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Terrible News

According to Daily Kos, two of the seven soldiers who wrote the courageous New York Times op-ed--mostly ignored in the ghastly Petraeus-Crocker hearings--that questioned the reliability of the Iraqi Army have been killed in action.

Their unit, the 82nd Airborne, was within weeks of heading home. Their testimony will be their legacy, an enduring tribute to the honor with which they served.

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