Family of slain soldier blames exhaustion

[sabra]

Source: ArmyTimes/AP

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Pfc. Andre Craig Jr., 24, of New Haven, died of wounds sustained from the explosion of a roadside bomb in Baghdad.

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Craig, whose nickname was Dre, called his family by cell phone Saturday to tell them he was on 24-hour security duty, said Erik Brown, his godfather and family spokesman. After that, Craig went out on a mission and was killed, he said.

“He was very tired, he was exhausted,” Brown said Thursday. “Due to that exhaustion, we believe that’s why we lost Andre. The soldiers are not getting rest, they’re tired.”

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Craig described “deplorable” conditions in Iraq, including women being raped and feces in the street, Brown said.

“They’re terrorizing each other and we have our soldiers in the middle of a civil war,” Brown said.

Read more: http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/06/ap_exhaustion_070627/

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[proud2BlibKansan]

1. K & R

Send this article to your congress critters, folks!

[frogcycle]

2. see also

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=1200673&mesg_id=1200673

[uppityperson]

3. k&r

[Cha]

4. Recommended!~

RIP~ Dre Craig Jr~ Those poor poor babies!

[Uncle Joe]

5. Thanks for the thread sabra

Kicked and recommended.

[pacalo]

6. The Army Times article no longer works...

This is what I got:

That page has gone AWOL!

404 Error: File not found
It appears that the page you requested cannot be located at this time.

http://www.armytimes.com/news/2007/06/ap_exhaustion_070627 has gone AWOL.

This link works fine: http://www.stamfordadvocate.com/news/local/state/hc-27172125.apds.m0199.bc-ct--soldjun27,0,6977828.story?coll=hc-headlines-local-wire

[Morgana LaFey]

7. And I blame military officers, a DoD and an Administration that

dehumanize our troops almost as badly as they dehumanize the enemy. These troops are nothing but bullet catchers and cannon fodder (or IED fodder, as the case may be) to them. I hope they rot in hell for twice as long as eternity.

[Quantess]

8. How sad.

[BlueIris]

9. Shut. It. Down.

Nancy, Harry, Joe? Could'ja get serious on that please? Go coordinate with John, Russ and Howard. It's still a travesty, even if you can blame Congressional gridlock on its continued existence.