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saigon68 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 02:06 PM
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Iraq veteran arrested in killing
Iraq veteran arrested in killing

20-year-old suspect in double shooting had requested treatment for stress disorder
By FRANK CURRERI and KEITH ROGERS
© Copyright 2005, REVIEW-JOURNAL

http://www.reviewjournal.com/lvrj_home/2005/Aug-02-Tue-2005/news/26983251.html

When Matthew Sepi returned from Iraq a few months ago, he spoke to his family reluctantly of gunbattles and the "weird noises" children make when they die. He never told relatives whether he killed anyone during combat but said he recently had been diagnosed with post-traumatic stress disorder and had been placed on a waiting list for treatment.

To help shield his psyche from images of bodies, family members said, the 20-year-old soldier had adopted a simple technique: Just don't think about it.
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merh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 02:08 PM
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1. OMG - "and the "weird noises" children make when they die."
My God, what are they doing in our name and to these poor soldiers?
:cry:

NOT IN MY NAME :argh: :cry:

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ET Awful Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 02:13 PM
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2. A waiting list for treatment . . . . .
Those words should never be used in conjunction with one another when discussing the veterans and soldiers that this administration claims to support.
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sintax Donating Member (891 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 02:19 PM
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3. Soldiers on steroids
soldiers depressed
soldiers traumatized
soldiers limbless
soldiers raping children
soldiers with head wounds
soldiers with nightsweats

"Soldiers are mules"- Henry kissinger

The Pentagon doesn't give a shit.

The White House is a psycho ward lock the bastards inside.
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progressoid Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 02:30 PM
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4. And now the war comes home
Looks like our illustrious leaders are going to do even less for these soldiers than for the group from the first gulf war.

What have we wrought.
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anotherdrew Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 03:17 PM
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5. oh dear god help us... 150k or so more to return...
Should be a cakewalk.

It is unbelievable this man was pout on a "waiting list"

How is this tolerated for one second? What's it gonna take for people to raise up and smash this election stealing evil un-american traitorous administration back into the primordial slime it came from?
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Moderator DU Moderator Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Aug-03-05 03:21 PM
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6. Not Latest
Breaking News. Story is older than 12 hours.
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