43,000 Unfit for Combat, Deployed
http://tinyurl.com/55clja
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US Army's "Stop-Loss" Orders Up Dramatically Over Last Year
Julian E. Barnes reports for The Los Angeles Times: "The number of soldiers forced to remain in the Army involuntarily under the military's controversial 'stop-loss' program has risen sharply since the Pentagon extended combat tours last year, officials said Thursday." And, Gregg Zoroya reports for USA Today: "More than 43,000 US troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050908C.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Julian+E.+Barnes
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US Army's "Stop-Loss" Orders Up Dramatically Over Last Year
Julian E. Barnes reports for The Los Angeles Times: "The number of soldiers forced to remain in the Army involuntarily under the military's controversial 'stop-loss' program has risen sharply since the Pentagon extended combat tours last year, officials said Thursday." And, Gregg Zoroya reports for USA Today: "More than 43,000 US troops listed as medically unfit for combat in the weeks before their scheduled deployment to Iraq or Afghanistan since 2003 were sent anyway, Pentagon records...
http://www.truthout.org/docs_2006/050908C.shtml
http://freepage.twoday.net/search?q=Julian+E.+Barnes
rudkla - 8. Mai, 23:13
