*LACK OF ASSISTANCE FOR WOUNDED US SOLDIERS (10/15/04)

LACK OF ASSISTANCE FOR WOUNDED US SOLDIERS
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501 Words
15 October 2004
SBS 6.30pm TV World News Transcripts
English
© 2004 Special Broadcasting Service
Anger is growing in the United States over the lack of assistance for wounded soldiers returning from Iraq. More than 4,000 servicemen and women have been so badly hurt they are no longer able to return to active duty. The Pentagon stands accused of ignoring their plight. There have been few parades for the severely wounded. Many of them reservists and National Guard who have come home to find an indifferent military bureaucracy and the prospect of poverty - something a top army general now admits to 'ABC News' is true.

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