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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:37 PM
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Death of the 3rd female soldier in Iraq; a gunshot wound to the head.
She died on 9/15 of a non-combat gunshot wound to the head. Like Lori Piestawa, she was from Arizona.

http://www.pigstye.net/iraq/article.php?story=20030919080314167
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Cha Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:43 PM
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1. What the hell is a "non-combat shot wound to the head"???
It's all a bunch of bullshyte!

I'm sorry for her and her family and friends!

How many more ..troops?
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Patriot_Spear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:45 PM
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3. We had a guy do that in our unit...
He wanted to go home- It was simple.

So one day he snuck a round off the range and went behind the nearest latreen- blew the top of his head off.

The BC came down and gave us a long speech about 'committment'. That was a bad day.
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OrdinaryTa Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:53 PM
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7. Not Necessarily Suicide
With so many troops, and so many rifles, there's bound to be a few accidents. It's easy to forget there's a round in the chamber. Shit happens.

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Patriot_Spear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:53 PM
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8. Seen that too...
n/t
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alcuno Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:59 PM
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10. They gave a number of possible scenarios.
"Rudd and other Army officials said that a number of possible scenarios are being considered, including Rudd's own weapon discharging, the weapon of another soldier discharging or the accidental shooting of Peterson by an Iraqi civilian."


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Skittles Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:54 PM
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9. friendly fire
or suicide
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disgruntella Donating Member (983 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:43 PM
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2. Goddamn.
:grr:
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David Zephyr Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:46 PM
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4. Good Grief!
This is terrible.

And Bush hasn't attended one single soldier's funeral. What a guy, huh?
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Patriot_Spear Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:49 PM
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5. Didn't Bush* dodge a funeral in DC to go play golf?
That was in last weeks breaking news, how everyone was upset because he missed it to go play golf- the guy had been a NG Soldier.
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KC21304 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 09:12 PM
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11. And we cannot see one coffin returning to Dover.
Might embarrass the Little Turd from Crawford. It's all about him.
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Pastiche423 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Sep-19-03 08:49 PM
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6. We need to bring our children home now


My heart goes out to her family and friends.
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