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To: goldworldnet who wrote (565)	1/11/2004 6:18:08 PM
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U.S. mortuary sees no let-up from Iraq war dead 11 Jan 2004 16:53 By David Morgan DOVER, Del. (Reuters) - Nearly a month after Saddam Hussein's capture, American war dead from Iraq continue to arrive with somber regularity at the wind-swept Air Force base in Delaware that is home to the world's largest mortuary. The remains of the fallen, wrapped in body bags and encased in ice-laden metal transfer cases, descend from the sky aboard gray military planes or white civilian Boeing 747s. They are met at the airstrip by an honor guard, chaplain and small motorcade of blue vans. The chaplain prays while the honor guard drapes a flag over each coffin and escorts it to the vans, which ferry the dead on a two-mile (3.2 km) trek to the 70,000-square-foot (6,500-square-metre) Dover Air Force Base Port Mortuary. Full story at: reuters.com