Suicidal and Facing a Third Tour in Iraq

Monkeyman

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Tue May-15-07 05:57 PM
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Suicidal and Facing a Third Tour in Iraq

At the beginning of May, Corporal Cloy Richards tried to kill himself

"He punched out his windows and cut major arteries,'His Mother Tina Richards told IPS. "He had to go to the hospital because he almost bled to death."

Cloy Richards, who lives in rural Salem Missouri, has served two deployments in the Marine Corps in Iraq. The Military list him at 80- percent combat disabled.

http://www.ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=37732

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JuniperLea

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Tue May-15-07 06:00 PM
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1. Just when you thought...

This war couldn't get more disgusting.

:cry:

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leftofthedial

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Tue May-15-07 06:02 PM
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2. what "War"?

this is an illegal occupation and murder, plain and simple

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RL3AO

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Tue May-15-07 06:04 PM
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4. I do agree with you on that. A war is where congress passes a declaration of war

Edited on Tue May-15-07 06:05 PM by RL3AO

This is a conflict...as was Vietnam and Korea.

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Ghost in the Machine

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Tue May-15-07 06:04 PM
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3. The atrocities that this Chickenhawk misadministration has put our troops through

should be enough to hang them for treason... WTF is Congress waiting for?

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Monkeyman

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Tue May-15-07 06:09 PM
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5. Had To Go For A Minute Phone Call

Look you guys know I have one of these kids in my area I was lucky to be able to get him in a lock down ward. This Shit is happening all over the Country now. DOD is overwriting VA on how bad off these kids are. The Only Way To Stop This Crap is to get the hell out of Iraq

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