Sunday, September 30, 2012

Please pray for us over here - plea from US troops


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Sunday, Sep 30 2012 9 PM
'Please pray for us over here': American soldier's haunting prophesy of own death from needlessly walking into Afghan 'minefield' prompts shock on Capitol Hill
·                                 On June 4, Staff Sergeant Matt Sitton complained of walking round in a 'minefield' on a daily basis to his Florida House Representative: 
·                                 On August 2, he died of wounds sustained in an IED blast 
·                                 His brigade was suffering on average one amputee casualty a day
·                                 Commanding officer told a Congressional Committee that IED attacks had increased by 45% this year
·                                 Rep Young said: 'Something's wrong with that when the soldiers can see the problems'
·                                 His mother Cheryl has expressed her anger at the futility of his death

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