US combat stress control pushed to limits in Iraq

[JoFerret]

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/afp/20040925/ts_alt_afp/iraq_us_death&cid=1506&ncid=1480

This story needs rating. They are trying to manage the grief process but reality seeps in. Puncture the BushWorldBubble.

BAIJI, Iraq (AFP) - Combat stress control might be a relatively new byword in US Army jargon, but it's being pushed to the limits in Iraq where an average of 1.86 American soldiers die and more than 13 are wounded every day.

But if the steady trickle of US deaths has been sidelined in media coverage increasingly paralysed by headline-grabbing suicide bombings and the kidnapping of foreigners, no one who has seen a friend blown to death will ever be the same.

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Gathered in a gloomy hangar, tears and sweat run down the faces of officers and soldiers at the memorial of Specialist Joshua Henry, 21, who wanted to be a kindergarten teacher but was shot dead when insurgents ambushed his patrol.
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[BootinUp]

1. Rate this story up.

Its worth reading even if freepers don't think so.

[Barrett808]

2. Done. Currently 1.72 with 81 votes n/t

[JoFerret]

4. It's more important than annoying idiot freepers

"The saddest thing is we're losing guys for a war we can't even win ... If it happened to Henry it could happen to anyone," said one.

[Barrett808]

3. This has a creepy ,"Parallax View" feel

Will soldiers really be comforted by a programmed slide show?

[NYC]

5. 1.81 with 122 votes.

You have given the news article US combat stress control pushed to limits in Iraq a rating of 5.

Its current average rating is 1.81 with 122 votes.

[JoFerret]

6. The cost of killing

http://www.world-crisis.com/analysis_comments/793_0_15_0_C/

[Barrett808]

7. kick