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General Forums => The O' Club => Topic started by: rpm on January 12, 2005, 11:31:46 PM
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source (http://www.wbrz.com/stories/011205/new_soldiershome001.shtml)
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Bodies of six Louisiana soldiers arriving home
By The Associated Press
BELLE CHASSE -- The bodies of six Louisiana soldiers killed in a bomb blast in Iraq were being flown home Wednesday to an expected assemblage of family members and fellow service personnel at the Naval Air Station Joint Reserve Base near New Orleans.
The six were killed Jan. 6 in the first of two deadly bombings that took the lives of eight members of the 256th Infantry Brigade of the Louisiana National Guard. In both attacks, bombs blew up heavily armored vehicles.
The six were Sgt. Bradley Bergeron, 25, Staff Sgt. Christopher Babin, 27, and Sgt. Armand Frickey, 21, all of Houma; and Sgt. Warren Murphy, 29, of Marrero; Sgt. Huey Fassbender III, 24, of LaPlace; and Sgt. 1st Class Kurt Comeaux, 34, of Raceland.
All but Comeaux received posthumous promotions.
A soldier from New York also was killed in the blast, which military authorities said was probably set off by insurgents using a remote electronic detonator. The soldiers were on a mission to suppress the insurgents' ability to launch rocket and mortar attacks, said Brig. Gen. John Basilica, commander of the 256th Brigade.
Four days later, Sgt. Robert Sweeney III of Pineville and Staff Sgt. Bill Manuel of Kinder were killed in a similar attack. Their bodies have not yet been returned.
Full media coverage was planned of the Wednesday arrival, including photographers and television news crews -- an exception to a Pentagon edict banning media coverage of America's war dead as their remains arrive. The Pentagon has cited privacy concerns, but critics have accused the government of censoring war coverage.
The National Guard said Wednesday's coverage was authorized by the families of the six soldiers.
to the brave men that paid the ultimate price
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good for them.
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I say go for it ONLY IF THE FAMILY MEMBERS SAY YES. what people don't realize is that what's underneith those flags inside them coffins belongs to the family or next of kin....not the govt.
ask alot of vets and they'll say the same thing.
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Only the most severely ignorant and self inflicted idiotic people in this country dont see and fully realize the losses sustained EVERY DAY in this country in the fight against islamic terror.
I suspect most of the genuinely idiotic moronic americans vote democratic. I have little dount I am correct. I believe in myself as well as my country in SPITE of the idiotic moronic people that insist on aligning themsleves with me as americans. I suffer for them constantly. It is my duty.
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Originally posted by Yeager
I suspect most of the genuinely idiotic moronic americans vote democratic. I have little dount I am correct.
LOL. And that is, no doubt, because you are a genuinely idiotic moron.
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Originally posted by Yeager
I suspect most of the genuinely idiotic moronic americans vote democratic. I have little dount I am correct.
i believe that only a genuine self righteous, tunnel vision moron could speak so venemously about half of the population of his country...and expect them to respect his views.
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Originally posted by JB88
i believe that only a genuine self righteous, tunnel vision moron could speak so venemously about half of the population of his country...and expect them to respect his views.
LOL, thats hillarious coming from you JB, a guy who compares the 51% of Americans that voted for bush to goosetepping nazis...
Now dont you have lunatic articles to read anbd report back to us about the truth behind the CIA attack on the WTC?
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From a man on the street interview:
"Our nation will never be healed so long as those redneck rubes in flyover land refuse to listen to reason, and continue to vote for who they want."-- Duane Segar, Systems Analyst
onion
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no GRUN,
im pretty sure that it was you that i was reffering to.
and its "gooshtepping" bro. its important to add the german accent.
:aok
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It was a general remark, and one that shows what a hypocrite you are, either way it does not apply to me since I voted and encoraged others to vote for the libertarian candidate Badnarik...
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i can tell by your avitar.
i mean...its so OBVIOUS!!!
besides, i've already publicly proclaimed myself to be a libertarian...we dont want your kind.
