Troops

Big Pharma Funded Anti-Us Militia in Iraq, US Veterans Allege in Lawsuit

Major drug makers helped fund Iraqi militias that attacked U.S. troops, a lawsuit alleged Tuesday. Pictured: Iraqi military forces engage in operations in an undated photo. (Associated Press)
U.S. and European drug companies indirectly yet knowingly funded Iran-backed Iraqi militias that carried out attacks against U.S. troops, veterans of the Iraq War alleged in a lawsuit filed Tuesday.


[Opinion] Why the First Lawsuit Against Trump’s Trans Troops Ban Is So Ingenious

In their lawsuit, the National Center for Lesbian Rights (NCLR) and GLBTQ Legal Advocates & Defenders (GLAD) allege the White House has turned Trump’s tweets into “official guidance … to be communicated to the Department of Defense.” They argue that this guidance infringes upon the equal protection and due process rights of trans troops. According to their complaint, the “categorical exclusion …


Group Threatens to Sue Over Corps’ Spiritual Fitness Initiative

A plan by the Marine Corps to include spiritual fitness as a component of professional military education is unconstitutional and must be stopped, the leader of a group dedicated to keeping religion out of the military says. Mikey Weinstein, founder of the Military Religious Freedom Foundation, told Military.com he plans to assemble a class-action lawsuit if the Corps proceeds with its …