraq and Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2010
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But whatever the constellation of reasons -- from war-zone jumpiness to outright disregard for civilian lives -- the security companies are cited time after time for shootings that the documents plainly label as unjustified.
Robert Greenwald: Profit-Chasing Guns-for-Hire Are Killing Us in Iraq and Afghanistan Robert Greenwald 2010
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