Military Families Renew Call to Pull Troops out of Iraq (10/10/03)

Military Families Renew Call to Pull Troops out of Iraq
By Lawrence Morahan
CNSNews.com Senior Staff Writer
September 10, 2003
http://www.cnsnews.com/ViewPentagon.asp?Page=/Pentagon/archive/200309/PEN20030910a.html

Capitol Hill (CNSNews.com) - Claiming their loved ones were deceived by the Bush administration, the family members of some troops serving in Iraq urged Congress on Tuesday to bring home the troops and vote down additional spending for military operations and reconstruction in Iraq.

Representatives of Military Families Speak Out, an organization that claims to represent 800 to 1,000 military families opposed to the war, said at a meeting on Capitol Hill that the morale of U.S. troops in Iraq is deteriorating as the number of fatalities and combat-related injuries continues to rise.


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`Ain't Done Yet': With Gritty Determination, Amputees Return to Active Duty (10/10/03)

`Ain't Done Yet': With Gritty Determination, Amputees Return to Active Duty
http://www.newhousenews.com/archive/wood101003.html

BY DAVID WOOD
c.2003 Newhouse News Service

Garth Stewart lost his foot in Iraq, in a mine blast that showered his blood and flesh on his buddy and left Stewart writhing and smoking and screaming on the road.

Andrew McCaffrey's right hand was blown off by a grenade in Afghanistan. A Special Forces medic tackled him and knelt on his stump to stanch the bleeding as they waited for the medevac helicopter.


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