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A Sad US Soldier  Quote

for the day of Monday,  November 1, 2004

1 day until the election

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in Iraq - 

Soldiers -- particularly from National Guard and reserve units -- are sent into harm’s way in trucks jerry-rigged with plywood and sandbags instead of proper armor, and often lack field radios and even bullets. Soldiers call the vehicles "cardboard coffins."

from GIs Lack Armor, Radios, Bullets
on CBS Sixty Minutes 10/31/04

but really it's from

That's a link to Salon.com and so is this. Check it out. 
It's the best source of recent news that matters.
Especially look at their War Room.

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