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FloridaPat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 09:16 PM
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* kills another Iraq veteran.
I actually got this from a guy who says he's a conservative radio talk show host. Have no idea how I got on his list. Looks like he's anti-* though.

"Basham Radio

2301 E. Sunset Road #8022

Las Vegas, NV. 89119

(702) 798-1103

Web Site: http://www.dougbasham.com

Email Address: bashamradio@cox.net



Last month, on December 16, 2005, Operation Iraqi Freedom veteran Spc. Douglas Barber was my guest on my radio talk show. He said he'd been diagnosed with PTSD (Post traumatic stress disorder) and despite receiving some help from the V.A., was still having trouble getting his life back together.



Yesterday, one month later, on January 16, 2006, I received an email from a listener who'd been exchanging emails with Douglas since his appearance on my show. Douglas has just sent him an email that troubled the listener. Douglas said he no longer had anything to live for, and was getting ready to "check out of this world." My wife immediately called Douglas and left a message on his cell phone. She also called the Montgomery Police Department in Alabama.



At the start of the 3rd hour of my program last night, I received an email from one of Douglas's friends, who told me that Douglas had committed suicide earlier that afternoon. Today I was able to confirm his suicide with the Opelika, Alabama Police Department. The officer in charge of the investigation told me that it had happened with officers on the scene trying to talk Douglas out of it. The officer told me Douglas took his gun, fired one shot, and killed himself.



Here is a link to the interview Spc. Douglas Barber did on my radio show on December 16, 2005 – commercial and news breaks have been edited out. I am so sick and tired of our brave soldiers dying as a result of George W. Bush's lies, and I feel I owe it to Douglas to do whatever I can to ensure his death was not in vain.

http://www.dougbasham.com/12-16-05DouglasBarber.mp3



Please use this story and the interview in whichever manner you feel will best help the truth be known. Spc. Douglas Barber was truly one of this country's finest. He even re-upped knowing that this war was predicated on lies. He served his country (its leaders) and obviously, did not receive the help he needed when he returned home.



How much longer will this country allow this to continue?

Basham Radio broadcasts weeknights from 10 p.m. – 1 a.m. nationally
(in Las Vegas from 11 pm – 1 am on KLAV 1230 AM)

All shows are also simulcast on the Internet.
To listen live on the internet, or to the audio archives go to www.dougbasham.com

Spc. Douglas Barber
R.I.P.




Basham Radio

Your nightly alternative to
“conservative” talk radio

10 p.m. – 1 a.m. Pacific
( 1 – 4 am Eastern)
Monday thru’ Friday

Coast to Coast
and on the internet"


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babylonsister Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Tue Jan-17-06 09:21 PM
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1. Here's another thread, and bookmarked!
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