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Monday, April 9, 2007 12:00 AM

Injured troops shipped back into battle

Salon has uncovered further evidence that the military sent soldiers with acute post-traumatic stress disorder, severe back injuries and other serious war wounds back to Iraq.
By Mark Benjamin

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  • Tuesday, April 10, 2007 05:27 PM

    How to Make General

    You can't make general if your unit readiness isn't inflated. This brigade commander, like the Commander-in-Chief, will do anything he can to make the numbers look good.

    I am sadden to see the Army I help build after Vietnam being torn down by those who have not learned from the past. This will be another lesson whose cost will be measure in blood.

    —Mancu Read Mancu's other letters

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