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To: Mannie who wrote (43007)	4/25/2004 1:17:01 PM
From: stockman_scott	Read Replies (1) of 89467

By barring the media from covering the repatriation of the military's dead, does the Pentagon do the public—and its soldiers—a disservice? msnbc.msn.com <<...Every day for months, we have heard about the mounting death toll: More than 600 soldiers have died in Iraq over the course of a year. We have seen mangled corpses, and bleeding Marines carried to safety by their comrades. Yet until today, the images of flag-draped coffins and the solemn and ceremonial rites with which the military returns its dead, have been off-limits to media photographers, reporters and the American public. The Pentagon claims they are simply following a policy put in place during the Persian Gulf war that aims to protect the sensitivities of military families. But many suspect the real reason is to shield the American public from the tragic costs of war, and a desire to suppress images that might remind the world of Vietnam. It’s a pity that the freshest images of the America's fallen consist of blackened bodies being dragged through the street and hung off a downtown bridge in Fallujah. In response to a Freedom of Information Act request, the Air Force this week released hundreds of flag-draped photographs to thememoryhole.org, a Web site that publishes hard-to-find government information. The repatriation of dead soldiers is among the military's highest and proudest traditions. It's wrong that Americans can't share in it...>>

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