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River this shows how poorly this war is being run.
I don't blame these troops for speaking up and not driving into an ambush unprepared.
Mark
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Date: Saturday, October 16, 2004 08:27:44
Subject: [QUAD-L] troops are concerned
I will support our men and women in Iraq no matter what and believe
they would never do such a thing if they weren't completely terrified
of their predicament
The soldiers refused the order because their vehicles were considered
extremely unsafe, Patricia McCook told The Clarion-Ledger in Jackson,
Mississippi.
Her husband, Sgt. Larry O. McCook, was among those who refused the
mission, The AP reported. She said her husband had telephoned her from
Iraq saying he had been detained after disobeying orders.
Kathy Harris, the mother of 20-year-old Aaron Gordon of Vicksburg,
Mississippi, said she received an e-mail from her son in the unit. It
said the reservists were being ordered to deliver a load of
contaminated fuel.
Harris said her son had just returned from a delivery in which the load
of fuel was refused because it was contaminated and that they were
being ordered to deliver the same fuel to an even more dangerous area.
He asked his mom to find out what the penalties were if he refused or
if he "struck a superior officer." She said she e-mailed him back not
to hit an officer.
Teresa Hill, the mother of 21-year-old Spc. Amber McClenny said her
daughter left an urgent phone message Thursday about what had happened
and called back Friday.
Hill said her daughter told her their punishment would depend on their
actions in the next two weeks.
Her mom is concerned: "You can hear the fear in her voice," she said.
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