Homecoming of US troops is halted as crisis deepens

[pippin]

"'the Pentagon was forced to step up its firepower dramatically yesterday, cancelling the demobilisation of some 25,000 soldiers who had been due to go home after completing their tour in the war zone. . . .Some troops, such as those of the Connecticut national guard, have so far had their homecoming delayed three times, and their families said yesterday that their patience was running out.

"This would be the fourth time they have been told to pack and that they were going to leave and then it was cancelled," said Elizabeth Marco, whose husband is with an engineering unit in Baghdad.

"They just treat these guys like animals. I just am filled with fury. I just feel like he is in jail and has been ripped from his life."

http://www.guardian.co.uk/Iraq/Story/0,2763,1189285,00.html

[Florida_Geek]

1. bush does not need the military vote he got Touchscreens

now.

[JohnyCanuck]

2. Meanwhile back on the farm,er..... pig ranch

The Shrubenfuhrer enjoys a leisurly Easter weekend fishing for bass and haming it up for the TV cameras as he films a fishing/propgaganda show.

"They just treat these guys like animals. I just am filled with fury. I just feel like he is in jail and has been ripped from his life."