our troops

AND their families deserve nothing LESS than the TRUTH. our citizens deserve nothing less than the truth as well. why does the military feel they must lie to the families of our dead troops? it's not only disrespectful it's just plain WRONG


Military Told Press and Family It Was 'Friendly Fire' -- But It Was Murder
By Greg Mitchell
NEW YORK For five years now, E&P has been chronicling the disturbing number of “noncombat” deaths in Iraq, often suicides, which usually come to light only due to the diligence of local newspapers. As part of that effort, last August I briefly described yet another case, involving a 20-year-old Texas woman named Kamisha Block, who apparently was much loved in her Vidor hometown. It was said to be death by “friendly fire,” which officially is fairly rare in Iraq, so I kept an eye on it for days, in case of an update. ...........

....Forget friendly fire. It turns out that Spc. Block was actually murdered, and the killer, another soldier, Staff Sgt. Brandon Norris, then turned the gun on himself. .,