1,700 U.S. soldiers quit Iraq; they are A.W.O.L.

[Agent provocateur]

1,700 U.S. soldiers quit Iraq:

PARIS, Dec 04, 2003 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- One thousand and seven hundred U.S. soldiers have deserted their posts in Iraq, with many of them failing to return to military duty after getting permission to go back to the United States, according to the French weekly magazine Le Canard Enchaine.

The magazine, known for its satires and exposes, said the French intelligence agency obtained the information from what it described an "American colleague."

Citing a senior French official posted in Washington, the magazine also said that 7,000 U.S. soldiers have left Iraq allegedly due to psychological troubles and other illnesses.

Some 2,200 others sustained serious injuries including the loss of limbs, it said.



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[Invader Zim]

It would not supprise me, war obviously physically damages people, but it is equily damaging to the mind, you here horrible stories of shell shocked teenagers, just getting up an walking from the trenches. If they were lucky the Germans would not shoot them, but were often shot for desertion by their own side...

Dulce et decorum est...

[Intifada]

Dulce et decorum est...

thats an awesome poem

[Invader Zim]

Originally posted by [email protected] 5 2003, 10:48 PM

Dulce et decorum est...

thats an awesome poem
Yes it is, I thought it was rather justified in this context as well. The really sad thing is not long before the end of the war this grea poet who strived for poetic perfection was killed, in another pointless hopless battle, in a pointless war.

As you can probably tell when I first heard the poem it hit home quite hard.

[Intifada]

Yes it is, I thought it was rather justified in this context as well. The really sad thing is not long before the end of the war this grea poet who strived for poetic perfection was killed, in another pointless hopless battle, in a pointless war.


yeah, he was awarded the military cross for devotion to duty after he returned for action in france, even though he wasnt expected to. he died as you said a week before armistice day.


a pointless war

true, what a waste of young lives.

[Jesus Christ]

Originally posted by Agent [email protected] 5 2003, 06:27 PM
1,700 U.S. soldiers quit Iraq:

PARIS, Dec 04, 2003 (Kyodo via COMTEX) -- One thousand and seven hundred U.S. soldiers have deserted their posts in Iraq, with many of them failing to return to military duty after getting permission to go back to the United States, according to the French weekly magazine Le Canard Enchaine.

The magazine, known for its satires and exposes, said the French intelligence agency obtained the information from what it described an "American colleague."

Citing a senior French official posted in Washington, the magazine also said that 7,000 U.S. soldiers have left Iraq allegedly due to psychological troubles and other illnesses.

Some 2,200 others sustained serious injuries including the loss of limbs, it said.



2003 Kyodo News © Established 1945
those are some true heros right there, finally realizing what they were doing