:aok
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A swing and a miss. I dont belong to ant political party, try again... The avatar of Reagan is to honor a great man who contributed a great deal to the world and to whom I feel personaly thankful for ending the cold war. Despite your cheap calls for others to think for themslves and abandon the supposed "party line" It doesnt surprise me one bit that an intolerant and hateful type like you cannot comprehend that somebody can admire political figures outside their offical party registrations. Heck I even like a lot of stuff Bill Clinton di and think he was a good democratic party presidential candidate for the times, unlike say John Kerry today... But you cant seem to do that, you are too wrapped up in your hatreds, like some old broad who got dumped, you are just all bitterness...
In fact I bet you prolly aren't a libertarian. It seems you started out just as Bush hater, but have let your emotions take over and have now gone on to become a hater of all Republicans or conservatives. Naturally, you have gone on to become a USA hater - needing to belive any crazy idea that makes the country look bad, and a hater of our traditional American culture with your attacks on christianity. Combine that with your bizzare adherence to lunatric conspiracy theories about our evil government and evil country I'd say you are well on your way to becoming a far out self-loathing leftist.
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Personal attack
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Yesterday was the 'Official'' day that the search for WMD ended.. Did they find the WMD that were proclaimed before the war? Are we still at war?
Did anyone know that yesterday was the end of the search for WMD? I didnt know till I watched the daily show..
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Originally posted by Yeager
I suspect most of the genuinely idiotic moronic americans vote democratic. I have little dount I am correct. I believe in myself as well as my country in SPITE of the idiotic moronic people that insist on aligning themsleves with me as americans. I suffer for them constantly. It is my duty.
wow......... what a load of crap!
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One of those guys was from my small home town of Raceland. Really brings it home...
guys. :(
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Originally posted by Yeager
I suspect most of the genuinely idiotic moronic americans vote democratic.
Well, I know of at least one that doesn't. :rolleyes:
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One was from Westwego - about 5 miles down the road.
And the guard didn't defy the Pentagon. The families requested that it be shown to remind people of the sacrifice this war requires.
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Originally posted by TweetyBird
One was from Westwego - about 5 miles down the road.
And the guard didn't defy the Pentagon. The families requested that it be shown to remind people of the sacrifice this war requires.
Good for them, now the rest of the censor-mongers can STFU and start another thread.:aok
If it were my relative, I'd want the whole world to know about them, too RIP.
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well, just so it is clear that my stance on the matter is that there is a pretty strong bias evident when applying these rules to others. if you were to read the threads, you would find that the insults are pretty much standard across the board and that the rules are obviously being bent in a certain direction.
which is fine.
but it is obvious.
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We all feel awful for you, but get over it.
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Originally posted by JB88
well, just so it is clear that my stance on the matter is that there is a pretty strong bias evident when applying these rules to others. if you were to read the threads, you would find that the insults are pretty much standard across the board and that the rules are obviously being bent in a certain direction.
which is fine.
but it is obvious.
"If you cannot abide by the rules, then do not post. Simple. This is not open for discussion."
-Roy "Skuzzy" Neese
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88 is being mean to me again.
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I'm sorry, but what are they doing that is defying the Pentagon's orders?
Bringing bodies home???
Sorry if this seems dumb, I honestly don't know....it would seem that they are doing the normal (but all too frequent) and honourable thing to do during an armed conflict..that is, bringing the dead home.
To the Fallen, may they rest in peace.
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they defied the pentagons orders to ban television and media coverage of the dead arriving home.
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Originally posted by Bluedog
I'm sorry, but what are they doing that is defying the Pentagon's orders?
Bringing bodies home???
Sorry if this seems dumb, I honestly don't know....it would seem that they are doing the normal (but all too frequent) and honourable thing to do during an armed conflict..that is, bringing the dead home.
To the Fallen, may they rest in peace.
the pentagon has standing orders prohibiting the photographing of the returning dead or their coffins. It was said earlier that this was arranged by the family.
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OK, thanks for clearing that up.
er .read the replies Blue..........OK, so it is just photographing or video taping the bodies returning home.
That seems reasonable.