He lost an arm in Iraq; the Army wants money

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Middletown – He lost his arm serving his country in Iraq.

Now this wounded soldier is being discharged from his company in Fort Hood, Texas, without enough gas money to get home. In fact, the Army says 27-year-old Spc. Robert Loria owes it close to $2,000, and confiscated his last paycheck.

"There's people in my unit right now – one of my team leaders over in Iraq with me, is doing everything he can to help me .... but it's looking bleak," Loria said by telephone from Fort Hood yesterday. "It's coming up on Christmas and I have no way of getting home."

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http://www.recordonline.com/archive/2004/12/10/abandon1.htm

[RevolutionaryActs]

1. Great to see the government is "supporting" the troops...

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[UL_Approved]

2. Insult upon injury

Rome wouldn't even do this to its soldiers. Even the worst empires of ancient times took care of its millitary.

[Historic NY]

3. see followup to story

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x1063769