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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:07 PM
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Tulsa kid marine, 19, dies in "non-combat-related incident" (local news)
in Iraq. How the fuck can any "incident" in Iraq be "non-combat-related"?? Isn't "combat" the reason these kids are there in the first goddamn place?
:grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :grr: :puke: :grr: :puke: :grr:
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Sannum Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:08 PM
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1. It is code for Suicide.
:cry:
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ogradda Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:09 PM
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5. shit is it really?
shit :(
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Worst Username Ever Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:09 PM
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2. I see your point, it probably means a car accident, tragic.
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flyingfysh Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:14 PM
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7. car "accidents"
often mean that the person is driving at extreme high speed through an area to lessen the chances of getting shot. If he crashes, it is called a "non-combat" death, but it wouldn't have happened if people there weren't shooting at him.
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TexasBushwhacker Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:09 PM
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3. Or it can be "friendly fire" n/t
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Scrooge Donating Member (211 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:09 PM
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4. I dont get it either.
Oh thats so sad. I dont understand it either.. did he die of the flu????
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BlueStateGirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:11 PM
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6. It means he killed himself.
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Xithras Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:27 PM
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8. It could be anything.
Suicide. Car wreck. Building fire. Tripped and fell on a rock. It could be anything. When my brother in law was in southern Iraq, he saw two noncombat deaths. One was a guy who accidentally backed his Humvee into a canal while making a 3 point turn and drowned, and another guy who was crushed by a pallet as he was standing next to a forklift that was unloading a shiping container in Basra.

I wonder if these get counted in the overall casualty figures?
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karlrschneider Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:35 PM
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10. I wonder too. This crap just makes me sick.
:grr:
The kid enlisted right after grad HS in Tulsa, had been in Iraq 2 months. Now he's gone forever...how sick is this stuff?
:grr:
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Rumba Donating Member (277 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:28 PM
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9. It could be but needn't mean suicide

I would think, any death due to things other than direct enemy combat activities.

So suicide, driving accidents, illness, etc., any of them.
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wtmusic Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Mon Nov-29-04 07:44 PM
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11. Or possibly:
the kid refused to fight so he was "forced" to commit suicide. I wouldn't put it past 'em.
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