Comments on: Former UI Student Killed in Afghanistan http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan Iowa politics, news and commentary Mon, 12 Sep 2011 07:06:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: lydia http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-10439 lydia Sun, 03 Feb 2008 17:22:19 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan#comment-10439 <strong>God Bless Rob and his family</strong> My son, Staff Sgt. Zack Harrison, went through some Green beret Training with Rob.  I can only weep for parents and family as they go through this time.  Rob is such a hero!  May God be with you all through the months and years to follow...my son hopes to meet you all in the near future. He, too, is a Weapons Specialist...he and Rob hung in there for language school!  <p><br>Love ya and praying for you all..</p><p><br>Lydia Harrison<br><br>Kitty hawk, NC</br><br><br>804-402-3542</br></p> God Bless Rob and his family My son, Staff Sgt. Zack Harrison, went through some Green beret Training with Rob.  I can only weep for parents and family as they go through this time.  Rob is such a hero!  May God be with you all through the months and years to follow…my son hopes to meet you all in the near future. He, too, is a Weapons Specialist…he and Rob hung in there for language school! 

Love ya and praying for you all..

Lydia Harrison

Kitty hawk, NC

804-402-3542

]]> By: weNeedPeace1st&Last; http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-10440 weNeedPeace1st&Last; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:07:52 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan#comment-10440 <strong>Veterans for Common Sense</strong> <a href="http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org%3Cp">www.veteransforcommonsense.org<p</a>><br><a href="http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/files/VFCS/VCS_DoD_Fact_Sheet_01-12-2008.pdf">http://www.veteransf...</a></p> Veterans for Common Sense http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org<p>
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]]> By: weNeedPeace1st&Last; http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-10441 weNeedPeace1st&Last; Tue, 29 Jan 2008 01:06:17 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan#comment-10441 <strong>The U.S. has suffered</strong> <b>more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the start of the war on terror in 2001, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.</b><p><br>The query by the campaigning Veterans for Common Sense organisation shows that 4,372 American soldiers have died and another 67,671 have been wounded in action, injured in accidents or succumbed to illness in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans' group had to force the US Defence Department to release the figures by persuading judges to uphold their FoI rights.</p><p><br>A second request to the Veterans' Administration, the government-funded body responsible for taking care of ex-servicemen and women, showed 263,909 soldiers with experience of the two 21st-century wars have so far received treatment for everything from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the aftermath of amputated limbs.</p><p><br><b>It also showed 52,375 veterans had been diagnosed with PTSD and 34,138 have received approval for disability claims for the psychological disorder. As of October 31 last year, 1.6 million Americans have been deployed overseas since 2001.</b></p><p><br>Harvard University estimates <b>the cost of caring for Iraq and Afghan veterans</b> over the next 40 years will amount<br><br>to between <b></b></br></p> The U.S. has suffered more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the start of the war on terror in 2001, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

The query by the campaigning Veterans for Common Sense organisation shows that 4,372 American soldiers have died and another 67,671 have been wounded in action, injured in accidents or succumbed to illness in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans' group had to force the US Defence Department to release the figures by persuading judges to uphold their FoI rights.

A second request to the Veterans' Administration, the government-funded body responsible for taking care of ex-servicemen and women, showed 263,909 soldiers with experience of the two 21st-century wars have so far received treatment for everything from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the aftermath of amputated limbs.

It also showed 52,375 veterans had been diagnosed with PTSD and 34,138 have received approval for disability claims for the psychological disorder. As of October 31 last year, 1.6 million Americans have been deployed overseas since 2001.

Harvard University estimates the cost of caring for Iraq and Afghan veterans over the next 40 years will amount

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]]> By: lydia http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-5175 lydia Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan#comment-5175 <strong>God Bless Rob and his family</strong> My son, Staff Sgt. Zack Harrison, went through some Green beret Training with Rob.  I can only weep for parents and family as they go through this time.  Rob is such a hero!  May God be with you all through the months and years to follow...my son hopes to meet you all in the near future. He, too, is a Weapons Specialist...he and Rob hung in there for language school!  <p> Love ya and praying for you all..<p> Lydia Harrison<br> Kitty hawk, NC<br> 804-402-3542 God Bless Rob and his family My son, Staff Sgt. Zack Harrison, went through some Green beret Training with Rob.  I can only weep for parents and family as they go through this time.  Rob is such a hero!  May God be with you all through the months and years to follow…my son hopes to meet you all in the near future. He, too, is a Weapons Specialist…he and Rob hung in there for language school! 

Love ya and praying for you all..

Lydia Harrison
Kitty hawk, NC
804-402-3542

]]> By: weNeedPeace1st&Last http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-5176 weNeedPeace1st&Last Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan#comment-5176 <strong>Veterans for Common Sense</strong> www.veteransforcommonsense.org<p> <a href="http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org/files/VFCS/VCS_DoD_Fact_Sheet_01-12-2008.pdf">http://www.veteransf...</a> Veterans for Common Sense http://www.veteransforcommonsense.org

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]]> By: weNeedPeace1st&Last http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan/comment-page-1#comment-5177 weNeedPeace1st&Last Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://iowaindependent.com/1876/former-ui-student-killed-in-afghanistan#comment-5177 <strong>The U.S. has suffered</strong> <b>more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the start of the war on terror in 2001, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.</b><p> The query by the campaigning Veterans for Common Sense organisation shows that 4,372 American soldiers have died and another 67,671 have been wounded in action, injured in accidents or succumbed to illness in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans' group had to force the US Defence Department to release the figures by persuading judges to uphold their FoI rights.<p> A second request to the Veterans' Administration, the government-funded body responsible for taking care of ex-servicemen and women, showed 263,909 soldiers with experience of the two 21st-century wars have so far received treatment for everything from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the aftermath of amputated limbs.<p> <b>It also showed 52,375 veterans had been diagnosed with PTSD and 34,138 have received approval for disability claims for the psychological disorder. As of October 31 last year, 1.6 million Americans have been deployed overseas since 2001.</b><p> Harvard University estimates <b>the cost of caring for Iraq and Afghan veterans</b> over the next 40 years will amount<br> to between <b> The U.S. has suffered more than 72,000 battlefield casualties since the start of the war on terror in 2001, a Freedom of Information request has revealed.

The query by the campaigning Veterans for Common Sense organisation shows that 4,372 American soldiers have died and another 67,671 have been wounded in action, injured in accidents or succumbed to illness in Iraq and Afghanistan. The veterans’ group had to force the US Defence Department to release the figures by persuading judges to uphold their FoI rights.

A second request to the Veterans’ Administration, the government-funded body responsible for taking care of ex-servicemen and women, showed 263,909 soldiers with experience of the two 21st-century wars have so far received treatment for everything from post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) to the aftermath of amputated limbs.

It also showed 52,375 veterans had been diagnosed with PTSD and 34,138 have received approval for disability claims for the psychological disorder. As of October 31 last year, 1.6 million Americans have been deployed overseas since 2001.

Harvard University estimates the cost of caring for Iraq and Afghan veterans over the next 40 years will amount
to between

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