GI Special 4F7: Pentagon Scumbags At It Again - June 9, 2006

Wounded in the line of duty

Killed in action

Thomas F. Barton

The Pentagon is refusing to release data on how many soldiers have suffered brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan.It says disclosing the results would put the lives of those fighting at risk.The data come from screenings of 1,587 soldiers at Fort Bragg in North Carolina and 9,000 at Fort Carson in Colorado.Army Medical Command spokesman Jaime Cavazos said Wednesday that the results of the tests represent "information the enemy could use to potentially make soldiers more vulnerable to harm." He declined to elaborate.Pentagon scientists and other health officials have already made public similar data from other installations.

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Political humor of the day

There's nothing whatsoever funny about brain injuries to U.S. soldiers, but this statement has to be new low in the absurd statements emanating from the U.S. government: The Pentagon is refusing to release data on how many soldiers have suffered brain injuries in Iraq and Afghanistan. It says disclosing the results would put the lives of those fighting at risk. Ri-i-i-i-ight. Because if they only knew the number was 10,453 and not just "a lot" they would surely redouble their efforts at setting IEDs...

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The dilemma of caring for wounded Iraqis