forged letters from GIs in iraq
 

LEDYARD KING GANNETT NEWS SERVICE

WASHINGTON -- Letters from hometown soldiers describing their successes rebuilding Iraq have been appearing in newspapers across the country as U.S. public opinion on the mission sours.

And all the letters are the same.

A Gannett News Service search found identical letters from different soldiers with the 2nd Battalion of the 503rd Airborne Infantry Regiment, also known as "The Rock," in 11 newspapers, including Snohomish, Wash.

The Olympian received two identical letters signed by different hometown soldiers: Spc. Joshua Ackler and Spc. Alex Marois, who is now a sergeant. The paper declined to run either because of a policy not to publish form letters.

It's not clear who wrote the letter or organized sending it to soldiers' hometown papers.

Six soldiers reached by GNS directly or through their families said they agreed with the letter's thrust. But none of the soldiers said he wrote it, and one said he didn't even sign it.

A seventh soldier didn't know about the letter until his father congratulated him for getting it published in the local newspaper in Beckley, W.Va.

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And the propeganda machine steams on.

would someone please tell me why the US is still in iraq????

doh

Guess you missed the link at the bottom of his post, dear? :P

Yep, thank god for the edit button.

We're practicing to invade Canuckistan.

is it signed by Saddam? :1orglaugh

That's how the government works up here too. Lots of form letters, that way they are preapproved by a lawyer and won't cause any trouble.

I had to send one out the other day to our local MPP regarding our local business and election results. She will probably get 6 or 7 letters that are exactly the same with just the names changed.

Have yopu ever been to Beckley ? Its a sleepy little town in the mountains,of no note. Just came tru there a couple of days ago. Perhaps they tought they could pull the wool over the eyes of the townfolk there :2 cents: